Summary
Live the pure adrenaline of the Tour de France alongside Mark Cavendish, British cycling’s hottest young superstar.
Boy Racer steps behind the scenes of the Tour de France. It unmasks the exotic, contradictory, hysterical and brutal world of professional cycling from the compellingly candid viewpoint of someone right in the thick of it.
Written off as ‘fat’ and ‘useless’ in his youth, Mark Cavendish is now one of cycling’s brightest stars and one of Britain’s greatest…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780091932770 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0091932777 |
| Author: | Mark Cavendish |
| Publisher: | Ebury Publishing |
| Imprint: | Ebury Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Release Date: | 15 June 2010 |
| Weight: | 274g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 130mm x 30mm |
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Critics Review
Britain’s best ever Tour de France cyclist
Britain’s best ever Tour de France cyclist * ProCycling Magazine *
The hottest sprinter in the world * Daily Telegraph *
Boy Racer…catch[es] the inner conflict between the impetuousness that makes Cavendish such a daunting competitor and the introspection that makes him such an interesting person * Guardian *
Refreshingly frank and entertaining * Scotland on Sunday *
Highly personal and revelatory and gives you a unique insight to one of Britain’s most successful and respected sportsmen * Telegraph *
Few have brought the terrifying and visceral art of sprinting to life. Boy Racer redresses the balance. * The Times *
Boy Racer, is essentially a masterclass in the art of winning relayed through the eyes of a young, hungry and sometimes impatient embryo superstar with a penchant for entertaining industrial language. It is also highly personal and revelatory and gives you a unique insight to one of Britain’s most successful and respected sportsmen worldwide. – Brendan Gallagher * Daily Telegraph *
About The Author
Mark Cavendish
Born and raised on the Isle of Man, Mark Cavendish became a world track champion as a teenager in 2005, a Commonwealth Games gold medallist a year later and in 2008 regained his world title in partnership with Bradley Wiggins. Having now switched his focus to the more glamourous world of road cycling, Mark is widely regarded as the most exciting and charismatic young rider to grace the sport in years, a status he confirmed with his fantastic record-breaking performance in the 2009 Tour de France. Mark rides for Team Columbia and lives on the Isle of Man.
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