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The Descent

★★★★★
★★★★★

English

By (author): Thomas Dekker

Translated by: David Doherty

'I have success, money, women. I've been lionised by the public and the media. The world is at my feet. I've spread my wings and here I am, soaring above everything and everyone. But in reality, the descent has already begun.'

Thomas Dekker was set to become one of pro cyclings superstars. But before long, he found himself sucked in by the lure of hedonistic highs and troubled by the intense pressure to perform.

In The Descent, Dekker tells his story of hotel room blood bags, shady rendezvous with drug dealers and late-night partying at the Tour de France. This is Dekkers journey from youthful idealism to a sordid path of excess and doping that lays bare cyclings darkest secrets like never before.

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Product Details
  • Weight: 156g
  • Dimensions: 126 x 198mm
  • Publication Date: 05 Apr 2018
  • Publisher: Ebury Publishing
  • Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9781785037436

About Thomas Dekker

Thomas Dekker is a Dutch former professional cyclist. As one of the biggest talents in the sport he catapulted to the top participating in the Olympics and the Tour de France. His career highlights include winning TirrenoAdriatico in 2006 and Tour de Romandie in 2007. Yet it all came crashing down when he was caught doping while with the Rabobank team. Dekker was suspended for two years and returned to racing in the summer of 2011 but never got back to his old level. Thijs Zonneveld was a professional cyclist before he became a journalist and writer. He covers cycling for the biggest newspaper in Holland and works as an analyst for Dutch public television. He received the award for the best Dutch sports journalist in 2016 for The Descent.

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