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Olympic GangsterThe Legend of Jos Beyaert Cycling Champion, Fortune Hunter by Matt Rendell (Paperback, 2009)

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Many of the facts about Jose Beyaert s life are matters of public record- he was born in 1928 in Lens; he won an Olympic gold medal in the 1948 road race in Windsor Park; he enjoyed a lengthy sporting career and won many professional cycling races; he attained celebrity status in France, Africa and South America; and he was recuperated by right-wing debunkers of Papillon as a more acceptable swashbuckler in French politics. The rest traffiker of weapons for the Resistance in Vichy France in the Second World War; his adventures in Colombia s emerald fields; diving for Fitzcarraldo s lost treasure in the piranha-infested Orinoco River; his execution of erstwhile business partners who double-crossed him while they were cutting timber in the rainforest; and his friendship with the emerald and cocaine billionaire Jose Rodr-quez Gacha ( A good man, he would say of the sadist and serial murderer, who orchestrated Pablo Escobar's terror in Colombia) is shrouded in mystery. Jose Beyaert was an inveterate

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TransWorld LTD
ISBN-13
9781845963989
eBay Product ID (ePID)
90893924

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Book Title
Olympic Gangsterthe Legend of Jos Beyaert Cycling Champion, Fortune Hunter
Author
Matt Rendell
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Criminology
Publication Year
2009
Type
Textbook
Genre
Biographies & True Stories, Sports
Number of Pages
352 Pages

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231mm
Item Width
153mm
Item Weight
476g

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Matt Rendell
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom

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by funkyduc04 May, 2020
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This book is amazing. For anyone who enjoys cycling, get it as a gift. This story needs to be known. From working with the French Resistance in WW2, to stopping the Tour de France! This man lived 10 lives!
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