tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6765453546385270360.post9130846244848930483..comments2024-03-12T12:44:52.108+00:00Comments on Creating Pictures in my Mind: St Hilaire Cyclist is first past the Post!Lauriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00006665414059398782noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6765453546385270360.post-20675917159638463632011-03-21T16:55:23.219+00:002011-03-21T16:55:23.219+00:00Curiously, Margaret, I was the official photograph...Curiously, Margaret, I was the official photographer on a Battlefield Tour in the early 1970s and our coach stopped for coffee at a hotel in Liege. The Manager was a relative of Eddy and gave me a card with Eddy's autograph on it. I still have it!Lauriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00006665414059398782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6765453546385270360.post-22307081545454491842011-03-21T01:41:07.736+00:002011-03-21T01:41:07.736+00:00I was on a sidewalk in southern Belgium (maybe Lie...I was on a sidewalk in southern Belgium (maybe Liege?) awaiting the cyclists. Eddy Merckz was in the lead and the crowd was screaming! The muscles in his legs were huge: he could have been Atlas holding up the world! Rosie, does that mean you're an athlete, too?Margaret Pangerthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09995968579194433270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6765453546385270360.post-83559265149360060032011-03-20T13:34:25.612+00:002011-03-20T13:34:25.612+00:00But who, Rosie? Not a climber by any chance?But who, Rosie? Not a climber by any chance?Lauriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00006665414059398782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6765453546385270360.post-21340270791925595562011-03-20T10:06:26.232+00:002011-03-20T10:06:26.232+00:00Ha, ha. I'm married to someone that used to ra...Ha, ha. I'm married to someone that used to race with Eddy Merckz.Rosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17467630407914812378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6765453546385270360.post-90525024132282262212011-03-20T08:50:37.884+00:002011-03-20T08:50:37.884+00:00Do I remember him, Margaret. One of my heroes - Ed...Do I remember him, Margaret. One of my heroes - Eddy the Cannibal - together with Rik Van Looy (Emperor of Herentals), Rik Van Steebergen (great Six Day rider) as well as Patrick Sercu. All great in their own way, but Eddy Merckx? Wonderful!Lauriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00006665414059398782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6765453546385270360.post-50321509040484269572011-03-20T07:46:29.912+00:002011-03-20T07:46:29.912+00:00Ah, reminds me of Eddy Merckx. Do you remember hi...Ah, reminds me of Eddy Merckx. Do you remember him? The Belgian cyclist?Margaret Pangerthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09995968579194433270noreply@blogger.com