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Beryl Burton
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Eddy Merckx
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eros poli
francesco moser
Frank Strack
freddy maertens
gilbert duclos-lassalle
giro d'italia
jacky durand
jan raas
jens voigt
Lance Armstrong
liquorice
lizzie deignan
lucien van impe
mapei
marco pantani
marianne vos
mathew hayman
megan fisher
nairo quintana
Nicole Cooke
pain is temporary
peter van petegem
quitting lasts forever
rebecca twigg
richard virenque
rik verbrugghe
robbie mcewen
roger de vlaeminck
sean kelly
sean yates
Stephen Roche
The Toughest Cyclists Ever
The Velominati
tony martin
tour de france
tyler hamilton
Product details
- ISBN 9781781256138
- Weight: 187g
- Dimensions: 130 x 196mm
- Publication Date: 14 Jun 2018
- Publisher: Profile Books Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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It's time we all stopped whining and learned a thing or two from The Toughest Cyclists Ever. Including:
Stephen Roche, whose cure for exhaustion was to go up a gear and fight harder, all the way to the ambulance. Eddy Merckx, who hurt himself so badly in breaking the Hour record that, he estimated, he shortened his career by a year. Beryl Burton, who crushed her (male) rival's morale with the offer of a piece of liquorice, before speeding past to victory. Nicole Cooke and Edwig Van Hooydonck, who rejected dope and became legends.
The Hardmen tells the stories - the good bits, anyway - of the 40 most heroic Cyclists ever. Their bravery, their panache and their Perfect Amount of Dumb.
It reminds us that suffering on a bike liberates us from our daily lives, and that, in the words of Lance Armstrong "pain is temporary, quitting lasts forever"; proof that even assholes can be insightful.
The Velominati are the founders of a singular online community--www.velominati.com--which celebrates the history of road cycling with a distinctive point of view, best described as (ir)reverence. Their infamous The Rules challenge cycling fans to emulate their heroes in everything from training ("it never gets easier, you just go faster") and equipment ("the correct number of bikes to own is n+1") to sock length and coffee choice. Frank Strack, the Editor-in-Chief, appears at bike shows worldwide and writes a column for Cycling magazine.
