| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations |
| Summary |
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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (Library Ideas, viewed Aug. 6, 2013) |
| Subject |
Merckx, Eddy, 1945-
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Cycling -- Belgium -- Biography.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Biography.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1613747276 (electronic bk.) |
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9781613747278 (electronic bk.) |
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