I dunno, the French weren't that fond of Merckx, the puncheur (sic) may have got the Legion d'Honoure instead
Legion d'Honoure
'Légion d'honneur'
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9gion_d%E2%80%99Honneur
The French actually put up a 'arc de triomphe' for Thevenet on the climb to Pra-Loup this year, honouring 'the one that stopped the cannibal'... questionable at best.
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I dunno, the French weren't that fond of Merckx, the puncheur (sic) may have got the Legion d'Honoure instead