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Draft Animals: Living the Pro Cycling Dream (Once in a While)
Contributor(s): Gaimon, Phil (Author)

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ISBN: 0143131249     ISBN-13: 9780143131243
Publisher: Penguin Books
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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: October 2017
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BISAC Categories:
- Sports & Recreation | Cycling
- Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs
- Biography & Autobiography | Sports
Dewey: B
LCCN: 2017015784
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.3" W x 7.9" L (0.60 lbs) 352 pages
Features: Illustrated, Price on Product
Review Citations: Booklist 09/01/2017 pg. 40
 
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Publisher Description:
From the author of the cult favorite Pro Cycling on $10 a Day and Ask a Pro, the story of one man's quest to realize his childhood dream, and what happened when he actually did it.

Like countless other kids, Phil Gaimon grew up dreaming of being a professional athlete. But unlike countless other kids, he actually pulled it off. After years of amateur races, hard training, living out of a suitcase, and never taking "no" for an answer, he finally achieved his goal and signed a contract to race professionally on one of the best teams in the world.

Now, Gaimon pulls back the curtain on the WorldTour, cycling's highest level. He takes readers along for his seasons in Europe, covering everything from rabid, water-bottle-stealing Belgian fans, to contract renewals, to riding in poisonous smog, to making friends in a sport plagued by doping. Draft Animals reveals a story as much about bike racing as it is about the never-ending ladder of achieving goals, failure, and finding happiness if you land somewhere in-between.

 
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