Marie Mahé, Media365: published on Wednesday December 11, 2024 at 10:00 a.m.
After falling while cycling on Monday, Eddy Merckx, cycling legend, underwent successful hip surgery on Tuesday in Belgium.
Eddy Merckx was forced to undergo surgery. This Tuesday, the Belgian had a successful hip operation in Belgium, following his fall which took place this Monday, during a bike ride near Hombeek, about a mile away. thirty kilometers north of the city of Brussels. After falling, the cycling legend then had to be hospitalized due to a fracture in his right hip. The “Cannibal”, five-time winner of the Tour de France, is currently in Herentals hospital in Belgium, the same one which welcomed Remco Evenepoel, double Olympic champion, just last week, following his accident suffered during training.
Merckx: “I was scared, yes”
It is the report published by this establishment which indicates that Merckx's surgical operation went perfectly well. This Tuesday, the Belgian then spoke to the daily HLN: “They gave me a new hip. I'm not in too much pain at the moment. Yesterday (Monday) was horrible, but it's much better since the operation. » The legend returned to the circumstances of his accident: “On the railway tracks in Hombeek (editor's note: Mechelen), my rear wheel suddenly slipped. I fell on my hip and I could not get up. I was alone on my bike. Fortunately, some passers-by were there, otherwise it would have been a disaster, yes. Eddy Merckx, now 79 years old, will certainly have to be patient before he can get back on a bike. Despite everything, the doctors who operated on him hope for “a total recovery” on his part: “The doctor will come to my room later. I will then know more. As for the rehabilitation and the time that It will take, I don’t know anything yet.”
