Bloody Minded: My Life in Cycling
Autor Alex Dowsetten Limba Engleză Paperback – 10 oct 2024
IMAGINE COMPETING IN THE WORLD'S MOST BRUTAL CYCLE RACES, KNOWING THAT A CRASH COULD BE FATAL
Alex Dowsett is one of Britain's greatest cyclists. He has ridden Grand Tours and Classics for elite teams including Sky and Movistar and broke the iconic World Hour Record - the ultimate time trial challenge. With humour, insight and honesty, Alex recounts his years as a pro-cyclist and the challenges he has faced in his struggle to reach the top.
Alex has achieved all this despite being the only able-bodied elite sportsperson in the world with haemophilia A. He describes how the condition - in which falls can be fatal - both blighted his young sporting life, and boosted his determination to succeed. Every professional cyclist requires courage, but Alex takes fearlessness to another level in a sport where injury and suffering are a given.
With an all-star cycling cast, including Bradley Wiggins, Chris Froome, Mark Cavendish and Lance Armstrong, this pulsating book lifts the lid on life in the peloton at the world's top level. From his highs - including Giro d'Italia stage victories - to his frustrations at the injustices he faced in the sport, Alex's memoir perfectly chronicles a career in which he was driven equally by love and rage.
'Immensely readable and revealing'
The Guardian
'A story like no other in cycling'
Ned Boulting
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781399406413
ISBN-10: 1399406418
Pagini: 320
Ilustrații: Black and white images throughout
Dimensiuni: 128 x 196 x 24 mm
Greutate: 0.24 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Sport
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 1399406418
Pagini: 320
Ilustrații: Black and white images throughout
Dimensiuni: 128 x 196 x 24 mm
Greutate: 0.24 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Sport
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Cuprins
1. Not Horrific, Just Terrible: The Hour Record, 2015
2. The Day My Dad Stopped Whistling: Diagnosis, 1990
3. Freedom: The Commonwealth Games, 2014
4. One Evening, on the River Blackwater: The Beginning, 2001
5. The Hunger Games: The British Academy, 2007-2009
6. The University of Livestrong: Riding for a Legend, 2010
7. On Planet Dave: Team Sky, 2011-2012
8. Treading My Own Path: Team Sky to Movistar, 2011-2013
9. Letting Go of the Bike: The Giro, 2013
10. The Armstrong Comment: The Start Line, Beijing, 2012
11. Growing Up: On the Road with Cavendish, 2013-2015
12. Mummy's Boy: It's All About Love, 2016
13. Heartbreak and Glory: The Olympics and the Commonwealths
14. Mayhem: Katusha-Alpecin, 2018-2019
15. Life Expectancy: The Tour de France
16. An Arm Around My Shoulder: The Worlds, 2019
17. Stage 8: Giro d'Italia, 2020
18. Winners and Losers: The Hour, 2021
19. Born Lucky: Leaving the World Tour, 2022
Acknowledgements
Index
2. The Day My Dad Stopped Whistling: Diagnosis, 1990
3. Freedom: The Commonwealth Games, 2014
4. One Evening, on the River Blackwater: The Beginning, 2001
5. The Hunger Games: The British Academy, 2007-2009
6. The University of Livestrong: Riding for a Legend, 2010
7. On Planet Dave: Team Sky, 2011-2012
8. Treading My Own Path: Team Sky to Movistar, 2011-2013
9. Letting Go of the Bike: The Giro, 2013
10. The Armstrong Comment: The Start Line, Beijing, 2012
11. Growing Up: On the Road with Cavendish, 2013-2015
12. Mummy's Boy: It's All About Love, 2016
13. Heartbreak and Glory: The Olympics and the Commonwealths
14. Mayhem: Katusha-Alpecin, 2018-2019
15. Life Expectancy: The Tour de France
16. An Arm Around My Shoulder: The Worlds, 2019
17. Stage 8: Giro d'Italia, 2020
18. Winners and Losers: The Hour, 2021
19. Born Lucky: Leaving the World Tour, 2022
Acknowledgements
Index
Recenzii
Immensely readable and revealing
A story to tell like no other in cycling
A great champion in sport and in life, and a credit for all young aspiring people to follow. A must read
Truly inspirational
The humblest super-talent in the peloton, proving nice guys can win. A wonderful book
Such an inspiring tale. Poignant and moving, and told with forthright honesty
An inspiration for anyone who wants to do whatever they're told they can't.
Unembellished and honest. Alex tells what life as a professional cyclist is really like
Truly compelling.. a must read book for any cycling fan
Compelling
A fascinating insight into the mindset of an elite sportsman who overcame great odds to reach the very top
If you're buying for a pro cycling fan, [this] should be the top of their reading list
A story to tell like no other in cycling
A great champion in sport and in life, and a credit for all young aspiring people to follow. A must read
Truly inspirational
The humblest super-talent in the peloton, proving nice guys can win. A wonderful book
Such an inspiring tale. Poignant and moving, and told with forthright honesty
An inspiration for anyone who wants to do whatever they're told they can't.
Unembellished and honest. Alex tells what life as a professional cyclist is really like
Truly compelling.. a must read book for any cycling fan
Compelling
A fascinating insight into the mindset of an elite sportsman who overcame great odds to reach the very top
If you're buying for a pro cycling fan, [this] should be the top of their reading list
Caracteristici
His legions of followers of social media will recognise his humour, honesty and insightfulness as he looks back on a career riding with and against Wiggins, Froome, Cavendish and other top cyclists of his generation.
Notă biografică
Alex Dowsett is a former professional road racing cyclist who has been cycling for over a decade at the world's top level. He was a time trial specialist and in 2015 he broke track cycling's World Hour Record. @AlexDowsett