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Bezig met laden... Half Man, Half Bike: The Life of Eddy Merckx, Cycling's Greatest Champion (origineel 2012; editie 2013)door William Fotheringham (Auteur)
Informatie over het werkMerckx. Half mens, half fiets door William Fotheringham (2012)
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. "Half Man, Half Bike" is another one of the books I read in my cycling biography phase. This one falls somewhere between "Sex, Lies, and Handlebar Tape" (about Jacques Anquetil) and "Slaying the Badger" (Greg LeMond and Bernard Hinault). While not as captivating as the latter, it is much better than the former. Eddy Merckx was always to me a revered name in cycling with one of the most incredible resume of victories. Before this book, however, I knew little of the man. He was from Belgium, spoke Flemish rather than French, won the Tour de France five times, the Giro d’Italia five times, and Vuelta a España as well as numerous of the so-called classics, and generally ruled the cycling world in the 1960s and 1970s. He was the kind of cyclist who rode the last six days in the 1975 Tour de France after he fractured his cheek bone in a crash all the while knowing he could not catch the first-place rider. His nickname was the Cannibal for his relentless, take-no-prisoners desire to not only win, but destroy his opponents. The only explanation he can give for this his insatiable desire to win is, “Passion, only passion.” I recommend this to anyone interesting in learning about the greats in cycling or someone who is interested in what drives a successful athlete or person. ( ) geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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HTML: 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.Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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