Riding Through The Storm - My Fight Back to Fitness on the Tour de France

Originally published: London: Orion, 2007.

About the author

Geoff Thomas played for seven clubs in a football career of almost 20 years, but he was most closely associated with Crystal Palace, who he led to the FA Cup final in 1990. He won nine caps for England. In July 2003, he was diagnosed with leukaemia, and on being given the all-clear decided to ride in the Tour de France in 2005.

Summary

Geoff Thomas's heroic battle to overcome leukaemia, and then take on the toughest sporting challenge: to ride the Tour de France'A wonderfully compelling read' INDEPENDENT

Foreword

Geoff Thomas's heroic battle to overcome leukaemia, and then take on the toughest sporting challenge: to ride the Tour de France
'A wonderfully compelling read' INDEPENDENT

Additional text

RIDING THROUGH THE STORM details movingly and eloquently how Thomas fought cancer and then took on the Tour de France to prove how alive he was ... All human life graces Thomas' outstanding book

Product details

• Authors: Geoff Thomas, Thomas Geoff
• Publisher: Seven Dials
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 30.06.2021
• EAN: 9781841885476
• ISBN: 978-1-84188-547-6
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 196 mm x 24 mm
• Subjects: Guides > Sport > Motorsport, motorcycle sport, bicycle sport, aviation sport; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs, SELF-HELP / Motivational & Inspirational, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Sports, HEALTH & FITNESS / Men's Health, Memoirs, SPORTS & RECREATION / Cycling, Self-help & personal development, cycling, Self-help, personal development and practical advice, Cycle racing