1959 - 1969
- Episode aired Mar 1, 2010
In a span of six years, Rik van Looy won the Tour of Flanders twice and Paris-Roubaix three times. He was the absolute patron of the peloton until a new cycling god appeared on the scene in ... Read allIn a span of six years, Rik van Looy won the Tour of Flanders twice and Paris-Roubaix three times. He was the absolute patron of the peloton until a new cycling god appeared on the scene in 1966: Eddy Merckx. The torch transfer was not without a struggle. Merckx accused Van Looy ... Read allIn a span of six years, Rik van Looy won the Tour of Flanders twice and Paris-Roubaix three times. He was the absolute patron of the peloton until a new cycling god appeared on the scene in 1966: Eddy Merckx. The torch transfer was not without a struggle. Merckx accused Van Looy in the media of sucking wheels and the fence was gone. The battle culminated in the 1968 T... Read all