Nickname
Chavanel is known as Mimosa or Mimo, after a French film character he imitates. In the Flemish-speaking Belgian media, he is often nicknamed 'La Machine' for his outstanding stamina and determination.
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“A nickname is the heaviest stone that the devil can throw at a man. It is a bugbear to the imagination, and, though we do not believe in it, it still haunts our apprehensions.”
—William Hazlitt (1778–1830)