The Call Of The Road The History Of Cycle Road Racing

Author : Chris Sidwells
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
ISBN 13 : 0008220786
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Call of the Road: The History of Cycle Road Racing written by Chris Sidwells and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2018-06-28 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eddy Merckx. Fausto Coppi. Jacques Anquetil. Bernard Hinault. Beryl Burton. Marianne Vos.

Author : Chris Sidwells
Publisher : William Collins
ISBN 13 : 9780008220778
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Call of the Road written by Chris Sidwells and published by William Collins. This book was released on 2018-06-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the invention of the bicycle, people have raced them. The advent of the pneumatic tyre meant that these races could take place on any road in any country - cycle road racing was born. In just over a century the Tour de France has become the most watched sporting event and the Giro d'Italia, Vuela d'Espagne and Spring Classics are expanding to fill the entire year with competitions which are watched by millions of fans, and the routes are cycled by hundreds of thousands of amateurs keen to discover what it is like to ride 200 arduous kilometres in one day, in some cases over the steepest of routes. Intertwined with these competitions is the history and, most importantly, the characters who have graced the road cycling stage. Merckx, Indurain, Coppi, Pantani, Binda, Rominger and Hinault are names that have been raised to mythical status. The Call of the Road reveals the epic battles of all of the racing seasons since the first Tour de France - looking beyond the results to see the drama - not just on the road but within the teams and between individuals - and the politics and scandal that continue to fascinate cycle road race fans everywhere.

Author : Jack Hardwicke
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031269756
Total Pages : 213 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Masculinities and the Culture of Competitive Cycling written by Jack Hardwicke and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-04-06 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on extensive ethnographic, qualitative and quantitative research, this monograph provides a novel account of masculinities in an individual sport: competitive road cycling. Chapters present varied analyses on male cyclists’ relationship with masculinity, the culture of competitive road cycling, cyclists’ attitudes toward injury management, sexual minority and women’s experiences in the sport, and autoethnographic accounts of the author’s own experiences of being involved in the sport for over ten years. The author also examines how masculinity impacts male cyclists’ attitudes towards competition, risk taking and doping practices. This book will be of interest to scholars and researchers in sports sociology, gender studies, and masculinity studies.

Author : Peter Joffre Nye
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 1496221354
Total Pages : 568 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hearts of Lions written by Peter Joffre Nye and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2020-05 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bike racers were America’s media darlings less than a century ago—dashing, eccentric, and very rich daredevils. Until the 1920s bike races drew larger crowds than all other American sports events, including Major League Baseball games. Prize-winning racer and journalist Peter Joffre Nye vividly re-creates this period of sports history, forgotten until now, in Hearts of Lions, a true story of courage, daring, and occasional lunacy. Revised, updated, and expanded, this second edition of Hearts of Lions is based on interviews with more than one thousand cyclists whose racing careers span from 1908 through the 2016 Rio Olympics, along with interviews with trainers and family members. Included are stories about Joseph Magnani, the lone American from southern Illinois who rode on the dusty roads of Europe in road racing’s golden era of the 1930s and 1940s; Lance Armstrong, whose rise in the mid-1990s was eclipsed in the doping era that still casts a long shadow over the sport; Kristin Armstrong, a three-time Olympic gold medalist who set new standards for women in cycling; and Evelyn “Evie” Stevens, who chucked a Wall Street career in her mid-twenties to compete in two Olympics and win several world championship gold medals. Hearts of Lions is a colorful, exciting, classic work on the art of bicycle racing over 140 years against a backdrop of social, political, and technical changes.

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Publisher : Laurence King Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781786271662
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Racing Bicycles written by and published by Laurence King Publishing. This book was released on 2018-06-19 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everything you need to know about road cycling – the bikes, the races, the famous riders – in an intricately illustrated, compact volume. Every major historical development of the road bicycle and the road race is illustrated, from the first geared bikes to modern-day time-trial machines, and from the first penny-farthing races up to the modern Tour de France. Also included are a wealth of facts, figures, and stats, as well as intriguing and quirky stories from the history of competitive cycling.

