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 didnt 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.
Half Man, Half Bike: The Life of Eddy Merckx, Cycling's Greatest Champion
Chicago Review Press
$16.77 - $25.19
- UPC:
- 9781613747261
- Maximum Purchase:
- 2 units
- Binding:
- Paperback
- Publication Date:
- 4/1/2013
- Release Date:
- 4/1/2013
- Author:
- Fotheringham, William
- Language:
- English: Published; English: Original Language; English
- Pages:
- 320