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 3
... pulls up next to me in his blue and yellow jersey. 'Muggy,' he says. 'Yeah,' I say. 'Still, it could rain,' he says. He points up. 'Yeah.' 'What gears you using?' 'Fourteen—fifteen-seventeen-eighteen-nineteen-twenty.' 'Oh. I've got ...
... pulls up next to me in his blue and yellow jersey. 'Muggy,' he says. 'Yeah,' I say. 'Still, it could rain,' he says. He points up. 'Yeah.' 'What gears you using?' 'Fourteen—fifteen-seventeen-eighteen-nineteen-twenty.' 'Oh. I've got ...
Pagina 12
... pull up and gaze upon this superior creature leading the procession. I have various photos of Koblet during Brive—Agen', each one showing him stared upon open-mouthed by yet another legend of the past. At the finish Koblet ran a comb ...
... pull up and gaze upon this superior creature leading the procession. I have various photos of Koblet during Brive—Agen', each one showing him stared upon open-mouthed by yet another legend of the past. At the finish Koblet ran a comb ...
Pagina 15
... pulls away from the 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 ...
... pulls away from the 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 ...
Pagina 16
... pull, a few minutes later they disappear from sight as well. Soon they'll be with Despuech. A car with wheels on the roof passes the peloton, beeping its horn. 'Cycles Goff is painted on the side. The car from Ales sticks with ...
... pull, a few minutes later they disappear from sight as well. Soon they'll be with Despuech. A car with wheels on the roof passes the peloton, beeping its horn. 'Cycles Goff is painted on the side. The car from Ales sticks with ...
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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