Mountains According to G, Geraint Thomas
Mountains According to G, Geraint Thomas
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Mountains According to G

Author: Geraint Thomas

Narrator: Joe Leat

Unabridged: 5 hr 2 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Quercus

Published: 10/29/2020


Synopsis

Cycling fans obsess about climbs and big mountains. They love reading about their tests and tribulations and they love to ride them - a cricket lover can never bat at Lord's, or a football supporter score at Wembley, but any rider can take on the challenge of an iconic mountain.

There have been fine books about the big climbs before but never from the voice of an elite GC winner, taking you inside what these climbs really feel like, where the attacks come, where the pain kicks in.

From best-known big-hitters, via pro-peloton favourites, to the secret climbs Geraint has come to love, and featuring Australia, Belgium, France, the Netherlands, Mallorca and Wales, this is the cyclist's secret manual.

(P)2020 Quercus Editions Limited

About Geraint Thomas

Geraint Thomas OBE is the winner of the 2018 Tour de France, a double Olympic gold medallist and multiple world champion who has been an indispensable part of Team INEOS since its inception. A Tour de France veteran, he had both completed the entire race with a fractured pelvis and been essential in piloting Chris Froome to the yellow jersey multiple times before his own win. One of the most popular men in the peloton, he has watched and contributed from the inside as British cycling has been transformed over the past decade. In 2014 he won Commonwealth road race gold in Glasgow and was voted BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year. In 2015 he became the first British rider to win the E3 Harelbeke: in 2016 he won Paris-Nice and in early 2018 won the Criterium du Dauphine.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Pete

Ahh, he’s an engaging bloke, but just too many metaphors and similes, and not enough content......more

Goodreads review by Mike

Really enjoyed the book, it covers quite a few crimbs that one can aspire to, as a cyclist. Some more famous, others less so. And the occasional anecdotes from his own experience riding/racing up these mountains are gems in their own right. It almost made me want to pack up and go do them myself. But......more

Goodreads review by Mike

Really enjoyed the book, it covers quite a few crimbs that one can aspire to, as a cyclist. Some more famous, others less so. And the occasional anecdotes from his own experience riding/racing up these mountains are gems in their own right. It almost made me want to pack up and go do them myself. But......more