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
... Behind my car I put on my riding gear. Racing shorts, sweatshirt, suspenders, jersey. I toss my street clothes onto the back seat, look at the folds they make when they land. They'll stay that way until I put them on again, or until an ...
... Behind my car I put on my riding gear. Racing shorts, sweatshirt, suspenders, jersey. I toss my street clothes onto the back seat, look at the folds they make when they land. They'll stay that way until I put them on again, or until an ...
Pagina 3
... look toWards Mont Aigoual, at the dark sky, wipe my tires and ride back. Here's where I go to the front. Curve ... looks like the giant who was always throwing Chaplin.
... look toWards Mont Aigoual, at the dark sky, wipe my tires and ride back. Here's where I go to the front. Curve ... looks like the giant who was always throwing Chaplin.
Pagina 4
Tim Krabbé. He looks like the giant who was always throwing Chaplin out of ... look in his eye. At the start of the season, when the papers reported that ... back pocket. Or should I make it four? Or five? Ballast, I never eat more ...
Tim Krabbé. He looks like the giant who was always throwing Chaplin out of ... look in his eye. At the start of the season, when the papers reported that ... back pocket. Or should I make it four? Or five? Ballast, I never eat more ...
Pagina 9
... back and forth, in the continuously shifting braid of the peloton. I'm home ... style, nothing moving except his legs, his hands resting on top of the brakehoods ... look to the left. 'Yes, indeed, it's cheerful old Deleuze again. He's ...
... back and forth, in the continuously shifting braid of the peloton. I'm home ... style, nothing moving except his legs, his hands resting on top of the brakehoods ... look to the left. 'Yes, indeed, it's cheerful old Deleuze again. He's ...
Pagina 14
... behind me until I ride myself into the ground, or humiliate myself by falling back. Sauveplane takes over again, I look around. The bunch is coming back, Barthélemy's thick lenses out in front, a few slots behind him the green jersey of ...
... behind me until I ride myself into the ground, or humiliate myself by falling back. Sauveplane takes over again, I look around. The bunch is coming back, Barthélemy's thick lenses out in front, a few slots behind him the green jersey of ...
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Anduze Anquetil attack back wheel Bartali Barthélemy Bédoin bicycle racing bike Boutonnet brake Camprieu Causse Causse Méjean Coppi curve Cycles Goff Daan de Groot descent Despuech downhill drops back dumped everything fields fifteen fig fight figured final find finish line first five flash flat flying forty-three front Gaul gear gone Guillaumet hands he’s hour hundred meters jump kick kilometers kilometers to climb Kléber Krabbé Kuiper lead group lead riders Lebusque legs look back Merckx Meyrueis minutes Mont Aigoual Mont Ventoux mountain never Ottenbros pain pass past peloton Perjuret pull puncture racer rain Reilhan ride rider from Cycles road racing rode saddle Sauveplane shift shout sitting someone sporting career sprint sprinter Stéphan straight suddenly Teissonniere there’s thing thought Tim Krabbé Tour de France Tour de Mont turn Vlaeminck Wim van Est win the Tour wind yellow jersey