Cycling's 50 Triumphs and Tragedies
Cycling's 50 Triumphs and Tragedies
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Cycling's 50 Triumphs and Tragedies by Les Woodland
When more than 100 men or women go racing down a road, inches away from each other, in all weather, over all kinds of roads, the opportunity for a brilliant win or a terrible accident is always there. For more than a century bicycle racers have sought glory, but have often found only misery. There can be only one winner, and even that triumph can be mixed with terrible loss. Fausto Coppi, coached by a blind man, set the World Hour Record in Milan during the war while the city was being shattered by bombs. Tom Simpson was world champion in 1965, but by 1967, he was nearly a has-been. Desperate to win the Tour de France, he took an overdose of amphetamines and died by the side of the road of heart failure, probably caused by dehydration triggered by the drugs that were to help him win. Great joy and tragedy so close together. Join cycling's most accomplished writer, Les Woodland, as he explores the heroic, sometimes triumphant side of cycling, all the time reminding us that for every winner in cycling there have to be a hundred losers. Sometimes their tale is better or sadder than the winner's. We'll go on a journey round fifty sites of success and sorrow. Some of them, tragically, combined.
Woodland, Les: - Les Woodland has been cycling for 50 years and has been writing about cycling since 1965, when he wrote his first reports for the British publication Cycling. Since then he has been a prolific contributor to newspapers, magazines, web sites and radio stations in the U.K., the U.S. and Belgium as well as authoring more than twenty-five books. Mr. Woodland, who lives in France, speaks several of the languages of cycling: English, Dutch and French.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780985963644 |
| ISBN 10 | 0985963646 |
| Title | Cycling's 50 Triumphs and Tragedies |
| Author | Les Woodland |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | McGann Publishing LLC |
| Year published | 2015-10-13 |
| Number of pages | 332 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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