Eddy Merckx may face trial in Belgian cycle kickback probe: newspaper (Reuters)

By Robert-Jan Bartunek BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Belgian cycling idol Eddy Merckx may face trial following an investigation of kickbacks paid for the supply of bicycles to Brussels police, a Belgian newspaper said on Tuesday. Merckx could not be reached for comment but the 70-year-old five-time Tour de France winner was quoted by the newspaper, La Derniere Heure, as saying: “I have nothing to say. A spokesman declined comment on whether prosecutors wanted Merckx to face a graft trial after summer with 12 others, as the newspaper said.