Rough Ride - Brossura

Kimmage, Paul

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0224061704 ISBN 13: 9780224061704

Casa editrice: Yellow Jersey, 2001

Riassunto

Paul Kimmage's boyhood dreams were of cycling glory - winning races, wearing the yellow jersey, cycling the Tour de France, becoming a national hero. He knew it wouldn't come easy, he was prepared to put in the graft and so he spent his teenage years cycling an average of 100 miles a week. The dedication began to pay off. He won junior races, represented his country and in 1984 he became a professional cyclist. That's when reality hit. He soon discovered that it wasn't about glory and courage and it wasn't about how much training you put in or how much you wanted to succeed. It was about gruelling defeats, complete and utter exhaustion, and, it was about drugs. Not drugs that would ensure victory but drugs that would allow you to finish the race and start another day.Paul Kimmage left the sport to write this book. It is a powerful and frank account that breaks the law of silence that surrounds the issue of drugs in sport. An eye-opening expose and a heartbreaking lament it is a book that any person interested in any sport should read.

Su questo libro

Descrizione del libro:

This devastatingly frank account of what life is really like in the world of professional cycling has become a classic stock title

L'autore:

Paul Kimmage, a professional cyclist for four years, left the sport to write this book. He is now a sports journalist for the Irish Sunday Independent.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Yellow Jersey
• Data di pubblicazione: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0224061704
• ISBN 13: 9780224061704
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 2
• Numero di pagine: 288