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Item Details
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THE RACER
LIFE ON THE ROAD AS A PRO CYCLIST |
| By: |
David Millar |
| Format: |
Hardback |
| List price:
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£20.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0224100068 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780224100069 |
| Publisher: |
VINTAGE PUBLISHING |
| Pub. date: |
1 October, 2015 |
| Pages: |
304 |
| Description: |
What is it really like to be a racer? at is it like to be swept along at 60kmh in the middle of the pack? How does it feel to be reeled in from a solo breakaway metres from the line? What happens to the body during a high-speed chute? This book is about youth and age, fresh-faced excitement and hard-earned experience. |
| Synopsis: |
What is it really like to be a racer? at is it like to be swept along at 60kmh in the middle of the pack? How does it feel to be reeled in from a solo breakaway metres from the line? What happens to the body during a high-speed chute? What tactics must teams employ to win the day, the jersey, the grand tour? How does a domestique keep going to the end of a stage once his job is done and his body exhausted? How does a time-trialist maintain his form when every muscle and sinew is screaming at him to stop? 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 - the barked instructions of a road captain in a sprint chain, the silence of a solo training ride.This is a book about youth and age, fresh-faced excitement and hard-earned experience. It is a love letter to cycling. |
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UK |
| Imprint: |
Yellow Jersey Press |
| Prizes: |
Winner of Cross Sports Book Awards Cycling Book of the Year 2016 |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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