Rough Ride - Couverture souple

Kimmage, Paul

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0224061704 ISBN 13 : 9780224061704

Editeur : Yellow Jersey Press, 2001

Synopsis

Second revised edition of the Irish rider's frank insight into the world of professional cycling, addressing the issue of drugs in sport. Kimmage rode in the Tour de France three times, before leaving the sport and becoming a journalist. Originally published by Stanley Paul. Winner of the William Hill Sports Book of the Year, 1990.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Paul Kimmage's boyhood dreams were of cycling glory - winning races, wearing the yellow jersey, cycling the Tour de France, becoming a national hero. He knew it wouldn't come easy, he was prepared to put in the graft and so he spent his teenage years cycling an average of 100 miles a week. The dedication began to pay off. He won junior races, represented his country and in 1984 he became a professional cyclist. That's when reality hit. He soon discovered that it wasn't about glory and courage and it wasn't about how much training you put in or how much you wanted to succeed. It was about gruelling defeats, complete and utter exhaustion, and, it was about drugs. Not drugs that would ensure victory but drugs that would allow you to finish the race and start another day.Paul Kimmage left the sport to write this book. It is a powerful and frank account that breaks the law of silence that surrounds the issue of drugs in sport. An eye-opening expose and a heartbreaking lament it is a book that any person interested in any sport should read.

Revue de presse

"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, you can’t move for books about doping, but Kimmage, and ex-pro rider himself, was the first to ‘spit in the soup’ back in the 1990s... A must read for any cyclist" (Cyclist)

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Yellow Jersey Press
• Date d'édition: 2001
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0224061704
• ISBN 13: 9780224061704
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 288
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible