In A Rough Ride, Paul Kimmage gives a devastatingly frank account of what life is really like in the world of professional cycling. In tracing his mixed fortunes, Kimmage describes not only the grueling pressures of the sport but also the seamier side: the widespread use of drugs to enhance performance. A Rough Ride breaks the law of silence to expose a world where the supposed glamour has worn very thin.
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In A Rough Ride, Paul Kimmage gives a devastatingly frank account of what life is really like in the world of professional cycling. In tracing his mixed fortunes, Kimmage describes not only the grueling pressures of the sport but also the seamier side: the widespread use of drugs to enhance performance. A Rough Ride breaks the law of silence to expose a world where the supposed glamour has worn very thin.
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Soft cover. Condición: Very Good +. B/W Photographs Ilustrador. 2 'nd Edition. SUBTITLED: ` An Insight into Pro Cycling'. The author of these 199 pages - index included - was born in Dublin. He entered his first professional bike race in 1972. he was finished by 1989. Read more about: Les Issambres, Claude Escalon, Hotel La Quietude, Wasquehal, La Grande Boucle, peloton, dope controls, Baltyboys, and Criterium International. Text assisted by colour and b/w photographs. Cond : Paper wrapper is blue with yellow lettering. Front cover photo shows `the Irish Pope' on a slight upward incline . Volume is tight and bright with 5 folded page corners. Minor wear. Clean, no names, no marks. Very good reading copy. Quote (p. 77) : " ._._. were all managed by a Dublin businessman called Frank Quinn. I was always sceptical about managers who scratched their backsides and demanded ten per cent but Frank was different. He had a great human quality about him. He cared, and this was important to me. At the start of the year he had offered me his ._._._. ." Size: 8vo. Nº de ref. del artículo: 009258
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