Anquetil, Alone: The Legend of the Controversial Tour de France Champion - Paperback
by Paul Fournel
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Languages:EnglishPublisher:Ips - Profile BooksISBN-13:9781781257326ISBN-10:1781257329UPC:9781781257326Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, Sports & RecreationBook Subcategory:Sports, CyclingSize:7.70 x 5.00 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.3505Product ID:SC57R0SA2P
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 V lo (or Need for the Bike)- blends the story of Anquetil's life with scenes from his own, to create a classic of cycling literature.
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 V lo (or Need for the Bike)- blends the story of Anquetil's life with scenes from his own, to create a classic of cycling literature.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Ips - Profile BooksISBN-13:9781781257326ISBN-10:1781257329UPC:9781781257326Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, Sports & RecreationBook Subcategory:Sports, CyclingSize:7.70 x 5.00 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.3505Product ID:SC57R0SA2P
Paul Fournel is a French writer, poet, publisher and cultural ambassador. He was awarded the Prix Goncourt for short fiction for Les Athlètes dans leur tête. His Besoin de Vélo (translated into English as Need for the Bike and Vélo) is a classic cycling text, in which he describes himself as the Proust of the chute. Anquetil, Alone is translated by Nick Caistor.
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