Bøger af William Fotheringham

Voted the most popular Italian sportsman of the twentieth century, Fausto Angelo Coppi was the campionissimo - champion of champions.

He is a five-time winner of the Tour de France and the only man to have won each of the Grand Tours on more than one occasion. Three decades on from his retirement, Hinault remains the last French winner of the Tour de France.

First published in Great Britain in 2012 as Merckx, half man, half bike by Yellow Jersey Press"--T.p. verso.

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.

Britain's leading cycling writer, William Fotheringham, goes back to speak to those who were there at the time and those who knew Merckx best to find out what made Eddy Merckx so invincible. 'The full unvarnished of one man's heaven, and hell, on wheels' Independent

In 2012 Bradley Wiggins made history by becoming the first Briton ever to win the Tour de France. From the early days of Brian Robinson to Bradley Wiggins's dominant ride via Tom Simpson, Robert Millar, Chris Boardman and many others, Roule Britannia celebrates a nation's love affair with the greatest race of all.

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.

Tour de France 1969. Syttende etape til Mourenx. Eddy Merckx er otte minutter foran i det samlede klassement. Sejren er hjemme. Alligevel angriber han, kører solo i mere end 140 kilometer hen over flere bjerge og kommer i mål med over otte minutter ned til forfølgerne.Merckx gjorde det ikke, fordi det var nødvendigt, men fordi han kunne.Eddy Merckx er for cyklingen, hvad Muhammad Ali er for boksningen: den største, der nogensinde har været. Han dominerede hen over hele cykelsæsonen i alle løb og holdt cykelsporten i et fast greb fra slutningen af 60’erne og frem til midten af 70’erne. Han vandt alt, hvad der var værd at vinde. Og han ikke bare vandt over sine konkurrenter. Han åd dem. De kaldte ham ’Kannibalen’.William Fotheringham fortæller historien om en af det tyvende århundredes største sportspersonligheder. Om en cykelrytter, der aldrig stillede til start blot for at være med, men kun for at vinde.