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Mark Meadows
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Tim Krabbé
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Bloomsbury presents The Rider by Tim Krabbé, read by Mark Meadows.
At the start of the 137-kilometre Tour de Mont Aigoual, Tim Krabbé glances up from his bike to assess the crowd of spectators. ‘Non-racers,’ he writes. ‘The emptiness of those lives shocks me.’ Immediate and gripping from the first page, we race with the author as he struggles up the hills and clings on during descents in the unforgiving French mountains.
Originally published in 1978, The Rider is a modern-day classic that is recognised as one of the best books ever written about the sport. Brilliantly conceived and best listening at a break-neck pace, it is a loving, imaginative and passionate tribute to the art of cycle racing.
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 20
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 19
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 19
He's ridden for World Tour teams for 10 years. He's achieved top 10 finishes in Grand Tours. He likes coffee. These are just a few details about the professional rider who wants you to know what the view looks like from the centre of the peloton. What do the riders really make of Team Sky? How does the pay structure work? Why should you never trust a kit endorsement from a professional? Is doping still an issue? The Secret Cyclist tackles the big questions head-on, revealing a side to cycling that fans have never seen before.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I have a guess
- By Soren on 10-31-24
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Sticky Bottle
- The Cycling Year According to Carlton Kirby
- By: Carlton Kirby
- Narrated by: Carlton Kirby
- Length: 7 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 6
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 6
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 6
A true cycling nut would be hard pushed to name all 36 races in just a ‘normal’ UCI World Tour. But there are so many more: 375 on the European Tour alone and many more on the America Tour (80), the Asia Tour (65), and the Africa Tour (45). It’s a year-long schedule, most of it unfamiliar. They may be amazing, they may be odd, but all have their place in the Sticky Bottle calendar. Big races and small ones find a place in Sticky Bottle as well as the relatively unknown. Here are personal and historical tales of cycling wonder and woe, plus a healthy smattering of the bizarre.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Funny and a good peak into the big pro rides.
- By Laleh Masjedi on 05-13-24
By: Carlton Kirby
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1923
- The Mystery of Lot 212 and a Tour de France Obsession
- By: Ned Boulting
- Narrated by: Ned Boulting
- Length: 10 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 8
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 8
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Story4 out of 5 stars 8
In the autumn of 2020 Ned Boulting (ITV head cycling commentator and Tour de France obsessive) bought a length of Pathé news film from a London auction house. All he knew was it was film from the Tour de France, a long time ago. Once restored it became clear it was a short sequence of shots from stage 4 of the 1923 Tour de France. No longer than 2.5 minutes long, it featured half a dozen sequences, including a lone rider crossing a bridge. Ned set about learning everything he could about the sequence – studying each frame, face and building – until he had squeezed the meaning from it.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Genuinely Amazing, Emotive Book
- By Keylor on 11-04-24
By: Ned Boulting
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The Monuments (2nd Edition)
- The Grit and the Glory of Cycling's Greatest One-Day Races
- By: Peter Cossins
- Narrated by: Nathaniel Priestley
- Length: 14 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 7
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 5
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 5
The Tour de France may provide the most obvious fame and glory, but it is cycling’s one-day tests that the professional riders really prize. Toughest, longest and dirtiest of all are the so-called ‘Monuments’, the five legendary races that are the sport’s equivalent of golf’s majors or the grand slams in tennis. Milan–Sanremo, the Tour of Flanders, Paris–Roubaix, Liège–Bastogne–Liège and the Tour of Lombardy date back more than a century, and each of them is an anomaly in modern-day sport. Peter Cossins tells the history of these extraordinary races and the riders they have immortalised.
By: Peter Cossins
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Draft Animals
- Living the Pro Cycling Dream (Once in a While)
- By: Phil Gaimon
- Narrated by: Phil Gaimon
- Length: 7 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 852
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 765
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Story5 out of 5 stars 767
Like countless other kids, Phil Gaimon grew up dreaming of being a professional athlete. But unlike countless other kids, he actually pulled it off. After years of amateur races, hard training, living out of a suitcase, and never taking "no" for an answer, he finally achieved his goal and signed a contract to race professionally on one of the best teams in the world. Now, Gaimon pulls back the curtain on the WorldTour, cycling's highest level.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I’m a fan!
