Domestique: The Real-life Ups and Downs of a Tour Pro - Hardcover

Wegelius, Charly

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0091950937 ISBN 13: 9780091950934

Publisher: Ebury Press, 2013

Synopsis

Domestique For 11 years the author was a professional cyclist, competing in the hardest and greatest races on Earth. He was in demand from the world's best teams, a well-paid elite athlete. But he never won a race. He was the hired help. The author tells his story. Full description

About this title

Review:

"If justice is alive and well in the world, this will be the sports book of the year 2013... a book that is well nigh impossible to put back on the shelf at the end of each chapter." (The Washing Machine Post.net)

"Interesting and revealing... the most accurate description of what being a highly-regarded domestique in the modern peloton is really like'" (Cycling Weekly)

"One of the hardest working domestiques in the sport" (Cycling Weekly)

"Couldn't put it down...the best insight into the peloton since Paul Kimmage’s Rough Ride" (William Fotheringham)

"A must read. Absolutely outstanding" (Paul Kimmage)

Book Description:

The compelling true-life story from behind the scenes of professional cycling

About this edition

• Publisher: Ebury Press
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0091950937
• ISBN 13: 9780091950934
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 320