Cannibal in a spot of bother?

[Tumbleweed]

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/merckx-indicted-in-corruption-case

[Cav']

No Eddy!

[Tumbleweed]

It doesn't seem like a lot of bikes for a global brand.

[Cav']

I wonder who the other bike company is

['Dale]

Apparently, there was a delay in publicly announcing this until AFTER his inclusion into the Hall Of Fame in Italy, I think.

[Cav']

Well he could have been as corrupt as a RSA minister...he still deserves being inducted in the hall of fame.

I wonder why it took so long.

[Tumbleweed]

Danseuse, I think it was a Legion of Honour award from Sarkozy.

[TNT1]

Apparently, there was a delay in publicly announcing this until AFTER his inclusion into the Hall Of Fame in Italy, I think.

Danseuse, I think it was a Legion of Honour award from Sarkozy.

 

According to the paper, the indictment was delayed so that cycling legend Merckx could be received at the Elysée Palace by French president Nicolas Sarkozy and be awarded the Legion of Honour.

['Dale]

Thanx for the correction!

 

 

*time for that cuppa coffee*

Edited March 28, 2012 by danseuse

[Flemish Lion]

Some dude tweeted: "For an order of 50 bikes he got a *discount* on one bike? Not even a freebie? Belgians are rubbish at corruption."

[Bonus]

"La Dernière Heure revealed information according to which police commissaire Philippe Boucar was suspected to have informed Merckx about the purchase of 48 bicycles from a competitor of Merckx Cycles, as well as the prices paid. In return, Boucar is alleged to have bought a Merckx bike at an advantageous price"

 

and in other news, a game of marbles between two schoolboys was disrupted today when one of the boys was suspected of nudging a marble a quarter of an inch closer to the hole, which was 18 feet away, with his foot whilst no one was looking. . . .

[TNT1]

Some dude tweeted: "For an order of 50 bikes he got a *discount* on one bike? Not even a freebie? Belgians are rubbish at corruption."

 

Pretty much.