A biography of Bernard Hinault, one of France's greatest cyclists, from the author of "Merckx: Half Man, Half Bike" and "Put Me Back On My Bike: In Search Of Tom Simpson".
William Fotheringham writes for the Guardian and Observer on cycling and rugby. A racing cyclist and launch editor of procycling and Cycle Sport magazines, he has reported on over twenty Tours de France. He is the number one bestselling author of Merckx: Half Man, Half Bike and is the critically lauded author of Fallen Angel, Roule Britannia, and Put Me Back on My Bike, which V¿ magazine called 'The best cycling biography ever written.
William Fotheringham writes for the Guardian and Observer on cycling and rugby. A racing cyclist and launch editor of procycling and Cycle Sport magazines, he has reported on over twenty Tours de France. He is the number one bestselling author of Merckx: Half Man, Half Bike and is the critically lauded author of Fallen Angel, Roule Britannia, and Put Me Back on My Bike, which V¿ magazine called 'The best cycling biography ever written.
Few British schoolchildren of the seventies can have been as obsessed with the Tour de France as William Fotheringham, who smuggled copies of Miroir du Cyclisme into lessons to read inside his books. Since joining the Guardian in 1989, William Fotheringham has been at the forefront of British cycling journalism.
Paperback edition of the bestselling biography of Eddy Merckx, one of the greatest cyclists of all time. Throughout his career, the Belgian amassed 445 victories, but his story also includes a horrific injury, a doping controversy and tragedy. Fotheringham's cycling books have sold more than 75, 000 copies for Yellow Jersey.
The cyclist 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 on the barren moonscape of the Mont Ventoux during the 1967 Tour. Almost 35 years on, hundreds of fans still make the pilgrimage to the windswept memorial which marks the spot where he died. A man of contradictions, Simpson was one of the first cyclists to admit to using bann...
Bernard Hinault
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De definitieve biografie van Frankrijks beste coureur, geschreven door de auteur van de bestseller Merckx, Half Man, Half Bike
Bernard Hinault is een van 's werelds beste wielrenners aller tijden. Hij won de Tour de France vijf maal. De wereldkampioen van 1980 won maar liefst zes klassiekers en is tot op de dag van vandaag de laatste Franse winnaar van de Tour. Die zege marke...
Es ist der 13. Juli 1967. Brütende Hitze am gefürchteten Mont Ventoux. Es ist der Tag, an dem die Tour de France über den kahlen Giganten der Provence führt. Ein Tag, der Bilder liefert, die sich ins kollektive Gedächtnis einbrennen. Unendlich leer ist der Blick von Tom Simpson, dem früheren Weltmeister. Er fährt zickzack, taumelt, stürzt. Ein Mechaniker hilft ihm in den Sattel, schiebt ihn an. Wenige hundert Meter weiter bricht Simpson erneut...
William Fotheringham (Author) William Fotheringham is the bestselling author of Merckx: Half Man, Half Bike, Fallen Angel: The Passion of Fausto Coppi, Roule Britannia, The Badger: Bernard Hinault and the Fall and Rise of French Cycling, and Put Me Back on My Bike, which V¿ magazine called `the best cycling biography ever written¿. He writes for the Guardian and Observer on cycling and has reported on over twenty Tours de France. James Nunn (I...
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William Fotheringham writes for the Guardian and Observer on cycling and rugby. A racing cyclist and launch editor of Procycling and Cycle Sport magazines, he has reported on over twenty Tours de France. He is the critically lauded author of Fallen Angel, Roule Britannia, and Put Me Back on My Bike, which V¿ magazine called 'The best cycling biography ever written', and the bestselling biography of Eddy Merckx.
Could religious wars ultimately result in nuclear destruction of mankind? Perhaps, a new approach could bring a world at war to a new frontier with regard to theology. This text considers the basic tenets of ancient and modem beliefs in juxtaposition with logic and science. Monotheism, polytheism and anthropomorphism are presented from the standpoint of origin and historical teachings. The profound differences presented by philosophers, mathem...
