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When more than 100 men or women go racing down a road, inches away from each other, in all weather, over all kinds of roads, the opportunity for a brilliant win or a terrible accident is always there. For more than a century, bicycle racers have sought glory, but have often found only misery. There can be only one winner, and even that triumph can be mixed with terrible loss. Fausto Coppi, coached by a blind man, set the World Hour Record in Milan during the war while the city was being shattered by bombs.

Sharing his experiences and learnings from his journeys across the UK, the USA and the African continent, Moncrieffe brings together the voices of Black cycling cultures. He speaks to Black elite and professional riders, members of national cycling bodies, commentators, grassroots riders, community leaders, teachers and activists, discovering how they are disrupting the sport’s white-led norms of power.

Desde el 2015 al 2017, Peter Sagan consiguió lo que parecía imposible: venció tres Campeonatos del Mundo de ruta seguidos, garantizando así su paso a los libros de historia como uno de los más grandes ciclistas de todos los tiempos. Pero Peter no solo gana. Entretiene. Cada momento que pasa sobre el sillín es una oportunidad de expresar su personalidad, lo mismo haciendo el caballito sin manos en las faldas del Mont Ventoux, que travesuras en ruedas de prensa frente a los más exigentes periodistas.

El Ciclista Secreto se enfrenta a muchas grandes preguntas nunca antes respondidas abiertamente, mostrando a las personas seguidoras del ciclismo una parte del ciclismo oculta hasta ahora. Escrito por un experimentado ciclista profesional que corre para un equipo de la máxima categoría World Tour, en la cúspide de este deporte. ¿Quién es el ciclista y secreto y por qué se oculta?

En mayo de 1949 Sicilia acoge la salida y las primeras dos etapas de la más prestigiosa competición del ciclismo nacional, el Giro de Italia. La trigésimo segunda edición fue memorable, entre otras cosas, porque tuvo a un cronista de excepción: Dino Buzzati.

Cycling is easy to learn, a lot of fun, and if you really love it you can even try to go professional! However, there is much more to cycling than just learning to balance on two wheels. There is both an art and a science to cycling that can give you a massive advantage, whether you view cycling as a sport, a hobby, or as a form of transportation! If you love cycling and want to take your skills to the next level, then this is the book for you!

For many years I’ve dreamt of memorializing our bike club’s history, and I’m excited to finally fulfil my dream. I’ll take you from our very roots, and travel with you around North Carolina and to several different states as we rode together on our bikes, laughed and carried-on off the bikes, and just had a fantastic time spending time with each other.

When he was overtaken by a jogger on a borrowed mountain bike, Jo knew it was time for drastic action. Welcome to the world of a man in his 60s and his new e-bike. His first injury occurred within one foot! Setting off for his first practice ride round a car park, he misjudged the width of the handlebars and scraped his hand on the cycle shop's stone wall. You'll go places you'll never have dreamed of, said the shop owner. Prophetic words indeed. Eighteen hours later Jo was embedded in his neighbour's hedge due to a clothing malfunction.

This telling of the 2023 Tour de France is an addition to our two-volume The Story of the Tour de France: How a Newspaper Promotion Became the Greatest Sporting Event in the World, and four supplements.

The biggest annual sports event in the world is the Tour de France. In the wake of its overwhelming popularity, it’s easy to forget that there is much more to cycling than whoever gets to wear the yellow jersey. Cycling is rich with legends and pioneers, and it is their stories which light up this compelling account of the sport. This is the story of British cycling as told through the lives of the people who built it. From the first recorded race in a Paris park in 1868 to the present day, Great British Cycling Legends profiles the true originals.

'Doorspekt met heerlijke anekdotes die zelfs ik nog niet kende!' Laurens ten Dam. Een wervelend verslag van Thomas Dekkers roerige leven na zijn wielercarrière. Het vervolg op de bestseller Mijn gevecht, waarvan meer dan 200.000 exemplaren zijn verkocht. Na zijn turbulente wielercarrière begint het leven van Thomas Dekker in 2015 opnieuw. Hij schrijft zijn memoir Mijn gevecht, dat een instantbestseller wordt. Het zet hem ook buiten de sportwereld in de spotlights, en zowel vriend als vijand is geschokt over de onthullingen die hij in het boek doet.

