Colombia es pasión! : the generation of racing cyclists who changed their nation and the Tour de France
Rendell, Matt2020
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By winning the 2019 Tour de France, Egan Bernal became the race's youngest champion in 110 years, and the first from the South American nation of Colombia. His victory brought decades of national yearning to fruition, and capped the achievements of a golden generation of Colombian cyclists. For, in the years before Egan's victory, Nairo Quintana won the Tours of Italy and Spain, even coming within 72 seconds of winning the Tour. Rigoberto Uràn, Esteban Chaves, Miguel Ángel Lṕez and Fernando Gaviria took stage wins, donned leader's jerseys and made final podiums at cycling's greatest events. This book explores the lives and dreams of each of Colombia's leading cyclists. Theirs are inspiring stories of overcoming poverty and violence, sickness and corruption - of the emergence of the indigenous, to global sporting glory.
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Author:
Rendell, Matt, author
Imprint:
London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2020.
Collation:
xii, 340 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (colour) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781474609715 (hbk)
Dewey class:
796.60922861920 TOU
LC class:
GV1049.2.T68
Local class:
796.6
Language:
English
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BRN:
2621637
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