Half Man, Half Bike
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Half Man, Half Bike

The Life of Eddy Merckx, Cycling's Greatest Champion

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eBook - ePub

Half Man, Half Bike

The Life of Eddy Merckx, Cycling's Greatest Champion

About this book

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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Information

Publisher
Chicago Review Press
Year
2013
eBook ISBN
9781613747292
Edition
1

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. List of Illustrations
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. Introduction
  8. Part One: The 1960S
  9. Part Two: The 1970S
  10. Eddy Merckx’s Major Victories
  11. Bibliography
  12. Index