num_pages: 352
description: From the author of the cult favorite Pro Cycling on $10 a Day and Ask a Pro  the story of one mans quest to realize his childhood dream and what happened when he actually did it. Like countless other kids Phil Gaimon grew up dreaming of being a professional athlete. But unlike countless other kids he actually pulled it off. After years of amateur races hard training living out of a suitcase and never taking no for an answer he finally achieved his goal and signed a contract to race professionally on one of the best teams in the world.Now Gaimon pulls back the curtain on the WorldTour cyclings highest level. He takes readers along for his seasons in Europe covering everything from rabid water-bottle-stealing Belgian fans to contract renewals to riding in poisonous smog to making friends in a sport plagued by doping. Draft Animals reveals a story as much about bike racing as it is about the never-ending ladder of achieving goals failure and finding happiness if you land somewhere in-between.
language: English
title: Draft Animals: Living the Pro Cycling Dream
publisher: Penguin Books