The Cannibal

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Giro d'Italia winner Olympic athlete Tour de France winner Vuelta a España winner human professional cyclist road racing cyclist world road race champion

The Cannibal is the legendary Belgian cyclist Eddy Merckx, renowned for his relentless, all-conquering racing style and status as one of the greatest cyclists in history.

Aliases (1)

Eddy Merckx ×57

Statements (57)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Giro d'Italia winner → Olympic athlete → Tour de France winner → Vuelta a España winner → human → professional cyclist → road racing cyclist → world road race champion →
Axel Merckx	instanceOf professional cyclist →
competedInEvent	1964 Olympic road race →
countryOfCitizenship	Belgium →
dateOfBirth	1945-06-17 →
discipline	road cycling →
founded	Eddy Merckx Cycles →
gender	male →
hasChild	Axel Merckx →
hasNickname	The Cannibal →
heldHourRecord	1972 →
hourRecordDistanceKm	49.431 →
isConsidered	one of the greatest cyclists of all time →
knownFor	relentless, all-conquering racing style →
numberOfGiroDiLombardiaWins	2 →
numberOfGiroDItaliaWins	5 →
numberOfLiègeBastogneLiègeWins	5 →
numberOfMilanSanRemoWins	7 →
numberOfParisRoubaixWins	3 →
numberOfTourDeFranceWins	5 →
numberOfTourOfFlandersWins	2 →
numberOfVueltaAEspañaWins	1 →
numberOfWorldRoadRaceTitles	3 →
OlympicAppearance	1964 Summer Olympics →
placeOfBirth	Meensel-Kiezegem → surface form: "Meensel-Kiezegem, Belgium"
retired	1978 →
ridingStyle	aggressive → all-rounder →
sport	cycling →
spouse	Claudine Acou →
turnedProfessional	1965 →
wonGiroDItalia	1968 → 1970 → 1972 → 1973 → 1974 →
wonMonumentClassic	Giro di Lombardia → Liège–Bastogne–Liège → Milan–San Remo → Paris–Roubaix → Tour of Flanders →
wonTourDeFrance	1969 → 1970 → 1971 → 1972 → 1974 →
wonVueltaAEspaña	1973 →
wonWorldRoadRaceChampionship	1967 → 1971 → 1974 →

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The Cannibal → hasNickname → The Cannibal →

subject surface form: "Eddy Merckx"

Eddy Merckx → nickname → The Cannibal →