Put Me Back on My Bike: In Search of Tom Simpson - Couverture souple

Fotheringham, William

 
9780224061872: Put Me Back on My Bike: In Search of Tom Simpson
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ISBN 10 : 0224061879 ISBN 13 : 9780224061872
Editeur : Yellow Jersey Press, 2003

Synopsis

'The best cycling biography ever written' - Velo Tom Simpson was an Olympic medallist, world champion and the first Briton to wear the fabled yellow jersey of the Tour de France. He died a tragic early death on the barren moonscape of the Mont Ventoux during the 1967 Tour. Almost 35 years on, hundreds of fans still make the pilgrimage to the windswept memorial which marks the spot where he died. A man of contradictions, Simpson was one of the first cyclists to admit to using banned drugs, and was accused of fixing races, yet the dapper "Major Tom" inspired awe and affection for the obsessive will to win which was ultimately to cost him his life. Put me Back on my Bike revisits the places and people associated with Simpson to produce the definitive story of Britain's greatest ever cyclist.

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À propos de l?auteur

William Fotheringham is 36 years old. He was born in Somerset and after leaving school went to Cambridge University to study Languages. He has raced bikes for over twenty years but so far has resisted the temptation to take drugs.

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Éditeur
Yellow Jersey Press
Date d'édition
2003
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0224061879
ISBN 13 
9780224061872
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
256
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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9780224080187: Put Me Back on My Bike: In Search of Tom Simpson

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0224080180 ISBN 13 :  9780224080187
Editeur : Yellow Jersey, 2007
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