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 9
... peloton. I'm home again. I started on this sport fifteen years too late. After one kilometer, a minuscule rider with a black rag—mop attacks: Despuech. Baloney. This race lasts I40 kilometers. Despuech is crazy. Despuech is only showing ...
... peloton. I'm home again. I started on this sport fifteen years too late. After one kilometer, a minuscule rider with a black rag—mop attacks: Despuech. Baloney. This race lasts I40 kilometers. Despuech is crazy. Despuech is only showing ...
Pagina 10
... peloton, old acquaintances are being renewed, a guy turns around with no hands on the bars. He gets a scolding. But ever since I saw a rider meticulously peeling a banana with both hands on a downhill stretch at 65 kilometers an hour, I ...
... peloton, old acquaintances are being renewed, a guy turns around with no hands on the bars. He gets a scolding. But ever since I saw a rider meticulously peeling a banana with both hands on a downhill stretch at 65 kilometers an hour, I ...
Pagina 11
... peloton effect. Greater than the psychological advantage of the pacer, however, is the advantage of his slipstream. I once rode in the North Holland amateur championship, on a course without difficulty or wind, race number 204, onJune I ...
... peloton effect. Greater than the psychological advantage of the pacer, however, is the advantage of his slipstream. I once rode in the North Holland amateur championship, on a course without difficulty or wind, race number 204, onJune I ...
Pagina 12
... peloton in splendid isolation, finally arriving in Agen with a lead of 2 minutes and 35 seconds. That kind of thing just doesn't happen. Here I have a photo of Koblet during that escape. Devilmay-care, graceful tread, hands on top of ...
... peloton in splendid isolation, finally arriving in Agen with a lead of 2 minutes and 35 seconds. That kind of thing just doesn't happen. Here I have a photo of Koblet during that escape. Devilmay-care, graceful tread, hands on top of ...
Pagina 15
... peloton once more. He glances around, sails to the left side of the road, shoots past an oncoming car and is gone, followed a bit later by a boy in a light—blue jersey from Cycles Goff. He looks vaguely familiar. We'll be seeing ...
... peloton once more. He glances around, sails to the left side of the road, shoots past an oncoming car and is gone, followed a bit later by a boy in a light—blue jersey from Cycles Goff. He looks vaguely familiar. We'll be seeing ...
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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