The Complete Fans Guide To Pro Cycling: Get Expert Insights On The Riders, The Races, The Teams, The Tactics, The Lingo & More! - Softcover

Cossins, Peter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1838235337 ISBN 13: 9781838235338

Publisher: Play Sports Network, 2022

Synopsis

GCN Presents THE COMPLETE FAN’S GUIDE TO PRO CYCLING By Peter Cossins, the award-winning cycling author explains the different races, gives insight to the many types of rider and reveals the tactics that go into making today’s top-level bike racing work. Superficially, bike races are simple: all the riders set off together and the first across the finish line wins. But scratch the surface and there are myriad stories, specialisms and sub-competitions to enrich our experience – and perhaps – confuse us. We’ll explain how it works, and what to look out for. Over 230 pages packed with essential insight to get the most from watching pro cycling From the Classics and Monuments to the Grand Tours and beyond, the entire race season is detailed and explained Comprehensive guide to understand teams and riders. From the domestique to the sprinter, the time trial specialist to the rouleur this is your guide to understand the roles of everyone in the team and what it takes to get on the podium Exclusive insight from the riders themselves, including Mark Cavendish (sprinter), Dowsett (time trial specialist), George Bennett (climber), Michael Wood (Classics specialist), Lucinda Brand (CX racer) Geraint Thomas (Tour de France winner) Michał Kwiatkowski (one-day races), Michael Mørkøv (lead-out specialist), Alessandro De Marchi (breakaway star) and Ashleigh Moolman Pasio (Esports champion), all these and more providing you with a unique understanding of their specialism Answering all your questions about the business end of the sport. How much do riders earn, how teams are financed, what is the prize money and how different team budgets affect the sport The innovations in cycling explained, and how new technologies are affecting the sport for riders and fans. A historic and comprehensive guide to the bikes ridden by today’s best pro’s giving you everything you need to understand the bikes and technology that you see win the world’s biggest races From stage races to one-day class

Edition details

• Publisher: Play Sports Network
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1838235337
• ISBN 13: 9781838235338
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 244