'The last two years have been very tough,' says Axel Merckx about father Eddy after latest operation Eddy Merckx has been in hospital since late March. The Belgian cycling icon was dealing with an infected hip and had to undergo yet another operation — his eighth on the same hip in a short space of time. Son Axel Merckx has now shared a positive update with Belgian newspaper Het Nieuwsblad. Eight o...

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