BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Belgium will host the start of the Tour de France in 2019 with two stages paying homage to the country's greatest ever cyclist, Eddy Merckx, on the 50th anniversary of his first victory in the race.
Merckx, nicknamed the Cannibal, won the Tour de France five times from 1969 to 1974, along with five Giro d'Italia, Spain's Vuelta once and a series of one-day classic races, including Belgium's Tour of Flanders.
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