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Ferguson, Euan

 
9780711238084: Break Away: The heroes and hellraisers that made road cycling
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ISBN 10 : 0711238081 ISBN 13 : 9780711238084
Editeur : Frances Lincoln, 2016

Synopsis

No sport demands and celebrates the suffering of its participants like road racing, yet the pursuit of cycling was formed out of a spirit of emancipation, freedom, invention and revolution. It started with Victorian adventurers who took their new machine across continents, up unscaled peaks and into the first races, followed by those who saw the potential of the bicycle as a radical mode of transport, before the twentieth-century sun shone on a golden age of cycling, bringing fame and fortune to its glamorous new sporting superstars.

Through fifty key riders, from early pioneers like Mark Twain to modern superstars like Eddy Merckx,  Break Away  is a fascinating and arresting new history of road cycling.

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À propos de l'auteur

Euan Ferguson is a freelance writer and editor from London. For six years he was the principal bars and pubs writer for Time Out London, travelling all over the city to run the rule over cocktail bars, real-ale inns, gastropubs and hip drinking spots. These days, as well as writing about drinks and everything to do with them for magazines and websites he edits books on everything from sherry to cycling.

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No sport demands and celebrates the suffering of its participants like road racing, yet the pursuit of cycling was formed out of a spirit of emancipation, freedom, invention and revolution. It started with Victorian adventurers who took their new machine across continents, up unscaled peaks and into the first races, followed by those who saw the potential of the bicycle as a radical mode of transport, before the twentieth-century sun shone on a golden age of cycling, bringing fame and fortune to its glamorous new sporting superstars.
Through fifty key riders, from early pioneers like Mark Twain to modern superstars like Eddy Merckx, Break Away is a fascinating and arresting new history of road cycling.

Les informations fournies dans la section « A propos du livre » peuvent faire référence à une autre édition de ce titre.

Éditeur
Frances Lincoln
Date d'édition
2016
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0711238081
ISBN 13 
9780711238084
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
208
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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