Cycling legend Merckx in hospital for hip operation
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Brussels, Belgium: Eddy Merckx, the most successful cycling racer ever, is back in hospital for an operation to treat complications for a new hip, sou...
Brussels, Belgium: Eddy Merckx, the most successful cycling racer ever, is back in hospital for an operation to treat complications for a new hip, sources close to the Belgian great said Monday.
Merckx, 80, fractured his hip after falling off his bike last December.
A titanium prosthesis was fitted, but that was subsequently replaced by a cemented version, with fresh problems arising from this one.
The five-time winner of the Tour de France is expected to remain in hospital for around a fortnight.
Merckx won five victories in the Italian Giro to go with his five on the Tour de France as well as one victory in the Spanish Vuelta.
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