William Fotheringham (2012 Event)

Cycling was a hot topic during the summer of 2012, with British
success in the Olympics and the Tour de France, and the breaking
of the Lance Armstrong scandal, and it was against this backdrop
that sports journalist William Fotheringham came to the Book
Festival to talk about one of the cycling world’s lesser-known
legends. Eddy Merckx is to cycling what Ali (or Tyson) was to
boxing and Pelé (or Messi) is to football: quite simply, the best
there has ever been. Throughout his professional career the
Belgian amassed an astonishing 445 victories and, along the way,
dealt with horrific injury, a doping scandal and tragedy.
Fotheringham shared the details of this remarkable sporting life
during this event, which was recorded live at the Edinburgh
International Book Festival, with festival Director Nick Barley.