Heroes, Villains and Velodromes

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By Richard Moore

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Hardback

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Cycling, Chris Hoy, Velodromes, Track Cycling

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Further Details

• Published: 16th Jun 2008
• ISBN: 000726531X
• Pages: 320
• Size: 222mm x 141 mm

From the Publisher:

Scottish cyclist Chris Hoy, the reigning Olympic, World and Commonwealth champion, has been instrumental in British track cycling's remarkable transformation from also-rans to leading world superpower. Author Richard Moore shadows Hoy throughout the current season to provide a revealing insight into the hitherto guarded world of track cycling. Heroes, Villains and Velodromes reveals how an elite athlete, Chris Hoy, lives, breathes and pushes the boundaries of his sport.

How does he do it? And why? What drives him to put his body through the physical and mental hurdles to
become the best in the world? This is also the story of an extraordinary year in the life of an extraordinary sportsman, one which started with his best-ever world championships in Mallorca -- where, for the first time in his career, he became a double world champion -- continued with his attempt on the world kilometre record in La Paz, Bolivia, went on to Japan where he spent three months riding the crazy keirin circuit, before returning to training at the world-class Manchester velodrome in the buildup to the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

By shadowing Hoy through a season with the British track cycling team, author Richard Moore has gained an unembellished insight into the mind of a world champion. He has also attained unprecedented levels of access to the key members of the all-conquering British team (which smashed all records and dominated the 2007 world championships) and support staff, including top coaches, world-renowned psychiatrists, doctors (where the subject of drug abuse is an ever-present shadow) and the pivotal characters behind the scenes.

Combining his forensic knowledge of the cycling world with his acclaimed skills as a tenacious investigative journalist, Moore captures the mood of the British team and explores an area of professional sport that has rarely been seen before.

...........Update to the reissued edition........

Chris Hoy has been instrumental in British track cycling's extraordinary transformation from second-class also-rans to dominant world superpower. Now, having rewritten the record books with his three Olympic gold medals, Scotland's most successful Olympian of all time has become a household name overnight and established himself in the pantheon of sporting greats.

Award-winning writer Richard Moore tracks Hoy throughout a season in the saddle, explores his motivations and mentors from a young age, and provides an unblemished insight into the mind of a champion as well as the largely unknown world of track cycling.

It's a story that is fully updated with the remarkable events in Beijing leading to Olympic glory for Hoy and the British track cycling team.