Sport in Belgium Belgian Cycling League, which is split between the Dutch-speaking WBV and the French-speaking FCWB. Many Belgian cyclists have been successful, and some of the greatest cycle races take place in Belgium, especially in road bicycle racing, though other bicycle racing disciplines such as mountain bike racing or track cycling also count a number of Belgian champions and races. The best Belgian cyclist of all time, Eddy Merckx, nicknamed the Cannibal, has won the Tour de France and Giro d'Italia 5 times each, won the Vuelta a España once, the UCI Road World Championship 3 times, had many classic cycle race
The Sportsman (Melbourne) The Sportsman (Melbourne) The Sportsman (1881–1904?) was a weekly newspaper published in Melbourne, Australia, devoted to sporting news, predominantly racing, with football or cricket second, with columns on handball, shooting, boxing, cycling, wrestling, swimming, yachting and other masculine sports. The paper was founded by S. V. Winter, founder of the "Herald and Weekly Times", and sold off in 1893. Publishers in 1904 were Sporting Newspapers Proprietary, for George Russell, Howey Street, Melbourne. The National Library of Australia has digitized photographic copies of most issues of "The Sportsman" from No.51 of 8 February 1882 to No. 1,196 of 26 January 1904