Anquetil, Alone [electronic resource] : The legend of the controversial Tour de France champion
Paul Fournel2017
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Shortlisted for the Sports Book Awards 2018 for Biography of the Year and
Cycling Book of the Year
There are things he does alone, and things that he alone does.
Jacques Anquetil was a cyclist with an aristocratic demeanor and a relaxed
attitude to rules and morals. His womanising and frank admissions of doping
appalled 1960s French society, even as his five Tour de France wins enthralled
it.
Paul Fournel was besotted with him from the start ("Too young to understand, I
was nevertheless old enough to admire") and followed Anquetil's career with the
passion of a fan and the eye of a poet.
In this stunningly original biography of a complex and divisive character,
Fournel - author of the seminal Vélo (or Need for the Bike)- blends the story of
Anquetil's life with scenes from his own, to create a classic of cycling
literature.
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Author:
Paul Fournel, Author
Imprint:
United Kingdom : Pursuit Books, 2017
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file) (858.0 Kbytes)
Audience:
General/trade
System details:
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9781782832980
Language:
English
BRN:
435980
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