The remarkable untold story of the mercurial cycling prodigy Frank Vandenbroucke, written by William Hill award-winning author Andy McGrath.
God is Dead is the remarkable biography of this mercurial cycling prodigy..
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.
Then, on 12 October 2009, aged just 34, Vandenbroucke was found Dead in a hotel room in Senegal.
It seemed he had finally learned from his mistakes.
And when police found performance-enhancing drugs at his house, Vandenbroucke said they were for his dog.
He tried to commit suicide twice.
He threatened his wife with a gun.
Depression, a drug ban, addiction, car crashes, divorce and countless court appearances subsumed his life.
By 1999 his team had suspended him and this proved to be the start of a long, eventful fall from grace.
Vandenbroucke dabbled in nocturnal party sessions mixing sleeping pills and alcohol and regularly fell out with team managers.
Off the bike, he only had one enemy - himself.
He was a mix of poise and panache who enthralled a generation of cycling fans.
The Belgian won several of cycling’s most illustrious races, including Liege-Bastogne-Liege, Paris-Nice and Ghent-Wevelgem.
Frank Vandenbroucke had it all, and in the late Nineties he raced with dazzling speed and lived even faster.
For his grace on a bicycle, for his divine talent, for his heavenly looks.
They called him God.
The remarkable untold story of the mercurial cycling prodigy Frank Vandenbroucke, written by William Hill award-winning author Andy McGrath
