The RiderBloomsbury Publishing USA, 16 aug 2018 - 160 pagina's The instant cult classic about biking, road racing, and the bicyclists who love their sport. Originally published in Holland in 1978, The Rider went on to sell more than 100,000 copies. Brilliantly conceived and written at a break-neck pace, it is a loving, imaginative, and, above all, passionate tribute to the art of bicycle road racing. Tim Krabbé begins this story at the very start of the Tour de Mont Aigoual, ready to race his rivals through the mountains of Central France. Over the course of the 150 pages that follows, Krabbé takes his bike 150 kilometers, and pulls his readers into the life of the sport he loves. The Rider is beloved as a bicycle odyssey, a literary masterpiece, and the ultimate book for bike lovers as well as the arm-chair sports enthusiast. |
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Pagina 2
... Tour de Mont Aigoual covers I 37 kilometers and, loops back twice through Meyrueis. Mont Aigoual is one of the highest peaks in the Cévennes, 1,567 meters. It's on the second loop. The sky out that way is gray. The last descent into ...
... Tour de Mont Aigoual covers I 37 kilometers and, loops back twice through Meyrueis. Mont Aigoual is one of the highest peaks in the Cévennes, 1,567 meters. It's on the second loop. The sky out that way is gray. The last descent into ...
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... Tour de France. I eat one fig and put four in my back pocket. I pedal up to the start. There are already almost ... Tour de Mont Aigoual is an exceptionally hard race, covering I 50 kilometers and five cols. He 6.
... Tour de France. I eat one fig and put four in my back pocket. I pedal up to the start. There are already almost ... Tour de Mont Aigoual is an exceptionally hard race, covering I 50 kilometers and five cols. He 6.
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... Mont Aigoual. Kléber is standing in front of me. We greet each other. I point to his bars. 'New tape?' He smiles ... Tour. A race over 175 kilometers, I figured, so there's no hurry. We rode at a snail's pace through the streets of Tiel ...
... Mont Aigoual. Kléber is standing in front of me. We greet each other. I point to his bars. 'New tape?' He smiles ... Tour. A race over 175 kilometers, I figured, so there's no hurry. We rode at a snail's pace through the streets of Tiel ...
Pagina 16
... Tour de Mont Aigoual has three lead riders, tolerated by the pack. We pass two villages, receive applause in both. As a journalist, I only once followed a major race: Paris— Roubaix, I 976. I found out then how right they are when they ...
... Tour de Mont Aigoual has three lead riders, tolerated by the pack. We pass two villages, receive applause in both. As a journalist, I only once followed a major race: Paris— Roubaix, I 976. I found out then how right they are when they ...
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