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Valentino Rossi

The Definitive Biography

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Valentino Rossi

By: Stuart Barker
Narrated by: Jonathan Guy Lewis
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'AN EXCEPTIONAL READ' - Motor Cycle News

'STUART BARKER IS TO WRITING WHAT VALENTINO ROSSI IS TO RIDING [...] A MUST-READ FOR ALL BIKE NUTS' - DAILY MIRROR


'At high speed everything becomes more difficult and more beautiful. When you're racing at 180mph, the semi-bends become bends, the little holes become big holes, everything becomes extreme and bigger. And then it becomes beautiful.'

Valentino Rossi is an icon: the most successful and most loved motorcycle racer of all time, he has transcended MotoGP to become a symbol of courage, risk and daring. To race for twenty-three years at the very highest level of the world's most dangerous sport is unprecedented. But then, there has never been a motorcycle racer like Valentino Rossi. He is a modern-day gladiator, a man who still risks his life every time he throws a leg over a motorcycle.

Yet for all his two-wheel talents, it is Rossi's endearing character that has seen him transcend the sport. His popularity is phenomenal. For Rossi, every race is a home race. He turns MotoGP grandstands across the world a sea of yellow - his traditional lucky colour.

In more than two decades of Grand Prix racing, Rossi has seen it all. The deaths of rivals and friends, the glory of his unprecedented success, serious injuries, fabulous wealth, the greatest battles ever seen on two wheels, the infamous on and off-track clashes with his fiercest rivals . . .

Using exclusive new interviews with those who have been part of Rossi's story from start to finish, critically-acclaimed and bestselling motorsport author Stuart Barker has produced the most in-depth book ever written about the Italian superstar - a tale of speed, love and loss, told in full for the very first time, in all its adrenalin-charged, high-octane glory. Engineering Motor Sports Sports Motorcycle Biography Racing
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Both written and performed to reflect the essence of a man who truely lives his life the way he rides—with character, style and the persistence of greatness.

Never disappoints—just like Vale

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The problem with sporting biographies, is that they instantly become out of date if the personality being written about continues in their chosen sport, as did Valentino Rossi in 2020. This also meant we did not get to hear about Roussi getting covid 19. But, What I love about this book is how balanced and honest it is in the way it doesn't just reveal all of the brilliance and statistics about Valentino, but also the darker side of his ruthless competitive spirit. A great book.

Refreshingly Balanced

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