Editing Eddy Merckx (section)

=== Titles of honour ===
* [[File:Legion Honneur Chevalier ribbon.svg|40px]] Knight of the French [[Legion of Honour]]: 1975<ref name="CDLH" />
* [[File:BEL Order of Leopold II - Officer BAR.png|40px]] Officer in the Belgian [[Order of Leopold II]]: 1996<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OKuL8mfCJc4C&q=Merckx+leopoldsorde&pg=PA172|title=Adelbrieven verleend door Z.M. Albert II, Koning der Belgen, 1993-2000|date=29 November 2018|publisher=Lannoo Uitgeverij|isbn=9789020945232|access-date=29 November 2018|via=Google Books}}</ref>
* [[File:Legion Honneur Commandeur ribbon.svg|40px]] Commander of the French Legion of Honour: 2014<ref>{{cite web |last=rdc |title=Freddy Thielemans wordt officier in de Franse Légion d'honneur |date=12 May 2014 |url=http://www.standaard.be/cnt/dmf20140512_01101887 |access-date=29 November 2018 |publisher=De Standaard |language=nl}}</ref>
* [[File:Cavaliere OMRI BAR.svg|40px]] Knight in the [[Order of Merit of the Italian Republic]]
* [[File:Olympic Rings black.svg|40px]] Silver [[Olympic Order]]: 1995<ref>{{cite web |title=Olympic Order Recipients (1386) |url=https://www.olympedia.org/lists/200/manual |access-date=1 January 2023}}</ref>
* Created [[Baron]] Merckx by Royal Decree, with devise Post Proelia Praemia: 1996
* Honorary doctorate of the university [[Vrije Universiteit Brussel|VUB]]: 2011<ref>{{cite news |date=17 March 2011 |title=Eddy Merckx krijgt eredoctoraat van VUB |language=nl |publisher=Bruzz |url=https://www.bruzz.be/samenleving/eddy-merckx-krijgt-eredoctoraat-van-vub-2011-03-17}}</ref>
* [[Belgian Olympic and Interfederal Committee Order of Merit]]: 2013<ref>{{cite web |date=31 May 2013 |title=Eddy Merckx krijgt Orde van Verdienste: "Dit is grote eer" |url=https://www.hln.be/meer-sport/eddy-merckx-krijgt-orde-van-verdienste-dit-is-grote-eer~a01faff4/ |publisher=Het Laatste Nieuws |language=nl}}</ref>
* Merckx is honorary citizen of [[Meise]], [[Tielt-Winge]] and [[Tervuren]]<ref>{{cite news|title="Toch maar mooi ereburger zoals Eddy Merckx"|language=nl|url=https://www.hln.be/meise/toch-maar-mooi-ereburger-zoals-eddy-merckx~a8f22c36/}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Eddy Merckx opent oorlogsmuseum in Tielt-Winge|language=nl|url=https://www.standaard.be/cnt/dmf11112000_035}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Merckx ereburger van Tervuren|language=nl|url=https://www.hbvl.be/cnt/eid36781}}</ref>
* [[Bronze Zinneke]]: 2006<ref>{{cite web |title=Bronzen Zinnekes voor Merckx, Van Himst en Wynants |url=https://www.bruzz.be/samenleving/bronzen-zinnekes-voor-merckx-van-himst-en-wynants-2006-06-07 |publisher=bruzz.be |language=nl |publication-date=7 June 2006}}</ref>