Merckx: Half Man, Half Bike

Merckx: Half Man, Half Bike

The first ever English-language biography of Eddy Merckx, the greatest cyclist of all time, by William Fotheringham, Britain's top cycling writer.
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Eddy Merckx is to cycling what Muhammad Ali is to boxing or PelÃ© to football; quite simply, the best there has ever been. Throughout his professional career Merckx amassed an astonishing 445 victories. Lance Armstrong, by comparison, has managed fewer than 100.
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For Britain's leading cycling writer, William Fotheringham, the burning question remains, why? What made Eddy Merckx so invincible?
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Merckx was a machine. It wasn't just the number of victories; it was his remorseless domination that created the legend. Once, already comfortably leading the 1969 Tour de France, Merckx hammered a further eight and a half minutes out of his nearest rivals during an 85-mile solo break in the Pyrenees. But his triumphs only tell half a story that includes drug-busts, horrific injury and death. He was nicknamed 'The Cannibal' for his insatiable appetite for victory, but the moniker did scant justice to this handsome, sensitive, and surprisingly anxious man.
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In Half Man, Half Bike, Fotheringham goes back to speak to those who were there at the time. The result is the extraordinary and definitive story of a man whose fear of failure would drive him to reach the highest pinnacles before ultimately destroying him.
Country USA
Brand Yellow Jersey
Manufacturer Yellow Jersey Press
Binding Hardcover
ReleaseDate 2012-07-09
UnitCount 1
Format International Edition
EANs 9780224074483

Country	USA
Brand	Yellow Jersey
Manufacturer	Yellow Jersey Press
Binding	Hardcover
ReleaseDate	2012-07-09
UnitCount	1
Format	International Edition
EANs	9780224074483

Merckx: Half Man, Half Bike

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