A Rough Ride: Insight into Professional Cycling
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| Rating | : | 4.86 (911 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0091744482 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 296 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-05-04 |
| Language | : | English |
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C. McKenna said And very rough it was. I bought a copy of this several years ago and I am glad to see this has been brought back into print. Given all the furor about doping in cycling and other sports his is a story that needs to be told.As a star British amateur Kimmage got a rude awakening when he entered the world of European pro racers.There is a constant tension between his dreams of glory and the reality of his (relatively) limited ability. His account of being passed by Greg LeMond during one Tou. Craobh Rua said The Date, The DayIt's All Written Down. Paul Kimmage is an award-winning sports journalist who writes for the Sunday Times newspaper in the United Kingdom. Born in Dublin, he is a former professional cyclist who competed in the 1980s - alongside compatriots Sean Kelly, Stephen Roche and Martin Earley. In "Rough Ride", Kimmage looks back on his life on the bike - he touches on his amateur years, though he focuses more on his time as a professional. While the move into professional cycling was a dream come . It's a re-buy, it's that good This book is written by an idealistic Irish national champion who thought to make a career of himself as a professional cyclist. What he found out is that system as it exists uses up its riders like disposable cameras. He had ambitions of glory or at least success, only to find that his talent is common in the pro ranks. What he describes is what it takes to exist as a professional cyclist - the wear and tear on the body and the pounding on the psyche. Hired as a do
It is a personal account of the author's career as a team cyclist in France and as a professional with the RMO team. An insight into the world of professional cycling, published to coincide with the 1990 Tour de France. He frankly recounts his success and his misfortunes.
"Kimmage’s tale provides an important context for our current problems with performance enhancing drugs, i.e., doping."Boston