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Zusatztext "Engagingly juxtaposes the writer’s own battles as a cyclist with those of British champions such as Tom Simpson! Beryl Burton and Nicole Cooke" Informationen zum Autor ROBERT DINEEN is a sports journalist with the Telegraph Media Group and the author of Reg Harris: The Rise and Fall of Britain's Greatest Cyclist . He lives in East London and this is his second book. Klappentext Amateur cycling in the UK has never been so popular post-Bradley Wiggins and Chris Froome winning the Tour de France: Dineen explores this cultural shift through his own attempts at the most iconic sportive of all! the Etape du Tour. Zusammenfassung British cycling has had a tumultuous history! from the bizarre ban on road racing in the first half of the 20th Century to the sport's golden era after the Second World War and on to its dramatic decline in the 1960s and beyond. Over the past decade! however! it has undergone a dramatic resurgence in which elite British cyclists have become among the best in the world and millions of Britons have taken up the sport. In Kings of the Road ! Robert Dineen charts these developments by meeting neglected heroes from each generation of British cycling. As he becomes immersed in the sport! he also charts his own experiences on the club scene while preparing for the Etape du Tour! the sportive regarded as the ultimate challenge for the amateur cyclist. The result is a unique look at British cycling's past! its present and where it might be headed.
