 Complete the following phrase:  Merckx returned to the Giro in 1972 and resumed his domination. He grabbed the lead after a long solo attack during the races seventh stage and never let go of the lead. Merckx led the 1973 Giro dItalia from start to finish; a feat that had not been done since Alfredo Binda did in 1927. José Manuel Fuente gained the lead early on in 1974 and held it all the way up to the Giros fourteenth stage. Fuente had forgotten to eat properly during the fourteenth stage and suffered because of it; he lost over ten minutes to Merckx. Merckx would go on to win his fifth and final Giro dItalia by just 12 seconds, joining the likes of Alfredo Binda and Fausto Coppi as the only five-time winners of the Giro dItalia. Merckx success continued on into the season as he won the Tour de France and the 