Author : Robert Dineen
Publisher : Aurum
ISBN 13 : 1781314764
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Kings of the Road written by Robert Dineen and published by Aurum. This book was released on 2015-07-02 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: British cycling has had a tumultuous history, from the bizarre ban on road racing in the first half of the 20th Century to the sport's golden era after the Second World War and on to its dramatic decline in the 1960s and beyond. Over the past decade, however, it has undergone a dramatic resurgence in which elite British cyclists have become among the best in the world and millions of Britons have taken up the sport. In Kings of the Road, Robert Dineen charts these developments by meeting neglected heroes from each generation of British cycling. As he becomes immersed in the sport, he also charts his own experiences on the club scene while preparing for the Etape du Tour, the sportive regarded as the ultimate challenge for the amateur cyclist. The result is a unique look at British cycling’s past, its present and where it might be headed.

Author : Carlton Reid
Publisher : Island Press
ISBN 13 : 1610916891
Total Pages : 374 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Roads Were Not Built for Cars written by Carlton Reid and published by Island Press. This book was released on 2015-04-09 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Roads Were Not Built for Cars, Carlton Reid reveals the pivotal—and largely unrecognized—role that bicyclists played in the development of modern roadways. Reid introduces readers to cycling personalities, such as Henry Ford, and the cycling advocacy groups that influenced early road improvements, literally paving the way for the motor car. When the bicycle morphed from the vehicle of rich transport progressives in the 1890s to the “poor man’s transport” in the 1920s, some cyclists became ardent motorists and were all too happy to forget their cycling roots. But, Reid explains, many motor pioneers continued cycling, celebrating the shared links between transport modes that are now seen as worlds apart. In this engaging and meticulously researched book, Carlton Reid encourages us all to celebrate those links once again.

Author : Aili McConnon
Publisher : Phoenix
ISBN 13 : 9780753828144
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Road to Valour written by Aili McConnon and published by Phoenix. This book was released on 2013-06-20 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Italian SCHINDLER'S LIST, this is the inspirational story of Gino Bartali, who made the greatest comeback in Tour de France history and secretly aided the Italian Resistance during the Second World War. ROAD TO VALOUR is the inspiring, against-the-odds story of Gino Bartali, the cyclist who made the greatest comeback in Tour de France history and still holds the record for the longest gap between victories. Yet it was his actions during the Second World War, when he secretly aided the Resistance, rather than his remarkable exploits on a bike, that truly cemented his place in the hearts and minds of the Italian people. Based on nearly ten years of research, and including fascinating new interviews, this is the only book written that fully explores the scope of Bartali's wartime work. A breathtaking account of one man's unsung heroism and his resilience in the face of adversity, this is an epic tale of courage, comeback and redemption, and the untold story of one of the greatest athletes of the twentieth century.

Author : Causey Enterprises, LLC
Publisher : Causey Enterprises, LLC
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book WALNECK'S CLASSIC CYCLE TRADER, AUGUST 2008 written by Causey Enterprises, LLC and published by Causey Enterprises, LLC. This book was released on with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Tom Newman
Publisher : Crowood
ISBN 13 : 1847975291
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cycle Road Racing written by Tom Newman and published by Crowood. This book was released on 2013-03-01 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cycle Road Racing provides a practical and instructional guide for those entering into cycle road racing, and those improving their performance. It covers the latest developments in racing and cycle technology, and guides the reader through all stages of racing, from setting up the bike correctly to race day itself.The book includes material on: Clothing, equipment and setting up your bike; Training, including the use of turbo training in winter and sample training plans; Techniques such as cornering, climbing and descending; Avoiding injury and recovery after injury; Nutrition.In-depth coverage of time trials and veterans racing; Computerisation of racing, such as use of sat navs and computerised training aids. An instructional guide for anyone entering into cycle road racing. Essential reading for racers looking to improve their skills, club riders and coaches. Road racing is the highest profile branch of cycle sport. Superbly illustrated with 120 colour photographs. Tom Newman is a professional cycling coach.