{"id":182150,"date":"2025-06-17T01:02:11","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T01:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/fr\/182150\/"},"modified":"2025-06-17T01:02:11","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T01:02:11","slug":"eddy-merckx-la-reference-absolue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/fr\/182150\/","title":{"rendered":"Eddy Merckx, la r\u00e9f\u00e9rence absolue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-module=\"fig-standfirst\" data-context=\"@media (min-width:48em)\"><strong>PORTRAIT <\/strong>&#8211; Le champion belge, qui f\u00eate ses 80 ans ce mardi, a outrageusement domin\u00e9 les ann\u00e9es 1960 et 1970 et demeure sans \u00e9gal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"fig-paragraph fig-paragraph--dropped\">Merckx. Voisin de palier de Pel\u00e9, Ali, Borg ou Spitz dans les ann\u00e9es 1970. Merckx, un nom qui r\u00e9siste au temps, aux modes. Un souffle, une collection de records. Presque tous les records du cyclisme.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lefigaro.fr\/sports\/cyclisme\/cyclisme-a-l-aube-de-ses-80-ans-eddy-merckx-exprime-son-admiration-pour-le-petit-cannibale-tadej-pogacar-20250612\" data-fig-type=\"NewsFlash\" data-gtm-custom-categorie=\"navigation\" data-gtm-custom-action=\"crossclick\" data-gtm-custom-label=\"Contextuel\" data-gtm-event=\"customEventSPE\" data-fig-domain=\"LEFIGARO\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Eddy Merckx<\/a>, le l\u00e9gendaire, f\u00eate ce mardi ses 80\u00a0ans. Merckx, une gueule. Des traits eurasiens, un regard hant\u00e9 par une m\u00e9lancolie tenace. Il promenait un peu\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lefigaro.fr\/flash-actu\/l-ephemeride-du-16-aout-20230816\" data-fig-type=\"NewsFlash\" data-gtm-custom-categorie=\"navigation\" data-gtm-custom-action=\"crossclick\" data-gtm-custom-label=\"Contextuel\" data-gtm-event=\"customEventSPE\" data-fig-domain=\"LEFIGARO\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">d\u2019Elvis Presley<\/a>\u00a0dans les coiffures ou les postures. Merckx, une force sauvage et une discr\u00e9tion maladive. Un cri, une menace, un nom que le monde du sport a appris \u00e0 \u00e9crire, \u00e0 applaudir, \u00e0 c\u00e9l\u00e9brer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"fig-paragraph fig-paragraph--dropped fig-paragraph--dropped-small\">Jeudi dernier, pour lancer les festivit\u00e9s de son 80e\u00a0anniversaire, Eddy Merckx a \u00e9t\u00e9 re\u00e7u par\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lefigaro.fr\/sports\/cyclisme\/cyclisme-eddy-merckx-recu-par-le-roi-belge-avant-ses-80-ans-20250612\" data-fig-type=\"NewsFlash\" data-gtm-custom-categorie=\"navigation\" data-gtm-custom-action=\"crossclick\" data-gtm-custom-label=\"Contextuel\" data-gtm-event=\"customEventSPE\" data-fig-domain=\"LEFIGARO\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">le roi des Belges<\/a>. \u00ab\u00a0C\u2019est un super cadeau. En 1969, le lendemain de ma victoire sur le Tour, j\u2019ai \u00e9t\u00e9 re\u00e7u par Sa\u00a0Majest\u00e9 le roi Baudouin. Apr\u00e8s, j\u2019ai \u00e9t\u00e9 re\u00e7u par le roi Albert, qui m\u2019a fait l\u2019honneur de me nommer baron, et puis maintenant le roi Philippe pour \u00e9changer un maillot jaune. Ce sont de superbes moments\u00a0\u00bb, a r\u00e9sum\u00e9 la l\u00e9gende au micro\u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"fig-premium-paywall__infos\">\n        Cet article est r\u00e9serv\u00e9 aux abonn\u00e9s.        Il vous reste 93% \u00e0 d\u00e9couvrir.\n    <\/p>\n<p>                <img  data- alt=\"Le Figaro\" class=\"fig-img--complete fig-img\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"fig-premium-paywall__title\">Vente Flash<\/p>\n<p class=\"fig-premium-paywall__subtitle\">3,99\u20ac par mois pendant 12 mois. Sans engagement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"fig-premium-paywall__connect\">\n                D\u00e9j\u00e0 abonn\u00e9\u00a0?                <a class=\"fig-premium-paywall__connect-link\" href=\"https:\/\/connect.lefigaro.fr\/login?client=horizon_web&amp;type=main&amp;redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lefigaro.fr%2Fsports%2Fcyclisme%2Ftour-de-france%2Fhomme-de-records-legende-vivante-cannibale-eddy-merckx-la-reference-absolue-20250616\" data-js-gtm=\"{&quot;customCategorie&quot;: &quot;conversion&quot;, &quot;customAction&quot;: &quot;before_Landing_Connexion_paywall_auto&quot;, &quot;customLabel&quot;: &quot;bGVmaWdhcm8uZnJfXzFmMDRhOTQzLTVhZTMtNjdmMC04M2FiLTBmOTFmZGU1ZmUyZl9fQXJ0aWNsZQ==_Homme de records, l\u00e9gende vivante, \u00abCannibale\u00bb\u00a0: Eddy Merckx, la r\u00e9f\u00e9rence absolue_443&quot;, &quot;customIDSPE&quot;: &quot;bGVmaWdhcm8uZnJfXzFmMDRhOTQzLTVhZTMtNjdmMC04M2FiLTBmOTFmZGU1ZmUyZl9fQXJ0aWNsZQ==&quot;, &quot;event&quot;: &quot;customEventSPE&quot;}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                    Connectez-vous<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PORTRAIT &#8211; Le champion belge, qui f\u00eate ses 80 ans ce mardi, a outrageusement domin\u00e9 les ann\u00e9es 1960&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":182151,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1411],"tags":[1154,207,1011,27,60,210],"class_list":{"0":"post-182150","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cyclisme","8":"tag-cycling","9":"tag-cyclisme","10":"tag-fr","11":"tag-france","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-tour-de-france"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@fr\/114696011328105168","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=182150"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182150\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/182151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=182150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=182150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=182150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}