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The Racer: The Inside Story of Life on the Road
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What is it really like to be a racer?What is it like to be swept along at 60kmh in the middle of the pack? What happens to the body during a high-speed chute? What tactics must teams employ to win the day, the jersey, the grand tour? What sacrifices must a cyclist make to reach the highest levels? What is it like on the bus? In the hotels? What camaraderie is built in the confines of a team? What rivalries? How does it feel to be constantly on the road, away from loved ones, tasting one more calorie-counted hotel breakfast? David Millar offers us a unique insight into the mind of a professional cyclist during his last year before retirement. Over the course of a season on the World Tour, Millar puts us in touch with the sights, smells and sounds of the sport. This is a book about youth and age, fresh-faced excitement and hard-earned experience. It is a love letter to cycling.’Cycling has always been about a great deal more than its winners, and The Racer is quite a ride’ Spectator
Additional information
| Weight | 0.225 kg |
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| Dimensions | 2 × 12.9 × 19.8 cm |
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| Format | Paperback |
| Language | |
| Pages | 304 |
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| Year Published | 2016-5-5 |
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| Publication City/Country | London, United Kingdom |
| ISBN 10 | 0224100084 |
| About The Author | David Millar was a professional cyclist for eighteen years, and was the first Briton to wear the leader's jerseys in the Tour de France, Vuelta a España and Giro d'Italia. He is now part of the ITV cycling commentary team and a key spokesman on anti-doping. His first book Racing Through the Dark was a bestseller and was shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year award. |
David Millar's book takes you inside the sport of cycling while also emphasising the absurdity of it. It's quite rare for a sportsman to be so immersed and yet able to detach themselves from it all … The parts on crashing are amazing. I felt frightened and sore reading it |
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| Other text | Cycling has always been about a great deal more than its winners, and The Racer is quite a ride |
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