Draft Animals: Living the Pro Cycling Dream (Once in a While) Audiobook (Free)

Like countless various other kids, Phil Gaimon grew up dreaming of being a professional athlete. But unlike countless various other kids, he actually pulled it off. After years of amateur races, hard teaching, living out of a suitcase, and never acquiring ‘no’ for a remedy, he finally achieved his objective and signed a contract to race skillfully on one of the greatest teams in the globe.

Today, Gaimon pulls back the curtain around the WorldTour, cycling’s highest level. He will take listeners along for his months in Europe, covering everything from rabid, water-bottle-stealing Belgian fans, to contract renewals, to traveling in poisonous smog, to acquiring buddies in a sport plagued by doping. Draft Pets reveals a tale as very much about bike race as it is approximately the never-ending ladder of attaining goals, failure, and finding joy if you land somewhere in-between.