The Racer: Life on the Road as a Pro Cyclist Audiobook (Free)

The facts really like to be always a racer?

What is it truly like to become swept along in 60kmh in the middle of the pack? So how exactly does it experience to be reeled in from a single breakaway metres from the line? What goes on to your body throughout a high-speed chute? What techniques must teams make use of to win the day, the jersey, the grand tour? How does a domestique continue to the end of a stage once his job is done and his body exhausted? So how exactly does a time-trialist maintain his form when every muscle and sinew is screaming at about The Racer: Existence on the Road as an expert Cyclist him to stop? What sacrifices must a cyclist make to attain the highest levels? What is it like for the bus? In the resorts? What camaraderie is built in the confines of a group? What rivalries? So how exactly does it experience to become constantly on the road, away from loved ones, tasting yet another calorie-counted hotel breakfast?

David Millar presents us a unique insight into the mind of a specialist cyclist during his last year before pension. Over the course of a season on the Globe Tour, Millar puts us in touch with the places, smells and noises of the sport – the barked instructions of the road captain in a sprint string, the silence of the solo training ride. This is a publication about youngsters and age group, fresh-faced exhilaration and hard-earned experience. It really is a love letter to cycling.