Domestique: The Real-life Ups and Downs of a Tour Pro
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| Rating | : | 4.60 (613 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00CP5UBQG |
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| Number of Pages | : | 540 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-01-28 |
| Language | : | English |
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"If justice is alive and well in the world, this will be the sports book of the year 2013 a book that is well nigh impossible to put back on the shelf at the end of each chapter." * The Washing Machine Post * "Interesting and revealing the most accurate description of what being a highly-regarded domestique in the modern peloton is really like'" * Cycling Weekly * "One of the hardest working domestiques in the sport" * Cycling Weekly * "Couldn't put it downthe best insight into the peloton since Paul Kimmage
. Charly now works as a directear sportif for the Garmin-Sharp team. He raced for some of cycling's best teams, including Mapei, the world's most successful ever team. In his 11-year career he competed in a remarkable 14 Grand Tours, including three Tours de France. Charly Wegelius was one of Britain's most distinguished and respected professional cycl
I was the hired help.When my mum dropped me off in a small French town aged 17, I was full of determination to be a professional cyclist, but I was completely green. I went from mowing the team manager’s lawn to winning every amateur race I entered. There were times I rode myself to a standstill, clutching the barrier metres from the line, as the lead group shot past. I was in demand from the world’s best teams, a well-paid elite athlete. But I never won a race. Then I turned pro and rea
"Waiting For This Book" according to Jrowwsnc. I think there is a kind of irony in the fact that the Brits are now so dominant in stage racing. They will have to abandon the outsider role that they have had for so many years in the world of pro cycling. It is this outsider status that makes Wegel. Andy said A haunting memoir. I still wonder whether a youngster who dreams of becoming a bicycle champion should read this book or not, as this memoir offers a crude and merciless vision of the reality behind the bicycling sport. Whatever, this is an entertaining and interesting. A VERY honest insight into the pro peloton. A truly interesting insight into the professional peloton. The role of the domestique is accurately described by the author as one of self-sacrifice for the betterment of the team. With that said, it felt as though Charly used this book as way to des