Pippa York – författare

Winner of the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award 2025 A Sunday Times Best Book of 2025 A Guardian Best Sports Book 2025 A unique memoir from British cycling’s most fascinating competitor. In the summer of 2020, sportswriter David Walsh invited Pippa York began a series of journeys following the Tour de France. A nostalgic voyage through the world’s most competitive bike race – for Walsh it was the chance to get to know the Tour’s most enigmatic riders. For York, it was a chance to revisit the race she had ridden eleven times as Robert Millar.This book is the result – a unique and captivating sporting odyssey. The Escape blends the details of Pippa and David’s journeys with the iconic landmarks of the Tour de France to explore her early years in working-class Glasgow, her entry into competitive cycling, the psychological demands of the sport, and how they shaped her personality. It recounts her career highs and lows, life after racing, and her transition in her 40s.Touching on doping, gender in sport, and the everyday magic of the Tour, The Escape is an unforgettable travelogue and a candid, one-of-a-kind memoir from one of cycling’s most enigmatic competitors.

Winner of the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award 2025 A Sunday Times Best Book of 2025 A Guardian Best Sports Book 2025 A unique memoir from British cycling’s most fascinating competitor. In the summer of 2020, sportswriter David Walsh invited Pippa York began a series of journeys following the Tour de France. A nostalgic voyage through the world’s most competitive bike race – for Walsh it was the chance to get to know the Tour’s most enigmatic riders. For York, it was a chance to revisit the race she had ridden eleven times as Robert Millar.This book is the result – a unique and captivating sporting odyssey. The Escape blends the details of Pippa and David’s journeys with the iconic landmarks of the Tour de France to explore her early years in working-class Glasgow, her entry into competitive cycling, the psychological demands of the sport, and how they shaped her personality. It recounts her career highs and lows, life after racing, and her transition in her 40s.Touching on doping, gender in sport, and the everyday magic of the Tour, The Escape is an unforgettable travelogue and a candid, one-of-a-kind memoir from one of cycling’s most enigmatic competitors.

Winner of the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award 2025 A Sunday Times Best Book of 2025 A Guardian Best Sports Book 2025 A unique memoir from British cycling’s most fascinating competitor. In the summer of 2020, sportswriter David Walsh invited Pippa York began a series of journeys following the Tour de France. A nostalgic voyage through the world’s most competitive bike race – for Walsh it was the chance to get to know the Tour’s most enigmatic riders. For York, it was a chance to revisit the race she had ridden eleven times as Robert Millar.This book is the result – a unique and captivating sporting odyssey. The Escape blends the details of Pippa and David’s journeys with the iconic landmarks of the Tour de France to explore her early years in working-class Glasgow, her entry into competitive cycling, the psychological demands of the sport, and how they shaped her personality. It recounts her career highs and lows, life after racing, and her transition in her 40s.Touching on doping, gender in sport, and the everyday magic of the Tour, The Escape is an unforgettable travelogue and a candid, one-of-a-kind memoir from one of cycling’s most enigmatic competitors.

Winner of the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award 2025 A Sunday Times Best Book of 2025 A Guardian Best Sports Book 2025A unique memoir from British cycling's most fascinating competitor.In the summer of 2020, sportswriter David Walsh invited Pippa York began a series of journeys following the Tour de France. A nostalgic voyage through the world's most competitive bike race - for Walsh it was the chance to get to know the Tour's most enigmatic riders. For York, it was a chance to revisit the race she had ridden eleven times as Robert Millar.This book is the result - a unique and captivating sporting odyssey. The Escape blends the details of Pippa and David's journeys with the iconic landmarks of the Tour de France to explore her early years in working-class Glasgow, her entry into competitive cycling, the psychological demands of the sport, and how they shaped her personality. It recounts her career highs and lows, life after racing, and her transition in her 40s.Touching on doping, gender in sport, and the everyday magic of the Tour, The Escape is an unforgettable travelogue and a candid, one-of-a-kind memoir from one of cycling's most enigmatic competitors.

Winner of the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award 2025 A Sunday Times Best Book of 2025 A Guardian Best Sports Book 2025A unique memoir from British cycling s most fascinating competitor.In the summer of 2020, sportswriter David Walsh invited Pippa York began a series of journeys following the Tour de France. A nostalgic voyage through the world s most competitive bike race for Walsh it was the chance to get to know the Tour s most enigmatic riders. For York, it was a chance to revisit the race she had ridden eleven times as Robert Millar.This book is the result a unique and captivating sporting odyssey. The Escape blends the details of Pippa and David s journeys with the iconic landmarks of the Tour de France to explore her early years in working-class Glasgow, her entry into competitive cycling, the psychological demands of the sport, and how they shaped her personality. It recounts her career highs and lows, life after racing, and her transition in her 40s.Touching on doping, gender in sport, and the everyday magic of the Tour, The Escape is an unforgettable travelogue and a candid, one-of-a-kind memoir from one of cycling s most enigmatic competitors.

Einzigartige Memoiren einer der faszinierendsten Persönlichkeiten der Radsportgeschichte.Im Sommer 2020 wandte sich der Sportjournalist David Walsh an Pippa York und lud sie ein, gemeinsam mit ihm die anstehende Tour de France zu begleiten. Es war der Startschuss für eine bemerkenswerte nostalgische Erkundungsreise: Mehrfach reisten die beiden danach zusammen im Tross des größten Radrennens der Welt durch Frankreich und Europa. Für Walsh war es die Gelegenheit, eine der wohl rätselhaftesten Persönlichkeiten der Tour-Geschichte wirklich kennenzulernen. Und für York eine Chance, das Rennen, an dem sie als Robert Millar insgesamt elfmal teilgenommen hatte, noch mal hautnah zu erleben.Dieses Buch ist das Ergebnis ihres gemeinsamen Roadtrips – eine einzigartige und fesselnde Radsport-Odyssee. »Die Flucht – Die Tour, der Radprofi und ich« verwebt Reiseerzählung, Betrachtungen zum aktuellen Renngeschehen und die Rückkehr an legendäre Orte der Tour de France, um so Schritt für Schritt den bemerkenswerten Lebensweg von Pippa York zu erkunden: die frühen Jahre in der Arbeiterklasse von Glasgow, den Einstieg in den Radsport, die drastischen psychologischen Anforderungen des Metiers und wie diese ihre Persönlichkeit geprägt haben. Es erzählt von den Höhen und Tiefen ihrer Karriere, ihrem Leben nach dem Profisport und ihrer Geschlechtsangleichung in ihren Vierzigern.In ihrem gemeinsamen Buch setzen sich York und Walsh kontrovers mit Themen wie Doping und Geschlechterrollen im Sport sowie der ungemeinen Faszination der Tour de France auseinander und bescheren ihren Leserinnen und Lesern nicht nur eine spannende, temporeiche Reisereportage, sondern auch die ungemein offenherzigen, einzigartigen Memoiren eines der schillerndsten und geheimnisvollsten Menschen, die im Profiradsport Geschichte schrieben.• Die faszinierenden Memoiren eines der mysteriösesten Radprofis aller Zeiten.• Ein spannendes, temporeiches Roadtrip-Abenteuer auf den Spuren der Tour de France.• Eine leidenschaftliche Hommage an das größte und härteste Radrennen der Welt.• »Ein ungemein fesselndes Leseerlebnis.« – The Times• Ausgezeichnet mit dem William Hill Sports Book Award 2025 als bestes Sportbuch des Jahres.