A unique memoir from British cycling’s most fascinating
competitor In the summer of 2020 sportswriter David Walsh asked
Pippa York if she’d be interested to be his travelling companion
for the Tour de France. The deal was that he would sort out the
logistics beforehand, the hotels, the transport details and she
would do the day to day tasks of getting them about and adding her
insight occasionally. It would also mean she would return to the
race she had ridden eleven times as Robert Millar. This is the
resulting book: a unique and entertaining sporting odyssey, The
Escape uses the minutiae of Pippa and David’s trip, and the
iconic landmarks of the Tour de France, to explore her early life
growing up in working class Glasgow; her entry into racing; the
psychological aspects of the sport and how that manifested itself
in her personality; her ups and downs as a competitor; her
post-career and her eventual transition in her 40s. Touching on
doping, gender in sport and the unique wonders and day-to-day
challenges of the Tour, The Escape is both an unforgettable
travelogue through the world’s greatest cycling event and a
one-of-a-kind memoir from arguably the sport’s most enigmatic and
fascinating competitors.
General
| Imprint: |
Mudlark
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Release date: |
July 2024 |
| Authors: |
David Walsh
• Pippa York
|
| Dimensions: |
240 x 159 x 23mm (L x W x T) |
| Pages: |
320 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-00-851060-2 |
| Categories: |
Books
Promotions
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| LSN: |
0-00-851060-1 |
| Barcode: |
9780008510602 |
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