axel can come ride with us

From today's daily news on cyclingnews.com...

Asked, what were his plans beyond his days as a rider, Merckx said, "I'm not going to go into my father's business, no. My father would love it; but if you do something against your own will, you can't do a good job and he understands that. Maybe I'll stay in cycling - not as a full-time team director but for about fifty days per year, for the smaller stage races or so. And do some PR work on the side. I speak several languages, and I can explain things quite well, so I like that thought. I'll keep the apartment in Monaco as a pied-à-terre in Europe, because we'll definitely move to Canada. We've built a house there, close to a lake with a nature reserve behind us. Magnificent. I want my children to go to school there. My future is in Canada."

Yes, I know he lives in Kelowna when he's here. Still, fun to imagine Axel out on a Saturday morning club ride...





Axel Merckx earlier in 2005 at the Wedgewood/BC Cancer fundraiser event