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The Unknown Tour de France, by Les Woodland
Title: The Unknown Tour de France: The Many Faces of the World's Greatest Bike Race Author: Les Woodland Publisher: Van der Plas Publishing / Cycle Publishing Year: 2002 (updated 2009) Pages: 152 Order: Cycle Publishing What it is: A history, of sorts, of the Tour de France, stopping off at some...
One Way Road, by Robbie McEwen
Title: One Way Road: The Autobiography Of Robbie McEwen, Three Time Tour De France Green Jersey WinnerAuthor: Robbie McEwen (with Edward Pickering)Publisher: Ebury PressYear: 2011Pages: 339Order: Random HouseWhat it is: What it says on the tin: the autobiography of Australia's green jersey hero,...
Inside The Peloton, by Nicolas Roche
Title: Inside The Peloton: My Life As A Professional Cyclist Author: Nicolas Roche (with Gerard Cromwell, foreword by Sean Kelly, afterword by Bradley Wiggins) Publisher: Transworld Ireland Year: 2011 Pages: 394 Order: Random House What it is: A collection of Nicolas Roche's Grand Tour newspaper...
Inside The Peloton, by Graeme Fife
Title: Inside The Peloton: Riding Winning & Losing The Tour De France Author: Graeme Fife Publisher: Mainstream Publishing Year: 2001 Pages: 220 Order: Random House What it is: Graeme Fife's cycling heroes. Strengths: Guimard. Hinault. Yates. Weaknesses: It's all dreadfully...
Mountain High, by Daniel Friebe
Title: Mountain High: Europe's Greatest Cycle Climbs Author: Daniel Friebe (photography by Pete Goding) Publisher: Quercus Year: 2011 Pages: 224 Order: Quercus What it is: A look at fifty European climbs, in words and pictures. Strengths: Beautifully produced with stunning photography, informative...
Shay Elliott, by Graham Healy
Title: Shay Elliott: The Life And Death Of Ireland's First Yellow Jersey Author: Graham Healy with Richard Allchin (forewords by Sean Kelly and Pat McQuaid) Publisher: Mousehold Press Pages: 193 Year: 2011 Order: Mousehold Press What it is: Before the Foreign Legion there was the era of the...
The Belgian Hammer, by Daniel Lee
Title: The Belgian Hammer - Forging Young Americans Into Professional CyclistsAuthor: Daniel Lee (foreword by George Hincapie) Publisher: Breakaway Books Year: 2011 Pages: 208Order: Breakaway Books What it is: The story of the young Americans, the next generation of US cyclists, men and women. Not...
The Happiness Of Pursuit, by Davis Phinney
Title: The Happiness Of Pursuit - A Father's Courage, a Son's Love and Life's Steepest ClimbAuthor: Davis Phinney (with Austin Murphy)Publisher: Houghton Mifflin HarcourtYear: 2011Pages: 227Order: Houghton MifflinWhat it is: A biography of Davis Phinney - husband of Connie Carpenter, father of...
The Doper Next Door, by Andrew Tilin
Title: The Doper Next Door: My Strange And Scandalous Year On Performance Enhancing Drugs Author: Andrew TilinPublisher: CounterpointYear: 2011Pages: 371Order: Counterpoint PressWhat it is: The story of a Joe Schmoe who spent a year doping, partly for performance enhancing purposes on the saddle,...
It's All About The Bike, by Robert Penn
Title: It's All About The Bike: The Pursuit Of Happiness On Two WheelsAuthor: Robert PennPublisher: PenguinYear: 2010Pages: 199Order: Penguin BooksWhat it is: One man's quest for the ultimate bicycle wrapped around a potted history of the bike.Strengths: Entertainingly told.Weaknesses: Could have...
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