First drawn into the sport while a student in Spain in the mid-1980s, PETER COSSINS has been writing about cycling since 1993. He has covered more than a dozen editions of the Tour de France and spent three years as editor of Procycling magazine and the last five as contributing editor to that title. In 2012 he collaborated with Tour de France winner Stephen Roche on his autobiography, Born to Ride. The Monuments, his history of cycling's five greatest one-day Classic races, was published in 2014, when he also translated former French pro Christophe Bassons' autobiography, A Clean Break. Resident in Ilkley, he is the co-author of Two Days in Yorkshire, a review of the 2014 Tour's Grand Depart in the county.

'Cossins meticulously describes every hairpin of [Alpe d'Huez] with history and colour... these are the kind of tales on which cycling thrives.' -- Owen Slot The Times 'an enjoyable and informative read, loaded with Tour anecdotes and extra-sporting stories' The Inner Ring 'the highly accessible prose and sheer joy of the writing could tempt even the most casual Sunday cyclists... If any one single climb deserves a book all to itself, it's the Alpe d'Huez' Cyclo.co.uk 'peter cossins has planned and authored this book almost to perfection. his prose, pacing and research are admirable to say the least... and yes, he may be right, alpe d'huez could very well be cycling's greatest climb.' The Washing Machine Post 'an interesting and revealing account of the great climb' Cycling Uphill

First drawn into the sport while a student in Spain in the mid-1980s, PETER COSSINS has been writing about cycling since 1993. He has covered more than a dozen editions of the Tour de France and spent three years as editor of Procycling magazine and the last five as contributing editor to that title. In 2012 he collaborated with Tour de France winner Stephen Roche on his autobiography, Born to Ride. The Monuments, his history of cycling's five greatest one-day Classic races, was published in 2014, when he also translated former French pro Christophe Bassons' autobiography, A Clean Break. Resident in Ilkley, he is the co-author of Two Days in Yorkshire, a review of the 2014 Tour's Grand Depart in the county.

'Cossins meticulously describes every hairpin of [Alpe d'Huez] with history and colour... these are the kind of tales on which cycling thrives.' -- Owen Slot The Times 'an enjoyable and informative read, loaded with Tour anecdotes and extra-sporting stories' The Inner Ring 'the highly accessible prose and sheer joy of the writing could tempt even the most casual Sunday cyclists... If any one single climb deserves a book all to itself, it's the Alpe d'Huez' Cyclo.co.uk 'peter cossins has planned and authored this book almost to perfection. his prose, pacing and research are admirable to say the least... and yes, he may be right, alpe d'huez could very well be cycling's greatest climb.' The Washing Machine Post 'an interesting and revealing account of the great climb' Cycling Uphill