Eddy Merckx efficiently underwent emergency surgical procedure for an intestinal obstruction in late March, in line with Het Laatste Nieuws. The Belgian has since returned house after a brief spell on the college hospital in Jette, close to Brussels.
The 78-year-old was delivered to hospital by his spouse Claudine after experiencing abdomen ache throughout the evening of March 26. He was operated on at 3am that evening to take away a bit of his gut.
Merckx advised Het Laatste Nieuws that he had woken up in excessive ache on the evening in query, however that his life was by no means in peril. Although Merckx misplaced appreciable weight after the surgical procedure, the newspaper described his restoration as “peaceable.”
Merckx, who will flip 79 in June, was recently honoured with a mural in his birthplace of Meensel-Kiezegem. The five-time Tour de France winner moved to Sint-Pieters-Woluwe in Brussels together with his household when he was a 12 months outdated.
The mural depicts Merckx in Molteni package, with the quantity 525 distinguished to mark his report variety of victories.
“It’s a fantastic honour,” Merckx mentioned on the inauguration final month. “My mother and father’ house is simply 50 metres away. It’s fantastic to obtain such a tribute after so a few years within the sport.”
“I additionally rode my first race right here once I was 12 years outdated. I keep in mind being caught and profitable the dash towards the boy who rode to the end with me.”