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An insight into the world of professional cycling, published to coincide with the 1990 Tour de France. It is a personal account of the author's career as a team cyclist in France and as a professional with the RMO team. He frankly recounts his success and his misfortunes.
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Winner of the 1990 William Hill Sports Book of the Year.
A former rider in the Tour de France tells what life is really like in the world of professional cycling. This new edition is fully updated with two new chapters on the escalation of the use of drugs in sports.
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A former rider in the Tour de France tells what life is really like in the world of professional cycling. This new edition is fully updated with two new chapters on the escalation of the use of drugs in sports.
Paul Kimmage is a respected sports journalist. Currently chief interviewer for the Sunday Times's sports section, he is also the author of Andy Townsend's autobiography and of the highly acclaimed Full Time: The Secret Life of Tony Cascarino.
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- PublisherRandom House UK
- Publication date1991
- ISBN 10 0091749263
- ISBN 13 9780091749262
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages208
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Book Description Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Not ex-lib. Softcover in stiff blue wraps with color photos front and rear, small 8vo. 1991 reprint. 199pp. B/W and color plates, index. NF. Clean, bright with minute touches of wear to hinge ends. Binding strong and square but stiff and somewhat dry. Pages clean and unmarked on toned, pulpy stock. Plates clean and bright. Scarce outside UK. Seller Inventory # 045308
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Book Description Soft cover. Condition: Very Good +. B/W Photographs (illustrator). 2 'nd Edition. SUBTITLED: ` An Insight into Pro Cycling'. The author of these 199 pages - index included - was born in Dublin. He entered his first professional bike race in 1972. he was finished by 1989. Read more about: Les Issambres, Claude Escalon, Hotel La Quietude, Wasquehal, La Grande Boucle, peloton, dope controls, Baltyboys, and Criterium International. Text assisted by colour and b/w photographs. Cond : Paper wrapper is blue with yellow lettering. Front cover photo shows `the Irish Pope' on a slight upward incline . Volume is tight and bright with 5 folded page corners. Minor wear. Clean, no names, no marks. Very good reading copy. Quote (p. 77) : " ._._. were all managed by a Dublin businessman called Frank Quinn. I was always sceptical about managers who scratched their backsides and demanded ten per cent but Frank was different. He had a great human quality about him. He cared, and this was important to me. At the start of the year he had offered me his ._._._. ." Size: 8vo. Seller Inventory # 009258
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