The Hardmen: Legends of the Cycling Gods

Stories of the toughest cyclists of all time, told by The Velominati, originators of The Rules. 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.

• | Author: Brett Kennedy, The Velominati, John Andrews, Frank Strack
• | Publisher: Profile Books Ltd
• | Publication Date: Jun 14, 2018
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9781781256138
• | ISBN-10: 1781256136