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Inside Team Sky - The Inside
Story Of Team Sky And Their
Challenge For The 2013 Tour De
France

After the victory of
Bradley Wiggins and Team
Sky in the 2012 Tour de
France, the pressure was
on the team to repeat
their success in 2013.
When Wiggins had to pull
out of the defence of his
yellow jersey, attention
moved to Chris Froome,
who had finished as
runner-up the year
before. Could he bring
about back-to-back
victories for the UK and
for Team Sky? With team
principal Sir Dave
Brailsford at the helm,
the levels of expectation
were high. Nothing less
than a win would do.
Embedded within the team
was top sportswriter
David Walsh, who had
been covering the sport
for four decades. As the
man who had done more
than any other journalist
to reveal the lies of
Lance Armstrong, he has
the reputation for
exposing the dark secrets
that cycling would want
to keep hidden. His
inside story, from how
Team Sky prepared for the
Tour de France through to
Froome's emphatic
victory, is supported by
insights from all the key
members of the team, and
provides a definitive
account of a dramatic
race that gripped cycling
fans around the world.

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Wheelmen

Details: Lance Armstrong
won a record-smashing
seven Tours de France
after staring down
cancer, and in the
process became an
international symbol of
resilience and courage.
In a sport constantly
dogged by blood-doping
scandals, he seemed
above the fray. Then, in
January 2013, the legend
imploded. He admitted
doping during the Tours
and, in an interview
with Oprah, described
his "mythic, perfect
story" as "one big lie."
But his admission raised
more questions than it
answered - the full story
is much bigger than the
fall of one sporting
hero. Wall Street Journal
reporters Reed Albergotti
and Vanessa O'Connell
broke the news at every
turn. In Wheelmen they
reveal the broader story
of how Armstrong and his
supporters used money,
power, and cutting-edge
science to conquer the
world's most difficult
race. Wheelmen introduces
U.S. Postal Service Team
owner Thom Weisel, who
in a brazen power play
ousted USA Cycling's top
leadership and gained
control of the sport in
the United States,
ensuring Armstrong's
dominance. It reveals the
competitiveness and
ingenuity that sparked
blood-doping as an
accepted practice, and
shows how the Americans
methodically constructed
an international
operation of spies and
revolutionary technology
to reach the top.
Wheelmen paints a
compelling and vivid
portrait of what is,
without question, the
greatest conspiracy in
the history of sport.
Ideal for: People with a
keen interest in sport
and especially cycling.
The first in-depth look
at Lance Armstrong's
doping scandal, the
phenomenal business
success built on the back
of fraud, and the
greatest conspiracy in
the history of sport.
This hardback measures:
24.1 x 15.8 x 3.2cm.
Pages 364.

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A Race For Madmen - A History
Of The Tour De France

No sporting event has had
its past and present,
its highs and lows so
intricately entwined with
those of a country like
the Tour has with France.
The Tour de France is the
biggest annual sporting
event in the world, and
at the same time it
transcends sport. The
Tour de France comes to
the people. It passes
their houses, it turns
right in their village
squares, it thunders
through their suburban
streets and into the
hearts of their towns and
cities. It is a unique
event in that people
don't so much go to see
the Tour, as it comes to
see them. A Race for
Madmen traces how the
Tour de France has
developed and examines
tactics, bike technology
and rider preparation
too. It profiles some of
the men who have won the
Tour de France, and
others who have been key
players, looking closely
at their lives and
motivation. Subsidiary
competitions, such as
the King of the Mountains
prize, are featured, as
well as Tour lore and
traditions. The book
examines the Tour's
extraordinary history,
and how a bike race, a
simple sporting contest
captured the imagination
of a country, then a
continent and then the
world, while at the same
time it has stayed
uniquely French, even
though a Frenchman hasn't
won it for over 20 years.

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Bradley Wiggins In Pursuit Of
Glory

Bradley Wiggins is the
son of a professional
cyclist and he first
competed at twelve, and
immediately knew that
this was what he wanted
to do for his career. By
the age of twenty, he
won his first Olympic
medal, in Sydney,
before turning to
professional road cycling
in 2001. Since then he
has developed into one of
the UK's most successful
cyclists of all time,
winning a double gold in
Bejing. However, it was
when his team Cofidis was
suspended from the 2007
Tour de France that he
made his most outspoken
comments yet on the issue
of doping in cycling,
and earned the respect of
all followers of sport
for his stand. Wiggins is
an inspirational figure
to many: immensely
talented, dedicated and
cool, he has brought his
sport to a whole new
audience and was awarded
the OBE in 2004 for his
efforts. This fascinating
and revealing account of
his life and career will
come out soon after. In
it, he will not only
reveal the sheer hard
work required to get to
the very top, but also
provide a fascinating and
controversial insight
into the sometimes murky
world of cycling.

