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

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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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  • Title Half Man, Half Bike: The Life of Eddy Merckx, Cycling's Greatest Champion
  • Author William Fotheringham
  • Binding Paperback
  • Pages 320
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Chicago Review Press
  • Publication date 2013-04-01
  • Features Bibliography, Index
  • ISBN 9781613747261 / 1613747268
  • Weight 0.8 lbs (0.36 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.4 x 5.2 x 0.8 in (21.34 x 13.21 x 2.03 cm)
  • Category Sports & Recreation
  • Library of Congress subjects Cyclists - Belgium, Merckx, Eddy
  • Dewey Decimal Code 796.620

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  • Booklist, 04/15/2013, Page 13
  • Kirkus Reviews, 03/01/2013, Page 0

About the author

William Fotheringham is the cycling correspondent at the Guardian newspaper, covering the Tour de France as well as three Olympic Games. He launched Cycle Sport magazine in 1993 and ProCycling magazine and website in 1998. He is the author of A Century of Cycling, Cycle Racing, Cyclopedia, and Put Me Back on My Bike.
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