Colombia Es Pasion! - The Generation of Racing Cyclists Who Changed Their Nation Tour de

Zusatztext No outsider could be better equipped to write about cycling in Colombia than Rendell... extraordinary access to the major players in Colombian cycling... knowledgeable and passionate Informationen zum Autor Matt Rendell survived Hodgkin's Disease and lecturing at British and Latvian universities before entering TV and print journalism. He first visited Colombia in 1998, and his Channel 4 documentary Kings of the Mountains (2000) was described in the Observer as 'a gem, telling us more about the essence of sport in under an hour than a season's worth of Premiership matches'. His first book, KINGS OF THE MOUNTAINS: HOW COLOMBIA'S CYCLING HEROES CHANGED THEIR NATION'S HISTORY, was described in The Times as 'meticulous, elegant and sensitive'. He has worked on the British terrestrial coverage of the Tour de France since 1997, he has won three National Sporting Club awards, and his book THE DEATH OF MARCO PANTANI was shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award. COLOMBIA ES PASIÓN is his fifth book about Colombia. Klappentext From the prize-winning cycling writer Matt Rendell comes a superb, uplifting book on the incredible rise of Colombian cycling Vorwort From the prize-winning cycling writer Matt Rendell comes a superb, uplifting book on the incredible rise of Colombian cycling Zusammenfassung From the prize-winning cycling writer Matt Rendell comes a superb, uplifting book on the incredible rise of Colombian cycling

Product details

• Authors: Matt Rendell, Rendell Matt
• Publisher: Weidenfeld and Nicolson
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.03.2021
• EAN: 9781474609722
• ISBN: 978-1-4746-0972-2
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 196 mm x 28 mm
• Subjects: Guides > Sport > General, dictionaries, handbooks, yearbooks, history; Guides > Sport > Motorsport, motorcycle sport, bicycle sport, aviation sport; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; Colombia, TRAVEL / South America / General, SPORTS & RECREATION / Cycling, cycling, Biography: sport, Sports teams and clubs, SPORTS & RECREATION / Cultural & Social Aspects, Cycle racing