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Vuelta Skelter
- Riding the Remarkable 1941 Tour of Spain
- Narrated by: Tim Moore
- Length: 10 hrs and 16 mins
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Publisher's Summary
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Tim Moore completes his epic (and ill-advised) trilogy of cycling's Grand Tours.
Julian Berrendero's victory in the 1941 Vuelta a Espana was an extraordinary exercise in sporting redemption: the Spanish cyclist had just spent 18 months in Franco's concentration camps, punishment for expressing Republican sympathies during the civil war. Seventy-nine years later, perennially over-ambitious cyclo-adventurer Tim Moore developed a fascination with Berrendero's story, and having borrowed an old road bike with the great man's name plastered all over it, set off to retrace the 4,409-km route of his 1941 triumph - in the midst of a global pandemic.
What follows is a tale of brutal heat and lonely roads, of glory, humiliation and then a bit more humiliation. Along the way, Tim recounts the civil war's still-vivid tragedies and finds the gregarious but impressively responsible locals torn between welcoming their nation's only foreign visitor and bundling him and his filthy bike into a vat of antiviral gel.
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- David B.
- 11-09-2021
Excellent - another great novel
Once again Tim Moore brings us another great cycling journey with history, humour and tribulations mixed into one enjoyable package!
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- MEW
- 01-09-2021
Not just a ride in the park
I haven't finished this book yet but I know it will score a 5 in everything. I am totally enthralled, enlightened and entertained by this book. Tim Moore takes us on a history tour, a cycle tour, a tour of the typography of Spain, a gastronomic tour and a physical endurance tour. The Vuelta is taking place as I write this, but its a far cry from the days when Julien Berendos rode in it, What a character. There are too many riders out there these days for any one of them to be so singularly, mindfully ruthless. Its all about teams now. This is worth reading just for the Franco years, lest we forget. It is worth reading to discover how far the humble bicycle has evolved. Its worth reading for the chuckle evinced almost every sentence. Thank you for the slog Tim.
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