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Author Sharp, David, author.

Title Va Va Froome : The Remarkable Rise of Chris Froome / David Sharp.

Publication Info. [Place of publication not identified] : Birlinn Limited, [2013]
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Summary "The story of a unique athlete's remarkable journey--from riding his bike in the Ngong Hills of Kenya to the sport's pinnacle, victory in the Tour de France. On 21 July 2013 Chris Froome made history as the second British cyclist to win the Tour de France--in the 100th edition of the world's most famous bike race--and the first ever African-born rider to wear the coveted maillot jaune on the top step of the podium in Paris. Froome's path into the elite ranks of road racing has been unlike any other in the annals of the sport. Born in Nairobi to British parents he was educated in South Africa and studied economics at university. But he abandoned his degree to take up the offer of a professional cycling contract in Europe. A fish out of water, Froome encountered a shock entrance into the rough and tumble world of top-level European bike racing. Incredibly, within two years--and despite his progress being severely hampered when he contracted a debilitating tropical disease--Froome had signed for the world's biggest cycling team, British cycling supremo Sir Dave Brailsford's Team Sky, finished second overall in the Vuelta a Espana, and sacrificed his own ambitions to help teammate Bradley Wiggins claim Britain's first ever Tour de France title in 2012. At the turn of 2013 Froome superseded Wiggins as Sky's team leader and went on to win four out of the five stage races he entered, including the prestigious Criterium du Dauphine, before dominating the 2013 Tour de France on a relentless pursuit of the ultimate prize in cycling."-- Provided by Freading.
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Subject BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Sports.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
ISBN 9780857906410 (epub)
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