Wir schreiben das Jahr 2006, also die Epoche vor Google Maps und Social Media. In "Radreise durch Europa: Eine Reise zurück zur Einfachheit" entführt der Autor die Hörer auf eine abenteuerliche Fahrradtour quer durch Europa. Tauchen Sie ein in die Welt des jungen, mittellosen Studenten, der sich mit einer Straßenkarte, einem Zelt und einem Traum auf den Weg macht, um 2400 km von seinem Heimatdorf in Ostsachsen bis an den Atlantik nach Bordeaux zu radeln. Eine Reise voller Herausforderungen, unerwarteter Begegnungen und unvergesslicher Landschaften.

La bicla, la bicicleta, está transformando la ciudad. En esta serie, iniciamos con un reportaje de Juan Pablo Mayorga, periodista especializado en temas ambientales que explora de qué manera el auge de la bicicleta está cambiando los paradigmas urbanos.

Un libro imperdibile per tutti gli appassionati di ciclismo. Letto in collaborazione con Luca Gregorio, voce di Eurosport e conduttore sportivo. Nomi come Pantani, Nibali, Chiappucci, Van Impe e Pogačar sono impressi nella memoria collettiva degli appassionati di ciclismo moderno. I loro nomi evocano ricordi e suscitano forti emozioni quando si parla delle grandi salite del Tour de France, del Giro d'Italia e della Vuelta. Sono storie di successi, attacchi riusciti e falliti, coraggio e grandi sforzi dei grandi scalatori degli ultimi tempi.

In 1987 four young women from different walks of life enrolled at Indiana University. No one knew that these four freshmen would defy the odds and go down in history as the underdog team to win the first ever women's Little 500 bicycle race the following spring. Willkie Sprint is the inspiring true story of that year of wonder and challenge, of the unbreakable bond they forged, and of the race they were determined to win.

Das Abenteuer Atlantik sind zwei Reisen mit dem Rennrad und "schmalem Gepäck" entlang der Atlantikküste Europas: von Rotterdam (NL) über Belgien, den Pays du Nord und der Normandie in die Bretagne - Brest (F) (1350 km) ; von Huelva (ES) über die portugiesische Küste, Galicien, Asturien ins Baskenland weiter an der Küste nach Norden wieder in die Bretagne nach Brest (F) (2800 km). Die Bilder entstehen lebhaft im Kopf von den vielen Geschichten und Begegnungen mit den Menschen, den Kulturen und Landschaften.

Se pensi è la fine, se pedali arrivi. Una vita all’insegna dell’avventura. È quella che ci racconta l’atleta italiano che più si è distinto nell’ultracycling, specialità del ciclismo in cui si gareggia su lunghissime distanze. Appassionato di bicicletta fin da bambino grazie alle imprese di Marco Pantani viste in Tv, prima di sbarcare all’ultracycling, Omar Di Felice si dedica al ciclismo professionistico. A un tratto, però, arrivano il colpo di fulmine e la grande svolta: Di Felice trova la "Zona Omar", quell’attitudine a superare i propri limiti che permette di crescere e migliorarsi.

Bike Girl Magic is an essential guide full of useful insights and resources that will demystify cycling concepts and give riders the tools they need to succeed. This is a book full of all of the things we wish we knew when we started cycling. It’s everything you’ll need to be an informed cyclist and enjoy your new riding experience, packed into a neat little guide. You'll find tips on how to choose a bike and shop, change a flat, fit a helmet over your natural hair, what to wear and so much more!

Fra Coppi og Bartali til Vingegaard og Pogacar fra 1940’erne til 2020’erne, fortæller Jørgen Leth de seneste firs års cykelhistorie. “Jeg lægger det ind i cykelløbene, som jeg ser. Det er min historie. Cykelrytterne kører på cykel. De kører fra et sted til et andet. De kører op, og de kører ned. Den, der kommer først, har vundet. Undervejs sker der nogle ting. Så enkelt er det. Ud af disse enkle hændelser træder personer, som ser direkte ud af billederne i et forsøg på at lave noget uventet. Vi er klar til at se det og indramme det. Det bliver billeder i en ramme."

Turn someday into today with this proven pathway to progress that literally thousands of cyclists have unknowingly used to go from unsure to UNSTOPPABLE "one day at a time." Use the COMMITS framework to create a customized, individual path designed to lead you from where you currently are to exactly where you want to be.