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Eddy Merckx says that if Belgium have one leader for World Championships Evenepoel should not ride | Cycling Weekly
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Belgium cycling great Eddy Merckx poses with Italy's Giulio Ciccone, wearing the best climber's dotted jersey, and Denmark's Jonas Vingegaard, wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey, before the nineteenth stage of the
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Former Belgian cyclist Eddy Merckx congratulates Colombian Egan Ariey Bernal Gomez, wearing the yellow jersey of leader in the overall ranking, on the podium after the seventh stage of the 77th edition
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