- By Terry on 12-04-17
By: Phil Gaimon
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The Lost Cyclist
- The Epic Tale of an American Adventurer and His Mysterious Disappearance
- By: David Herlihy
- Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
- Length: 11 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 19
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 17
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 16
In the late 1880s, Frank Lenz of Pittsburgh, a renowned high-wheel racer and long-distance tourist, dreamed of cycling around the world. He finally got his chance by recasting himself as a champion of the downsized "safety-bicycle" with inflatable tires, the forerunner of the modern road bike that was about to become wildly popular. In the spring of 1892 he quit his accounting job and gamely set out west to cover 20,000 miles over three continents as a correspondent for Outing magazine. Two years later, after having survived countless near disasters and unimaginable hardships, he approached Europe for the final leg. He never made it....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Crazy story
- By Bookworm on 10-22-13
By: David Herlihy
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It's All About the Bike
- The Pursuit of Happiness on Two Wheels
- By: Robert Penn
- Narrated by: Jonathan Cowley
- Length: 5 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 154
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 133
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 134
Robert Penn has saddled up nearly every day of his adult life. In his late 20s, he pedaled 25,000 miles around the world. Today he rides to get to work, sometimes for work, to bathe in air and sunshine, to travel, to go shopping, to stay sane, and to skip bath time with his kids. He's no Sunday pedal pusher. So when the time came for a new bike, he decided to pull out all the stops. He would build his dream bike, the bike he would ride for the rest of his life; a customized machine that reflects the joy of cycling.
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5 out of 5 stars
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terrific book about bikes & history
- By D. Littman on 02-19-12
By: Robert Penn
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Wheelmen
- Lance Armstrong, the Tour de France, and the Greatest Sports Conspiracy Ever
- By: Reed Albergotti, Vanessa O'Connell
- Narrated by: Santino Fontana
- Length: 12 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 947
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 844
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 840
The first in-depth look at Lance Armstrong's doping scandal, the phenomenal business success built on the back of fraud, and the greatest conspiracy in the history of sports. Lance Armstrong won a record-smashing seven Tours de France after staring down cancer, and in the process became an international symbol of resilience and courage. In a sport constantly dogged by blood-doping scandals, he seemed above the fray. Then, in January 2013, the legend imploded. He admitted doping during the Tours and, in an interview with Oprah, described his "mythic, perfect story" as "one big lie."
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4 out of 5 stars
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Detailed and balanced account
- By Gabriel on 11-19-13
By: Reed Albergotti, and others
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Pro Cycling on $10 a Day
- From Fat Kid to Euro Pro
- By: Phil Gaimon
- Narrated by: Sean Runnette
- Length: 8 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 444
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 400
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Story5 out of 5 stars 398
Plump, grumpy, slumped on the couch, and going nowhere fast at age 16, Phil Gaimon began riding a bicycle with the grand ambition of shedding a few pounds before going off to college. He soon fell into racing and discovered he was a natural, riding his way into a pro contract after just one season despite utter ignorance of a century of cycling etiquette. Now, in his book Pro Cycling on $10 a Day, Phil brings the full powers of his wit to tell his story.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Greatest Cycling Book!
- By cyclephreak on 03-08-17
By: Phil Gaimon
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My World
- By: Peter Sagan
- Narrated by: Sy Thomas
- Length: 5 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 207
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 187
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 186
Peter Sagan, at just 28 years of age, is already one of cycling's greatest riders of all time. With four Tour de France points jersey victories, three road-race world championships, the 2018 Paris-Roubaix, and multiple spring classics among Sagan's palmares, the world of cycling agrees that this intense, yet fun-loving rider is among the most dominant and fun-to-watch riders of his generation. In My World, for the very first time, bike racing fans will have the opportunity to glimpse behind the scenes of Sagan's cycling life.
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3 out of 5 stars
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The epilogue was awesome
- By BaldBrendan on 03-13-19
By: Peter Sagan