2013: another year in cycling's inexorable rise. The 2012 Tour de France & the Olympic Games in London has catapulted Bradley Wiggins & several track stars into limelight – & a million 'mamils' (middle aged men in lycra) will be choking up the country lanes of Britain & Europe every Sunday morning. This book is unashamedly written with love for the mamil. The mamil dreams of the romance of the great pro races such as Paris-Roubaix plus weekends away in Italy & France, not to mention the home-grown routes in Wales & Scotl&. He wants to walk back into work on Monday morning & announce with a flourish: " This time yesterday morning, I was half-way up Alpe d' Huez." Taking in 12 cycling challenges, one a month for a year, across Britain & northern & southern Europe, this beautiful book chronicles the experiences of two mamils & looks at what it takes to tackle some of the most iconic events in cycling. With breathtaking photography & lively text that conveys exactly how it feels to be by turns frozen, baked, lost, exhausted but utterly exhilarated & inspired this is a book that will resonate with any aspiring road rat.