Originally Posted by
RChung
Where, when, and in what language did he say that?
Bingo. It's highly suspicious.
https://www.bikeradar.com/features/cycling-quotes/
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This delightful nugget is frequently attributed to [Eddy Merckx], which seems extraordinarily unlikely given that it’s distinctly American to refer to a climb as “a grade” and [Merckx] is a Belgian man who speaks decent English but isn’t famed for his anglophone wordplay."
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