God is Dead: The Rise and Fall of Frank Vandenbroucke, Cycling's Great Wasted Talent

*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.

Sports & Outdoors

McGrath, Andy

Biographies

Penguin

DescriptionWINNER OF THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2017Tom Simpson is British cycling's greatest icon. Fifty years after he conquered the continental sporting scene, he still captivates people around the world. After his dramatic death on Mont Ventoux during the 1967 Tour de France, amphetamines and alcohol were found in his system, a fact which often dwarfs his pioneering achievements. From a humble upbringing in a Nottinghamshire mining town, Simpson became the first Briton to win the elite men's World Championships and to wear the Tour de France's yellow jersey. He also took victory at Milan Sanremo, the Tour of Flanders and the Tour of Lombardy, three of cycling's most prestigious races. A charismatic and impulsive character, Simpson lived life fast, with a penchant for spectacular racing, sports cars and fanciful dreams. This man of contradictions was both people's champion and pariah, gentleman and rogue. Guided by rare photography of Simpson, this book explores the Briton's feats and complexities through untold stories from those closest to him. Main protagonists and interviews:Jan Janssen, Raymond Poulidor, Gianni Motta, Barry Hoban, Emile Daems, Brian Robinson, Vin Denson, Helen Hoban, Joanne Simpson, Henri Duez, Charly Wegelius, Dave Bonner, Billy Holmes, Keith Butler, Pete Ryalls and Professor Greg Whyte OBE.

Tom Simpson: Bird On The Wire

Biographies & Memoirs

Bloomsbury Sport

Happy 100th race, Tour de France! The deluxe Official Treasures series celebrates the grand occasion with a brand-new boxed edition. It gives fans of this 2,200-mile event—considered the greatest test of endurance in the sporting world—an authoritative account of each major era up to and including the 2012 Tour, plus 40 items of historic memorabilia packaged into six folders. The removable facsimiles include souvenir brochures, period newspapers, posters, stickers, and postcards and correspondence from leading cyclists.  An official publication of ASO, the organizers of the Tour de France, in tandem with the French sports newspaper L'Equipe, this volume features a foreword by Bernard Hinault, a five-time champion and Tour ambassador.

Le Tour de France 100: The Official Treasures

Laget, Serge

Edwardes-Evans, Luke

Individual Sports

Carlton Books

Filled with features and fabulous images, this official celebration of the famed Tour de France is now updated to include the 2016 race! Generally considered the greatest test of endurance in sports, the Tour de France covers more than 2,200 miles in just over three weeks, climbing high into both the Alps and Pyrenees before ending on Paris’s iconic Champs-Élysées. This brand-new and updated edition gives an authoritative account of each major era up to and including the 2016 Tour with more than 300 photographs, some dating back to the nineteenth century. Features on the superstars, coverage of memorable moments in every era, thrilling action shots, and pictures of souvenir brochures, period newspapers, posters, stickers, postcards, and letters will engross every fan of the sport.

Le Tour de France: The Official Story of the World's Greatest Cycle Race

History

Historical Study & Educational Resources

Filled with features and fabulous images, this official celebration of the famed Tour de France is now updated to include the 2017 race! Generally considered the greatest test of endurance in sports, the Tour de France covers more than 2,200 miles in just over three weeks, climbing high into both the Alps and Pyrenees before ending on Paris’s iconic Champs-Élysées. This updated edition, with brand-new features and stories, gives an authoritative account of each major era up to and including the 2017 Tour—when Britain's Chris Froome joined an elite club of four-time and three-in-a-row winners. In addition to more than 300 photographs, some dating back to the nineteenth century, there are features on the superstars, coverage of memorable moments in every era, thrilling action shots, and pictures of souvenir brochures, period newspapers, posters, stickers, postcards, and letters will engross every fan of the sport.

Le Tour de France: The Official History

Reference

Encyclopedias & Subject Guides

This brand new edition, with new features and stories, comprises an authoritative narrative account of each major era, up to and including the 2019 Tour, with more than 300 photographs, some dating back to the nineteenth century. There are features on the superstars and memorable moments for each era. The photos include souvenir brochures, period newspapers, posters, stickers, postcards and items of correspondence, together with action shots of all the major stars both in the saddle and associated with what is universally known as Le Tour. The Official History of the Tour de France is a celebration of one of the world's most famed annual events. Generally considered the greatest test of endurance in the sporting world, the Tour de France cycle race covers more than 2,200 miles in just over three weeks, climbing high into both the Alps and Pyrenees on a journey around France and, more often than not, briefly into neighbouring countries before ending on Paris's infamous Champs-Élysées.

