Hardmen

Descripción del producto

It's time we all stopped whining and learned a thing or two from The Toughest Cyclists Ever. Including:

Stephen Roche, whose cure for exhaustion was to go up a gear and fight harder, all the way to the ambulance. Eddy Merckx, who hurt himself so badly in breaking the Hour record that, he estimated, he shortened his career by a year. Beryl Burton, who crushed her (male) rival's morale with the offer of a piece of liquorice, before speeding past to victory. Nicole Cooke and Edwig Van Hooydonck, who rejected dope and became legends.

The Hardmen tells the stories - the good bits, anyway - of the 40 most heroic Cyclists ever. Their bravery, their panache and their Perfect Amount of Dumb.

It reminds us that suffering on a bike liberates us from our daily lives, and that, in the words of Lance Armstrong "pain is temporary, quitting lasts forever"; proof that even assholes can be insightful.

Sinopsis del producto

It's time we all stopped whining and learned a thing or two from The Toughest Cyclists Ever. Including:

Stephen Roche, whose cure for exhaustion was to go up a gear and fight harder, all the way to the ambulance. Eddy Merckx, who hurt himself so badly in breaking the Hour record that, he estimated, he shortened his career by a year. Beryl Burton, who crushed her (male) rival's morale with the offer of a piece of liquorice, before speeding past to victory. Nicole Cooke and Edwig Van Hooydonck, who rejected dope and became legends.

The Hardmen tells the stories - the good bits, anyway - of the 40 most heroic Cyclists ever. Their bravery, their panache and their Perfect Amount of Dumb.

It reminds us that suffering on a bike liberates us from our daily lives, and that, in the words of Lance Armstrong "pain is temporary, quitting lasts forever"; proof that even assholes can be insightful.

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Legends of the Cycling Gods

Velominati, The; Strack, Frank; Kennedy, Brett; Andrews, John 'Gianni'; Millar, David

The Toughest Cyclists Ever; Stephen Roche; Eddy Merckx; Beryl Burton; liquorice; Nicole Cooke; Edwig Van Hooydonck; dope; bravery; bike; Lance Armstrong; pain is temporary, quitting lasts forever; Frank Strack; The Velominati; tour de france; giro d'italia; sean yates; marianne vos; rebecca twigg; jacky durand; annie londonderry; bernard hinault; megan fisher; francesco moser; rik verbrugghe; lucien van impe; marco pantani; andy hampsten; nairo quintana; richard virenque; tyler hamilton; roger de vlaeminck; lizzie deignan; gilbert duclos-lassalle; jan raas; edwig van hooydonck; sean kelly; mapei; andrei tchmil; peter van petegem; tony martin; mathew hayman; jens voigt; adam hansen; eros poli; freddy maertens; djamolidine abdoujaparov; robbie mcewen