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Climbs and Punishment (Paperback)
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Climbs and Punishment (Paperback)
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List price R403
Loot Price R328
Discovery Miles 3 280
You Save R75 (19%)
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**Shortlisted for Cycling Book of the Year at the Cross British
Sports Book Awards 2015** Cycling journalist Felix Lowe makes the
leap from raconteur to rouleur, taking to the saddle for the first
time to complete his very own grand tour of Europe. Lowe's
light-hearted and entertaining travelogue charts his progress as he
cycles 2,800 kilometres from Barcelona to Rome, crossing three
countries and cycling over three mountain ranges, taking in some of
cycling's most fabled climbs. As he follows in the tracks of some
of the world's greatest wheelmen, Lowe puts professional cycling's
three major stage races - the Tour de France, Vuelta a Espana and
Giro d'Italia - under the microscope, whilst capturing the potent
mix of madness, humour and human spirit that make people identify
with the sport so strongly. Powered by local delicacies and his
trademark blend of self-deprecating humour and barbed wit, Lowe
takes readers on an immersive journey through the Catalonian
countryside, over the Pyrenean foothills and the rolling plains of
Languedoc, through the flowery fields of Provence, over winding
Alpine passes, between the vineyards and olive groves of Piedmont,
and down the Apennine backbone of Italy. His epic quest traces the
footsteps of the celebrated Carthaginian general Hannibal, who led
his own pachyderm peloton of 37 elephants over the Alps and all the
way to the gates of Rome. As much about the regions traversed as
the cyclists who have left their sweat in the soil, Lowe's
insightful account celebrates the sport, examines the psychology of
both the crazed amateur and the pedalling pro, and delves into the
awesome march of a military genius who almost brought the Roman
Empire to its knees.
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