Pedalare! Pedalare! A History of Italian Cycling
If you read only one sporting book this year, make it Pedalare! Pedalare! ... Absorbing, compelling and brilliant Evening Standard Sparkling ... alive with terrific characters ... The key to [Foot's] success lies with the larger-than-life characters who people these pages Spectator The first general account in English of the second biking culture ... As this year's Giro d'Italia hopefuls head out over a dramatic parcours, the ghosts Foot evokes will stir once more Independent on Sunday An expert on sport, but more importantly on Italian culture, history and society, [John Foot] has now turned his eye to cycling ... If you want to understand Italian cycling, read this book ... Fascinating Cycle Sport