The Official History of the Tour de France

Product Description 
The Official History of the Tour de France is a celebration of one of the greatest annual sporting events, and the premier competition in world cycling. 
 Through more than 300 photographs, rarely-seen documents and items of memorabilia, this book covers more than a century of fascinating stories on the Tour and its iconic yellow jersey. 
This revised and updated edition includes an authoritative narrative account of each major era, up to and including the thrilling 2020 Tour - a dramatic contest completed against all the odds - and a preview of the 2021 event. There are features on superstar cyclists and memorable moments from each period of the event's rich history, and a foreword from legendary Tour de France champion Stephen Roche, all of which combines to form the definitive illustrated book on the Tour. 
 About the Author 
Luke Edwardes-Evans is a freelance writer who regularly contributes articles to Cycling Weekly. He is the author of the Official Tour de France Bike Maintenance Book. He lives in Tonbridge, in Kent, a short hop from France.\nSerge Laget has followed the Tour since 1954 when, aged seven, he watched the peloton ride through his native Cévennes region of southern France. As a journalist, he has covered the race for 
L'Équipe - France's leading sports newspaper - for more than 30 years, and also written numerous Tour-related books.\nAndy McGrath is a staff writer for 
Cycling Weekly and 
 Cycle Sport magazines. He has covered the Tour de France, Tour of Italy and the sport's big one-day Classics.\nBorn in Yffiniac, Brittany, Bernard Hinault was the last great French champion of the Tour de France. A proud Breton, he had the strength of character to assume leadership of the tight-knit peloton from an early age, and his five Tour wins place him among the greatest cyclists of all time. One of the most self-possessed champions in Tour history, he remains a legend. Hinault vowed to retire aged 32 and did just that, riding his last Tour in 1986 and winning three stages, the King of the Mountains, and lending a hand to Greg LeMond en route to the American’s first Tour win.

The Official History of The Tour De France

Welbeck Publishing

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 untold story of the mercurial cycling prodigy Frank Vandenbroucke.

BANTAM PRESS

Fully revised and updated for 2023, this is a celebration of one of the greatest annual sporting events. Including over 300 photos.

The Official History of the Tour de France: Revised and Updated (2023)

Edwards-Evans, Luke

Beasts Of Britain is a book by Andy McGrath, a Cryptozoology 'enthusiast' who has spent over 25 years of researching and obsessing about the unknown creatures living right under our noses here on this tiny island in the North Atlantic. From a wildlife point of view, the accepted fauna of The British Isles were discovered and catalogued in their finite and immovable state in the 19th century. 
Nothing has really been added to this list or considered worthy since and the continual reports of Water Monsters, Bigfoot, Mystery Big Cats and U.F.C's (Unidentified Flying Cryptids) are largely ignored or used as newspaper fillers to entertain us. Andy's focus is on current research and sightings, pictures, videos and eyewitness accounts of the many cryptids of the British Isles. 
Although vast advancements in science and technology have brought great discoveries in other lesser known parts of the world, our island lies largely underexplored and overlooked. 
At night, outside of the busy cities and next to the unlit lakes and lonely mountains it is an island in darkness, where nobody ventures into the woods anymore and the pervading paradigm scare all but the most foolhardy scientists away from any serious investigation of the many yet to be discovered - Beasts Of Britain.

Beasts of Britain (Hangar 1 Publishing's Cryptozoology Books)

Religion & Spirituality

Occult & Paranormal

Hangar 1 Publishing

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Books by McGrath, Andy

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God is Dead: The Rise and Fall of Frank Vandenbroucke, Cycling's Great Wasted Talent

Tom Simpson: Bird On The Wire

Le Tour de France 100: The Official Treasures

Le Tour de France: The Official Story of the World's Greatest Cycle Race

Le Tour de France: The Official History

The Official History of the Tour de France

The Official History of The Tour De France

God is Dead: The Rise and Fall of Frank Vandenbroucke, Cycling's Great Wasted Talent

The Official History of the Tour de France: Revised and Updated (2023)

Beasts of Britain (Hangar 1 Publishing's Cryptozoology Books)