Half Man, Half Bike
William Fotheringham
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Ebook in PDF format. Available for immediate download after we receive your order
Ebook in PDF format. Available for immediate download after we receive your order
Publisher:
Chicago Review Press
Chicago Review Press
DRM:
ACS4
ACS4
Publication Year:
2014
2014
ISBN-13:
9781613747278
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.