Monday, February 20, 2006

Eddy Merckx gives Fidel Castro a bike



'Cuba's longserving president Fidel Castro won't be able to excuse himself from physical exercise after he was given a bike by Belgian cycling legend Eddy Merckx on Monday. Castro, who will be 80 in August, was given the bike by the five-time Tour de France winner for his promotion of the sport in the country... Merckx was in Havana to donate 1,000 bicycles to Cuban doctors and watch the last stage of the 31st Cuban Cycling Tour...' More
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