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Rough Ride: Behind the Wheel With a Pro Cyclist
Paul Kimmage
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Description for Rough Ride: Behind the Wheel With a Pro Cyclist
Paperback. Presents the life story of a professional athlete. This book is an account that breaks the law of silence surrounding the issue of drugs in sport. It is suitable for anyone who is interested in sports. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGS; WSDX; WSQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 254.
An eye-opening expose of and a heart-breaking lament for professional cycling
Paul Kimmage's boyhood dreams were of cycling glory: wearing the yellow jersey, cycling the Tour de France, becoming a national hero. He knew it wouldn't come easy, but he was prepared to put in the graft. The dedication paid off – he finished sixth in the World Championships as an amateur and in 1986, he turned professional.
He soon discovered it wasn't about courage, training hours or how much you wanted to win. It was about gruelling defeats, total exhaustion, and drugs - drugs that would allow ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Yellow Jersey
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780224080170
SKU
9780224080170
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-2
About Paul Kimmage
Since writing Rough Ride, Paul Kimmage has gone on to become one of the UK and Ireland's most respected sports journalists. Currently chief interviewer for the Sunday Times' sports section, he is also the author of Andy Townsend's autobiography, and of the highly acclaimed Full Time: The Secret Life of Tony Cascarino.
Reviews for Rough Ride: Behind the Wheel With a Pro Cyclist
Sent shockwaves through the peloton
Daniel Friebe
Outdoor Fitness
A devastatingly frank description of life on the professional road cycling circuit, hurtful in its telling of unwelcome truths yet powerful in its capture of what it takes, legally and illegally, to compete
Mary Perryman
Huffington Post UK
In the wake of the Armstrong affair, ... Read more
Daniel Friebe
Outdoor Fitness
A devastatingly frank description of life on the professional road cycling circuit, hurtful in its telling of unwelcome truths yet powerful in its capture of what it takes, legally and illegally, to compete
Mary Perryman
Huffington Post UK
In the wake of the Armstrong affair, ... Read more