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 Cannibal (Hawkes novel) thus connected to modernist fiction. Hawkes was praised by Thomas Pynchon, and it is likely that both "The Cannibal" and "The Lime Twig" were important sources of inspiration for his masterpiece "Gravity's Rainbow". Hence this novel can be read as one of the first examples of postmodern literature and an important link between modernism and postmodernism. The Cannibal (Hawkes novel) The Cannibal is a 1949 novel by John Hawkes, partially based on Hawkes' own experiences in the Second World War. The novel is divided in three parts. The first and the last are set in 1945, in an imaginary small