Put Me Back on My Bike
  • Published: 15 June 2007
  • ISBN: 9780224080187
  • Imprint: Yellow Jersey
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 288
  • RRP: $29.99
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Put Me Back on My Bike

In Search of Tom Simpson

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31 Dec 2012
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15 Jun 2007
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The definitive account of the life of Britain's greatest cyclist by Britain's greatest cycling writer.


Discover the story of Britain’s ultimate cyclist and his ill-fated race during the 1967 Tour de France, from the bestselling author of Half Man Half Bike
Tom Simpson was an Olympic medallist, world champion and the first Briton to wear the fabled yellow jersey of the Tour de France. He died a tragic early death during the 1967 Tour. A man of contradictions, Simpson was one of the first cyclists to admit to using banned drugs, and was accused of fixing races, yet the dapper 'Major Tom' inspired awe and affection for the obsessive will to win which was ultimately to cost him his life.

Put Me Back on My Bike revisits the places and people associated with Simpson to produce the definitive story of Britain's greatest ever cyclist. The fully revised and updated edition of William Fotheringham's classic biography features a new foreword and postscript further exploring the truth behind the legend.

‘The best cycling biography ever written' Velo
‘A beautiful explanation of why Simpson's legend still exerts such a powerful hold’ Sunday Times
  • Published: 15 June 2007
  • ISBN: 9780224080187
  • Imprint: Yellow Jersey
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 288
  • RRP: $29.99
Categories:

About the author

William Fotheringham

William Fotheringham is the number-one bestselling author of Merckx: Half Man, Half Bike. He writes for the Guardian and Observer on cycling and rugby and is the critically lauded author of Fallen Angel, Roule Britannia, and Put Me Back on My Bike, which Vélo magazine called `the best cycling biography ever written’. A racing cyclist and launch editor of Procycling and Cycle Sport magazines, he has reported on over twenty Tours de France.

Also by William Fotheringham

Sunday in Hell
The Badger
Bernard Hinault and the Fall and Rise of French Cycling
Merckx: Half Man, Half Bike
Fallen Angel
Roule Britannia
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Praise for Put Me Back on My Bike

The best cycling biography ever written

Velo

An intelligent, perceptive portrait

Guardian

A beautiful explanation of why Simpson's legend still exerts such a powerful hold

Sunday Times

An enjoyable, clear-eyed biography

Times Literary Supplement

The definitive story of Britain’s greatest ever cyclist

Christmas books recommendations, Cycle Sport

A definitive insight into one of cycling’s most intriguing characters and tragic stories

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