Monday, December 22, 2014

the last book I ever read (Half Man, Half Bike: The Life of Eddy Merckx, Cycling's Greatest Champion, excerpt ten)

from Half Man, Half Bike: The Life of Eddy Merckx, Cycling's Greatest Champion by William Fotheringham:

‘Fuente would always attack when you were least expecting it, he didn’t have the calculating spirit that says “I’m going to go for it here”,’ recalled his teammate Txomin Perurena. ‘He just went for it without thinking whether Merckx was in good shape or looking bad. He would just feel like attacking. There was no doubt he was affected by the moon. I can’t remember whether it was when the moon was waxing or waning but he would suddenly flip and it wouldn’t matter whether he had Merckx in front of him or not, he would go haywire.’



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