Originally Posted by
chasm54
No, priests had absolutely nothing to do with the emergence of Eddy Merckx.
Gino "the pious" would have disputed that... lol. Bartali had a blessed virgin Mary shrine set up in his hotel room after every stage. he also snooped through Coppi's room every chance he got to find out what "the long one" had in his medicine bag... ( no wonder he went to confession every week...)
