num_pages: 336
description: An eye-opening expose of and a heart-breaking lament for professional cyclingPaul Kimmage's boyhood dreams were of cycling glory: wearing the yellow jersey cycling the Tour de France becoming a national hero. He knew it wouldn't come easy but he was prepared to put in the graft. The dedication paid off  he finished sixth in the World Championships as an amateur and in 1986 he turned professional.He soon discovered it wasn't about courage training hours or how much you wanted to win. It was about gruelling defeats total exhaustion and drugs - drugs that would allow you to finish the race and start another day. Kimmage ultimately left the sport to write this book  profoundly honest and ground-breaking Rough Ride broke the silence surrounding the issue of drugs in sport and documents one mans love for and struggle with the complex world of professional cycling.
language: English
title: Rough Ride: Behind the Wheel With a Pro Cyclist
publisher: Random House UK