The French didn't like him, and he was booed (or is it whistled at)
when
he won one of his tours. In fact, the French disliked him for the same
reason that many of them dislike Armstrong. Things started improving
only
when he won the Dauphine / Bordeaux-Paris double and after
when he did TV commentary. Of course, I am referring to the sub human
sports fans, anyone who understood cycling appreciated him.
Your quote refers to the recent book by his daughter, which is much
more sordid than anything Gaumont etc. could dish out. As far as I can
tell,
it was a commercial flop and was identified with the other horrible
tell all
book by Benjamin Castaldi, grandson of Simone Signoret, and which
almost
destroyed his career as reality TV show host. The Anquetil book only
shocked the nation by the horribleness of its author in a country where
the private life of public figures is not considered to be very
relevant.
-ilan
Callistus Valerius a écrit :
Quoted message said:"He was a sporting god to the French, one of the greatest cycling champions
in history. Yet, only now is the truth about Jacques Anquetil being told.
Unable to have a child with his wife, he had one with her daughter from a
previous marriage, and lived with them for 15 years before the arrangement
collapsed in unhappiness and betrayal... Not only that. After Anquetil was
abandoned by his wife and the mother of his child, he then invited his
stepson's wife, Dominique (who bore him a son, Christophe), to become the
mistress of his Normandy chateau. The disclosures have shocked a nation that
thought it knew everything about Anquetil."
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