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Put Me Back on My Bike William Fotheringham

Put Me Back on My Bike By William Fotheringham

Put Me Back on My Bike by William Fotheringham


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Summary

'The best cycling biography ever written' - Velo Tom Simpson was an Olympic medallist, world champion and the first Briton to wear the fabled yellow jersey of the Tour de France.

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Put Me Back on My Bike: In Search of Tom Simpson by William Fotheringham

'The best cycling biography ever written' - Velo Tom Simpson was an Olympic medallist, world champion and the first Briton to wear the fabled yellow jersey of the Tour de France. He died a tragic early death on the barren moonscape of the Mont Ventoux during the 1967 Tour. Almost 35 years on, hundreds of fans still make the pilgrimage to the windswept memorial which marks the spot where he died. A man of contradictions, Simpson was one of the first cyclists to admit to using banned drugs, and was accused of fixing races, yet the dapper Major Tom inspired awe and affection for the obsessive will to win which was ultimately to cost him his life. Put me Back on my Bike revisits the places and people associated with Simpson to produce the definitive story of Britain's greatest ever cyclist.

Put Me Back on My Bike Reviews

'The best cycling biography ever written' - Velo

About William Fotheringham

William Fotheringham is 36 years old. He was born in Somerset and after leaving school went to Cambridge University to study Languages. He has raced bikes for over twenty years but so far has resisted the temptation to take drugs.

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GOR001232851
9780224061872
0224061879
Put Me Back on My Bike: In Search of Tom Simpson by William Fotheringham
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Vintage Publishing
20030605
256
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