Slaying the Badger: LeMond, Hinault and the Greatest Ever Tour de France
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Slaying the Badger: LeMond, Hinault and the Greatest Ever Tour de France

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Greg LeMond, ‘L’Americain’: fresh-faced, prodigious newcomer. This is supposed to be his year.Bernard Hinault, ‘The Badger’: aggressive, headstrong, five-time winner of the Tour. He has pledged his unwavering support to his team mate, LeMond.The team is everything in cycling, so the world watches, stunned, as LeMond and Hinault’s explosive rivalry plays out over three high-octane weeks. Slaying the Badger relives the adrenaline and agony as LeMond battles to become the first American to win the Tour, with the Badger relentlessly on the attack.Includes brand new material for the paperback.

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Weight 0.23 kg
Dimensions 2 × 13 × 19.8 cm
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Paperback
Language

Pages

336
Publisher

Year Published

2012-6-7
Imprint

Publication City/Country

London, United Kingdom
ISBN 10

0224082914
About The Author

Richard Moore is a freelance journalist and author. His first book, In Search of Robert Millar, won Best Biography at the 2008 British Sports Book Awards. His second book, Heroes, Villains & Velodromes, was long-listed for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year. He writes on cycling and sport and is a regular contributor to the Guardian, Sky Sports and The Scotsman. He is also a former racing cyclist who represented Scotland at the 1998 Commonwealth Games.

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Moore entertainingly unravels the complexities of the relationships within the peloton during a three-week stage race, the sort of battle in which alliances can shift from one mountain peak to another and your enemy's enemy can suddenly become your most valued friend

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