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Format: Häftad (Paperback / softback)
Språk: Engelska
Antal sidor: 336
Utgivningsdatum: 2014-04-03
Förlag: Ebury Press
Illustrationer: Illustrations (colour)
Dimensioner: 196 x 127 x 25 mm
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ISBN: 9780091950941

Domestique

Name: Domestique
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Author: Charly Wegelius
ISBN: 9780091950941

The Real-life Ups and Downs of a Tour Pro

av Charly Wegelius

Häftad, Engelska, 2014-04-03

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**Winner - Sweetspot Cycling Book of the Year** For 11 years I was a professional cyclist, competing in the hardest and greatest races on Earth. I was in demand from the worlds best teams, a well-paid elite athlete. But I never won a race. I was the hired help. When my mum dropped me off in a small French town aged 17, I was full of determination to be a professional cyclist, but I was completely green. I went from mowing the team managers lawn to winning every amateur race I entered. Then I turned pro and realised I hated the responsibility and pressure of chasing victory. And thats when I became a domestique. I learned to take that hurt and give it everything I had to give, all for someone elses win. When the order came in to ride I pushed out with the hardest rhythm I could, dragging the group faster and faster, until my whole body screamed with pain. There were times I rode myself to a standstill, clutching the barrier metres from the line, as the lead group shot past. But thats what made me a so good at my job. As my career took off, I started looking at the fans lining the route, cheering us like heroes. The passion for cycling oozed off them, but they couldnt know what it was really like. They didnt see the terrible hotels, the crazy egos or all the shit that goes with great expectations. Well, this is how it is

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Charly Wegelius, Tom Southam

Charly Wegelius, nacido en Finlandia pero criado en York, Gran Bretana, fue uno de los ciclistas britanicos mas prestigiosos del peloton internacional, donde rodo como profesional durante la primera decada de este siglo. Como profesional, nunca ga...

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If justice is alive and well in the world, this will be the sports book of the year 2013... a book that is well nigh impossible to put back on the shelf at the end of each chapter. * The Washing Machine Post.net * Interesting and revealing... the most accurate description of what being a highly-regarded domestique in the modern peloton is really like' * Cycling Weekly * One of the hardest working domestiques in the sport * Cycling Weekly * Couldn't put it downthe best insight into the peloton since Paul Kimmages Rough Ride -- William Fotheringham A must read. Absolutely outstanding -- Paul Kimmage

Charly Wegelius was one of Britain's most distinguished and respected professional cyclists. He grew up in York, and went on to race for some of cycling's best teams, including Mapei, the world's most successful ever team. In his 11-year career he competed in a remarkable 14 Grand Tours (including three Tours de France). Charly now works as a directear sportif for the Garmin-Sharp team. Co-writer Tom Southam is a former professional racing cyclist. He raced alongside Charly Wegelius for three years in the Italian professional peleton, and twice rode the professional Roac Race Championships as a teamate of Wegelius. He now works as a writer and contributes to major cycling publications in the UK and internationally.