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From the Pen of J.B.Wadley (Paperback)
John B. Wadley; Volume editing by Adrian Bell; Foreword by John Wilcockson
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J. B. Wadley's career as a cycling journalist spanned more than 40
years and encompassed every aspect of the sport. The first British
writer to cover the Tour de France and the great one-day Classics,
his were the words that first put us in among the continental
peloton. But he was equally at home among crack-of-dawn
time-trialists, trackmen, randonneurs and record-breakers. His
enthusiasm embraced them all, and he wrote about each aspect of
cycle sport with an authority and an inimitable eye-witness style
that never failed to convey its particular drama. All of this is
reflected in this selection of his work, drawn from his early days
as a young reporter with The Bicycle, through the years when he
edited Sporting Cyclist and then International Cycle Sport, to his
last major book, My 19th Tour de France.
Few champions have astonished the world as much as Lance Armstrong.
A cancer survivor who went on to win the Tour de France an
unprecedented seven times, he is an inspiration to millions. Now
the full story can be told. With complete access to Armstrong, and
to his inner circle, and drawing on interviews with family members
and training partners, coaches and celebrities, team-mates and
rivals, friends and foes, sportswriter John Wilcockson tells of
those who helped Armstrong along the way - including his mother
Linda, his ex-wife Kristin and one-time fiancee Sheryl Crow - and
explores the traits of character that made Armstrong unique. The
story of Lance Armstrong is one of brutal, painful effort, of
natural brilliance, of relentless ambition, of extraordinary glory.
His achievement is all the more stunning for its unconventionality:
a boy from small-town America who beat the world. Brash and
fiercely competitive, Armstrong has never been without close
friends or bitter enemies. His achievements have been dogged by
accusations of doping, accusations of secrecy, and by questions
about how triumph on such a grand scale could be possible -
questions that are addressed head on in LANCE ARMSTRONG. Tracing
the highs and lows, and bringing alive the drama of the races in
which Armstrong smashed expectations time after time, LANCE
ARMSTRONG gives the complete story of a matchless champion.
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