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Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"In the tradition of The Boys in the Boat and Seabiscuit, a fascinating portrait of a groundbreaking but forgotten figure--the remarkable Major Taylor, the black man who broke racial barriers by becoming the world's fastest and most famous bicyclist at the height of the Jim Crow era. In the 1890s, the nation's promise of equality had failed spectacularly. While slavery had ended with the Civil War, the Jim Crow laws still separated blacks from whites,...
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Formats
Description
In July 1986, Greg LeMond stunned the sporting world by becoming the first American to win the Tour de France, the world's pre-eminent bicycle race, defeating French cycling legend Bernard Hinault. Nine months later, LeMond lay in a hospital bed, his life in peril after a hunting accident, his career as a bicycle racer seemingly over. And yet, barely two years after this crisis, LeMond mounted a comeback almost without parallel in professional sports....
Author
Series
Fool's gold) volume 1
Language
English
Description
When she settles down in Fool's Gold, California, city planner Charity Jones, who has a past rife with romantic disasters, is tempted to take a chance on the town's most famous resident, former world-class cyclist Josh Golden.
Author
Publisher
Friesen Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"In 2011, former Canadian national champion motocross racer Brent (Airmail) Worrall, who had recently returned to the sport after a lengthy absence due to struggles with alcohol, gambling, and depression, was again in a fight to save his own life. His shot at redemption and making peace with the sport he loves was cut short by a near-fatal crash. A mechanical malfunction in mid-flight over the track's largest jump sent him spiralling into a nose dive....
11) My world
Author
Publisher
VeloPress
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Peter Sagan, at just 28 years of age, is already one of cycling?s greatest riders of all time. With four Tour de France points jersey victories, three road race world championships, the 2018 Paris-Roubaix, and multiple spring classics among Sagan?s palmares, the world of cycling agrees that this intense, yet fun-loving rider is among the most dominant and fun-to-watch riders of his generation.p-s?In My World, for the very first time, bike racing...
13) Hell on wheels
Publisher
First Run Features
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
Deutsch
Description
Le Tour de France is the toughest bicycle race of all. This film shows the torture and the pain, the fear and the courage of the riders on the Tour. It also showcases the supporting casts of managers, masseurs, fans, and more.
17) Lance Armstrong
Author
Publisher
Rourke Pub
Pub. Date
[2004]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Publisher
Sony Pictures Classics
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
Français
Formats
Description
A bicyclist is kidnapped from the Tour de France by mysterious gangsters; his grandmother travels to the city of Belleville (which has a sardonic version of the Statue of Liberty in its harbor), where she tracks him down with the help of a musical trio gone to seed, the Belleville Triplets.