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Half Man, Half Bike : The Life of Eddy Merckx, Cycling's Greatest Champion by William Fotheringham; OverDrive, Inc is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Half Man, Half Bike : The Life of Eddy Merckx, Cycling's Greatest Champion about?

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.

Who reads Half Man, Half Bike : The Life of Eddy Merckx, Cycling's Greatest Champion?

Author

William Fotheringham; OverDrive, Inc

Publisher

Chicago Review Press : Made available through hoopla

Published

2013

Language

EN

ISBN

9780224074483

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Sports, Memoir, Anthropology

Rating

4.4 / 5 (803 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14