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God is Dead - SHORTLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2022 (Paperback)
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God is Dead - SHORTLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2022 (Paperback)
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•SHORTLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD
2022• •A SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE TIMES AND THE
GUARDIAN• The remarkable untold story of the mercurial cycling
prodigy Frank Vandenbroucke, written by William Hill award-winning
author Andy McGrath. They called him God. For his grace on a
bicycle, for his divine talent, for his heavenly looks. Frank
Vandenbroucke had it all, and in the late Nineties he raced with
dazzling speed and lived even faster. The Belgian won several of
cycling's most illustrious races, including Liège-Bastogne-Liège,
Paris-Nice and Ghent-Wevelgem. He was a mix of poise and panache
who enthralled a generation of cycling fans. Off the bike, he only
had one enemy - himself. Vandenbroucke dabbled in nocturnal party
sessions mixing sleeping pills and alcohol and regularly fell out
with team managers. By 1999 his team had suspended him and this
proved to be the start of a long, eventful fall from grace.
Depression, a drug ban, addiction, car crashes, divorce and
countless court appearances subsumed his life. He threatened his
wife with a gun. He tried to commit suicide twice. And when police
found performance-enhancing drugs at his house, Vandenbroucke said
they were for his dog. It seemed he had finally learned from his
mistakes. Then, on 12 October 2009, aged just 34, Vandenbroucke was
found dead in a hotel room in Senegal. Guided by exclusive
contributions from his family, friends and team-mates, William Hill
award-winning author Andy McGrath lays bare Vandenbroucke's
chaotic, complicated life and times. God is Dead is the remarkable
biography of this mercurial cycling prodigy.
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