Cycling category: 1003 books
Coast to Coast to Coast to Coast (sort of)
A bloke with a normal bike travelling around England
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2015
A bloke with a normal bike travelling around England, including the Irish sea to north sea route and the South West Peninsula from the English Channel to the Atlantic coast
The Death of Marco Pantani
A Biography
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2012
The intimate biography of the charismatic Tour de France winner Marco Pantani, now u****pdated to include the 2014 and 2015 investigation into Pantani's death.
National Sporting Club Book of the Year
Shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award
'An exhaustively...
The Tour According to G
My Journey to the Yellow Jersey
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2018
The inspirational inside story from the 2018 Tour de France and Sports Personality of the Year winner
"This year G was the strongest rider, and he finally had Lady Luck on his side. An unstoppable combination" Chris Froome
"I understood what Geraint's win meant: for him, for me, for...
101 Damnations
Dispatches from the 101st Tour de France
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2014
Join Ned Boulting as he reports on his dozen-th Tour de France, an event in which blokes do amazing things on bikes, and, we’re oft told, the biggest annual sporting event in the world.
101 Damnations is a chance to relive the 2014 race, stage for stage, fall after fall, tantrum by tantrum;...
How Cav Won the Green Jersey
Short Dispatches from the 2011 Tour de France
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2012
This is not a 100,000-word, minute-by-minute, blow-by-blow account of the 2011 Tour de France.
This is not the story of Cadel Evans.
This is not the story of Alberto Contador, Andy Schleck, or Bradley Wiggins.
And it's not even the story of Mark Cavendish.
(Although he...
by Richard Moore
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2011
On Sunday 22 July, Bradley Wiggins became the first British rider ever to win the Tour de France. It was the culmination of years of hard work and dedication and a vision begun with the creation of Team Sky. This is the inside story of that journey to greatness. On Sunday 22 July, Bradley Wiggins...
Inside the Peloton
Riding, Winning and Losing the Tour de France
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2011
Racing cyclists all ride the same frail machine and all are equal before the demands of the road. But what is it that makes a winner? What special attributes do winners need to give them that extra edge? To find out, Fife analyses and illustrates the moral strength, intelligence, racing nous, cunning,...
Faster
The Obsession, Science and Luck Behind the World's Fastest Cyclists
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2014
For professional cyclists, going faster and winning are, of course, closely related. Yet surprisingly, for many, a desire to go faster is much more important than a desire to win. Someone who wants to go faster will work at the details and take small steps rather than focusing on winning. Winning...
Tour de France
The History, The Legend, The Riders
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2011
In this updated edition of the highly acclaimed Tour de France, Graeme Fife sets the 2011 race in the context of the event's remarkable history, stretching back to July 1903. Combining meticulous research with a pacy narrative style, he penetrates the mystique of the race and paints a colourful picture...
by Bill Narasnek
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2011
The story of Bill Narasnek's record setting trans-Canada ride in 1991. The book describes how Bill and his support team overcame the many challenges and obstacles that confront any adventurer when attempting an endeavour of this magnitude. Bill tells the story in his own words with humour and honesty.
by Mick Hobday
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2013
The Adventures of a Hard-up, Diabetic Traveller with a Corn Flake Problem, details a decade’s worth of experiences from my travels in over 60 countries. I have travelled for 71.3% of this past decade, with a daily expenditure of £14.13, pretty cheap when you consider that includes everything....
by Max Leonard
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2015
A lively and entertaining history of the riders who have come in last place during the grueling 3,000-mile Tour de France
Froome, Wiggins, Mercks—we know the winners of the Tour de France, but Lanterne Rouge tells the forgotten, often inspirational and occasionally absurd stories of the last-placed...
by Ben Greenfield
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2012
Getting to the Ironman Triathlon World Championships in Kona, Hawaii can be pretty tough. But with this new book from Ben Greenfield and the Rock Star Triathlete Academy, you'll be instantly equipped with what you need to qualify. This comprehensive manual includes:
- History Of Kona Ironman World...
Put Me Back On My Bike
In Search of Tom Simpson
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2012
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. A man of contradictions, Simpson was one of the first cyclists to admit to...