Domestique : the true life ups and downs of a tour cyclist
Wegelius, Charly, 1978-2014
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For 11 years I was a professional cyclist, competing in the hardest and greatest races on Earth. I was in demand from the world's best teams, a well-paid elite athlete. But I never won a race. I was the hired help. I learned to take that hurt and give it everything I had to give, all for someone else's win. When the order came in to ride it was I pushed out with the hardest rhythm I could, dragging the group faster and faster, until my whole body screamed with pain. There were times I rode myself to a standstill, clutching the barrier metres from the line, as the lead group shot past. But that's what made me a so good at my job.
Main title:
Domestique : the true life ups and downs of a tour cyclist / Charly Wegelius and Tom Southam.
Author:
Wegelius, Charly, 1978-, authorSoutham, Tom, 1981-, author
Imprint:
London : Ebury Press, 2014.
Collation:
xvi, 304 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (colour) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2013.
ISBN:
9780091950941 (pbk)
Dewey class:
796.6092
Language:
English
BRN:
2062327
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