As the 77 starters of the 39th Tour de Suisse assembled in Baden on 12th June 1975 for an uphill prologue to Baldegg, there was one key question hanging in the air: how would Eddy Merckx go?
It may be surprising that observers would be questioning the prowess of the most successful cyclist of all time before any race, let alone one that he had claimed the previous year. He was also the reigning World Champion, having secured his third rainbow jersey the previous August in Montreal, and had enjoyed one of his finest
