Draft Animals

Name: Draft Animals
Brand: Penguin Publishing Group : Penguin Books
SKU: 9780143131243-PRUSDTR-US
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Living the Pro Cycling Dream (Once in a While)

Phil Gaimon (Author) ... more

Edition: US - Paperback / softback

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English • Age Adult - Adult

352 pages • 5.3 x 8.0 x 0.8 in

Approx. weight: 0.64 lb

Publication date: 10 Oct,2017

Barcode: 9780143131243 • Penguin Publishing Group : Penguin Books

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By: Phil Gaimon

From the author of the cult favorite Pro Cycling on $10 a Day and Ask a Pro, the story of one man’s 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, cycling’s 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.