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Half Man, Half Bike: The Life of Eddy Merckx, Cycling's Greatest Champion

By William Fotheringham

Book information

Publisher
Chicago Review Press
Year
2013
ISBN
9781613747292, 9781613747261, 1613747292
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
5 MB (5440236 bytes)
Pages
320\0
Library
Mobilism
Time added
2022-02-18 20:54:49

Description

Eddy Merckx is to cycling what Muhammad Ali is to boxing or Pele to soccer: simply the best there has ever been. Merckx amassed an astonishing 445 victories. Lance Armstrong, by comparison, managed fewer than 100. Merckx didn't just beat his opponents; he crushed them. But his triumphs only tell half a story that includes horrific injury, a doping controversy, and tragedy. He was nicknamed "the Cannibal" for his insatiable appetite for victory, but the moniker did scant justice to a man who was handsome, sensitive, and surprisingly anxious. A number-one bestseller in the United Kingdom, "Half Man, Half Bike" is the definitive story of a man whose fear of failure drove him to the highest pinnacles before ultimately destroying him.

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