Slaying the Badger: Greg LeMond, Bernard Hinault, and the Greatest Tour de France
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 Cannibalâ€Â 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.
Country | USA |
Brand | Chicago Review Press |
Manufacturer | Chicago Review Press |
Binding | Paperback |
ItemPartNumber | illustrations |
ReleaseDate | 2013-04-01 |
UnitCount | 1 |
EANs | 9781613747261 |