Riis - Stages of Light and Dark (Paperback, UK ed.)

In 1996 Danish cycling legend Bjarne Riis won the Tour de France. Eleven years later he called a press conference and confessed to taking performance-enhancing drugs in order to achieve the ultimate cycling triumph. In Riis, his sensational autobiography - already an acclaimed bestseller in Denmark and Germany - the notoriously private Dane bares his soul. From the shy, young daydreamer who fell in love with cycling as an eight-year-old, to the hardened, regular user of banned blood booster EPO. While never shirking the seriousness of his actions Riis does attempt to explain the pressures and attitudes within cycling at the time that let him down a dark path that he now condemns. Brutally honest and as furiously fast-paced as one of his breakaways from the peleton, Riis is a powerful insight into the life and mind of one of the sport's key figures as well as a window into the world of professional road racing. There are not many people who have been involved in cycling to the extent that Riis has over the last 30 years and readers will be surprised by how open the normally taciturn Dane has been in his autobiography. If you liked Fignon's We Were Young and Carefree this book will certainly appeal to you.

General

Imprint:	Vision Sports Publishing Ltd
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	May 2012
Authors:	Bjarne Riis • Lars Steen Pedersen
Translators:	Ellis Bacon
Dimensions:	215 x 135 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	341
Edition:	UK ed.
ISBN-13:	978-1-907637-51-3
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Sport Books > Sport & Leisure > Sports & outdoor recreation > Cycling, skateboarding, rollerblading > Cycling Books > Biography > Sport Promotions
LSN:	1-907637-51-6
Barcode:	9781907637513

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