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Put Me Back on My Bike: In Search of Tom Simpson

By William , Fotheringham

Book information

Publisher
Random House;Vintage Digital
Year
2012
ISBN
9781446435878, 9780224080187, 1446435873
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
1 MB (1078874 bytes)
Pages
272 pages\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
Cycling;SPORTS & RECREATION--Cycling;SPORTS & RECR

Description

Tom Simpson was an Olympic medallist, world champion and the first Briton to wear the fabled yellow jersey of the Tour de France. He died a tragic early death on the barren moonscape of the Mont Ventoux during the 1967 Tour. Forty years on, hundreds of fans still make the pilgrimage to the windswept memorial which marks the spot where he died. A man of contradictions, Simpson was one of the first cyclists to admit to using banned drugs, and was accused of fixing races, yet the dapper 'Major Tom' inspired awe and affection for the obsessive will to win which was ultimately to cost him his life. This new edition of William Fotheringham's classic biography, published to coincide with the fortieth anniversary of Simpson's death, features a preface and final chapter featuring further revelations about Simpson's life and death.

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