Merckx monument near Brussels vandalized

As VRT reports, a monument to cycling legend Eddy Merckx in the town of Sint-Pieters-Woluwe near Brussels has been vandalized. Someone apparently tore the head off the depiction of Merckx on the monument, which was put up in 2019 amid the celebrations surrounding the Brussels Grand Départ.

"Personally, I am shocked; what satisfaction does anyone derive from such an act?" said the mayor in a statement. "Who would attack a sportsman, a symbol of our country? Nothing can justify such an act." [VRT]