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Pushing The Limits - Casey
Stoner

Showing anything is
possible when
determination meets
talent, two-time World
MotoGP champion Casey
Stoner shares his
incredible journey from
Queensland toddler with
an extraordinary ability
on a motorbike, to his
decision to retire at
twenty-seven with nothing
left to prove. For the
first time, he tells of
his early family life,
the development of his
riding skills and why his
parents decided to sell
everything and travel
from Australia to Europe
to chase the dream and
support his aim to become
World Champion when he
was only fourteen years
old. As fearless with his
opinions as he is on the
racetrack, Casey
includes all the highs
and lows of his life so
far: the real reason he
left for Europe so young,
his thoughts on racing
as it stands today, the
riders' hierarchy, the
politics of racing, the
importance of family,
his battle with illness
and why he decided to
turn his back on a
multimillion-dollar
contract when he was
still winning. And he
will let us in on some of
the new goals he has set
for himself. PUSHING THE
LIMITS is a unique and
remarkable account of
self-sacrifice and
tenacity to succeed
against the odds, the
uplifting story of a
young Australian who took
on the world on his
terms, his way.. . and
won.

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Bicycle - Love Your Bike - The
Complete Guide To Everyday
Cycling

Which bike is right for
me? How can I avoid
getting knocked off? How
can I buy a good
secondhand bike? Do I
need to wear a helmet?
Must I don a luminous
tabard? How do I thwart a
bike thief? How can I
cycle and transport my
child/laptop/suit? How
hard is it to mend a
puncture? Can I get
arrested for cycling
drunk? Finally, a guide
for ordinary, non
Lycra-wearing people who
happen to cycle or want
to start. It's a friendly
book for people who cycle
to work, to the shops,
into town or to the
countryside, for all
those who are fed up with
traffic jams and late
trains, who can't be
bothered to go to the
gym, but want to get
some exercise while doing
their bit for the planet.
"Bicycle" teaches you how
to stay safe while on the
road - and have fun and
look good while you're at
it. It will help you find
your dream ride and stop
someone stealing it, and
includes a whole chapter
on tackling a commute by
bike. For those cyclists
who want to take things
to the next level, there
are tips on cycling for
sport and leisure, from
weekend jaunts to charity
rides and epic
adventures.

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A Significant Other - Riding
The Centenary Tour De France
With Lance Armstrong

Lance Armstrong's place
in the cycling history
books is assured. Winner
of the Tour de France a
record-breaking six
times, he is regarded as
one of the greatest
individual talents the
sport has ever seen.
Perhaps his most
compelling victory was in
2003 when he won the
coveted Centenary race.
However, without the
team of brilliant
athletes assembled to
support him - the
domestiques - victory in
the Tour would have been
impossible. Not only do
these superbly trained
athletes ride alongside
the team leader,
supplying water and
equipment, but they also
create a moving stream of
energy that is vital for
competitive success. In
2003, Lance Armstrong's
domestique, Victor Hugo
Pena, actually took over
the yellow jersey and
stepped into history. A
Significant Other is the
story of that race but
also of these unsung
heros of the sport.

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Racing Through The Dark - The
Fall And Rise Of David Millar

By his 18th birthday
David Millar was living
and racing in France,
sleeping in rented rooms,
tipped to be the next
English-speaking Tour
winner. A year later he'd
realised the dream and
signed a professional
contract with the Cofidis
team, who had one Lance
Armstrong on their books.
He perhaps lived the high
life a little too
enthusiastically -- high
on a roof after too much
drink, he broke his heel
in a fall, and before
long the pressure to
succeed had tipped over
into doping. Here, in a
full and frank
autobiography, David
Millar recounts the story
from the inside: he doped
because 'cycling's drug
culture was like white
noise', and because of
peer pressure. 'I doped
for money and glory in
order to guarantee the
continuation of my
status.' Five years on
from his arrest, Millar
is clean and reflective,
and holds nothing back in
this account of his dark
years.

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Cycling In The UK - The
National Cycling Network

More and more of us are
turning to cycling,
whether as an
inexpensive, healthy and
environmentally friendly
means of getting to work
or school, or as a way
of exploring Britain's
towns, cities and
countryside. More than 75
per cent of UK residents
live within two miles of
the National Cycle
Network, and a
continuous program of
development led by
Sustrans (the UK's
leading sustainable
transport charity) means
it is growing all the
time. "Cycling in the UK"
is the official guide to
the National Cycle
Network, bringing
together the expertise of
two of Britain's great
pioneering transport
organizations (The AA and
Sustrans) to create this
comprehensive cycling
guide. This updated guide
contains all the
essential information for
planning a cycling trip
in Britain - practical
advice on what to take,
difficulty rating and
where to stop along the
way, plus expert advice
on practical issues such
as what to wear and how
to stay safe on your
bike, as well as tips on
basic maintenance. With
clearly marked maps,
recommended rides,
details of what to see,
and superb photography,
Cycling in the UK
provides all the
information you need to
see the best of Britain
from the best seat in the
house.

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