Anquetil, Alone: The Legend of the Controversial Tour de France Champion

by Paul Fournel

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.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1781257329
• ISBN13: 9781781257326
• Release Date: May 2018
• Publisher: Ips - Profile Books
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 7.7"