• Tim Krabbé, ‘Cyclist’
• Laurent Fignon, ‘We were young and unconscious’
Perhaps the best autobiography of a professional racer. And no wonder: a Fignon called him Professor hence its image (ponytail and glasses, something strange in the bunch) and by their intellectual inclinations, and had a well earned reputation for lacking outspoken.In this book, the winner of the Tour de France in 1983 and 1984 gives an overview of his time cycling, perhaps the last in which there was a certain innocence in this sport. Fignon recounts his brilliant start to the competition, clashes with legendary names like Hinault, Zoetemelk or Delgado, injuries and disappointments he suffered when he was supposed to reach its maximum level, and do not forget to remember the Tour 1989 , lost by eight seconds in front of Greg LeMond in the last stage against the clock. In the pages were young and unaware wild parties after the races, panoramic views over the murkier side of cycling and eventually widespread doping swept his generation of the top of the rankings are also strained. More »
• John Green, ‘The fault in our stars pdf‘
Available currently only in English, this The fault in our stars pdf book of British journalist Richard Moore is magnetic, more than a biography to use. It is as strange as its protagonist, Robert Millar Scottish climber in the eighties, King of the Mountain Tour and the most successful until the arrival of the current British cyclist Cavendish or Wiggins . Distant, no friend of compromise, vegetarian in a world of carnivores, almost nobody in the squad know much about Millar. When he retired, he still knew less of him practically lives in some unknown place held by the public and closely guarded by his few acquaintances. In fact, the best thing about this book are the adventures of Moore in his fruitless search of the retired cyclist, a character. More »
• Ander Izaguirre, ‘Lead in pockets’
The Tour de France is the biggest cycling race in the world, which gets more media coverage and one of the toughest. This volume presents a fine sense of humor the best stories that generated the French round along its hundred editions: the mad and desperate running in appalling conditions in the early days of the murkyLance Armstrong , no Izaguirre anecdote does not register an indispensable book.More »
