Half Man, Half Bike - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Half Man, Half Bike write by William Fotheringham. This book was released on 2013. Half Man, Half Bike available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. First published in Great Britain in 2012 as Merckx, half man, half bike by Yellow Jersey Press"--T.p. verso.
Merckx
Merckx - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Merckx write by William Fotheringham. This book was released on 2012. Merckx available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Eddy Merckx is to cycling what Muhammad Ali is to boxing or Pele to football: quite simply, the best there has ever been. Throughout his professional career Merckx amassed an astonishing 445 victories. This title presents his story.
Eddy Merckx: The Cannibal
Eddy Merckx: The Cannibal - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Eddy Merckx: The Cannibal write by Daniel Friebe. This book was released on 2012-03-22. Eddy Merckx: The Cannibal available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 'The whole point of a race is to find a winner... I chose to race, so I chose to win.' For 14 years between 1965 and 1978, cyclist Edouard Louis Joseph Merckx simply devoured his rivals, their hopes and their careers. His legacy resides as much in the careers he ruined as the 445 victories - including five Tour de France wins and all the monument races - he amassed in his own right. So dominant had Merckx become by 1973 that he was ordered to stay away from the Tour for the good of the event. Stage 17 of the 1969 Tour de France perfectly illustrates his untouchable brilliance. Already wearing the yellow jersey on the col du Tourmalet, the Tour's most famous peak, Merckx powered clear and rode the last 140 kilometres to the finish-line in jaw-dropping solitude, eight minutes ahead of his nearest competitor. Merckx's era has been called cycling's Golden Age.It was full of memorable characters who, at any other time, would all have gone on to become legends. Yet Merckx's phenomenal career overshadowed them all. How did he achieve such incredible success? And how did his rivals really feel about him? Merckx failed drug tests three times in his career - were they really stitch ups as he claimed? And what of the crash at a track meet in Blois, France that killed Merckx's pacer Fernand Wambst, which Merckx claimed deeply affected him psychologically and physically? Or the attack by a spectator in 1975? Despite his unique achievements, we know little about the Cannibal beyond his victories. This will be the first comprehensive biography of Merckx in English, and will finally expose the truth behind this legendary man.
One Man and His Bike
One Man and His Bike - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook One Man and His Bike write by Mike Carter. This book was released on 2011-06-02. One Man and His Bike available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. What would happen if you were cycling to the office and just kept on pedalling? Needing a change, Mike Carter did just that. Following the Thames to the sea he embarked on an epic 5,000 mile ride around the entire British coastline - the equivalent of London to Calcutta. He encountered drunken priests, drag queens and gnome sanctuaries. He met fellow travellers and people building for a different type of future. He also found a spirit of unbelievable kindness and generosity that convinced him that Britain is anything but broken. This is the inspiring and very funny tale of the five months Mike spent cycling the byways of the nation.
Put Me Back on My Bike
Put Me Back on My Bike - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Put Me Back on My Bike write by William Fotheringham. This book was released on 2012-12-31. Put Me Back on My Bike available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Discover the story of Britain’s ultimate cyclist and his ill-fated race during the 1967 Tour de France, from the bestselling author of Half Man Half Bike Tom Simpson was an Olympic medallist, world champion and the first Briton to wear the fabled yellow jersey of the Tour de France. He died a tragic early death during the 1967 Tour. A man of contradictions, Simpson was one of the first cyclists to admit to using banned drugs, and was accused of fixing races, yet the dapper 'Major Tom' inspired awe and affection for the obsessive will to win which was ultimately to cost him his life. Put Me Back on My Bike revisits the places and people associated with Simpson to produce the definitive story of Britain's greatest ever cyclist. The fully revised and updated edition of William Fotheringham's classic biography features a new foreword and postscript further exploring the truth behind the legend. ‘The best cycling biography ever written' Velo ‘A beautiful explanation of why Simpson's legend still exerts such a powerful hold’ Sunday Times