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  • Published: 7 April 2011
  • ISBN: 9781845968014
  • Imprint: Mainstream Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 192
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Wide-Eyed and Legless

Inside the Tour de France



A fast-paced, fly-on-the-wall story of courage, endurance, bungling, rows and cheating in sport's greatest marathon

A fast-paced, fly-on-the-wall story of courage, endurance, bungling, rows and cheating in sport's greatest marathon

In 1987, the Tour de France was won by Irishman Stephen Roche. It was the first time the champion had hailed from outside the Continent or the States and the first time in 20 years a British team - ANC Halfords - had competed in the world's toughest and craziest race. Jeff Connor not only stayed with the British team but also found himself an unofficial team member.

In this long-awaited new edition of Wide-Eyed and Legless, now widely regarded as a classic, Connor describes what it takes to compete, survive and win during those 26 days of gruelling effort. Alongside the heroism and athleticism, he reveals the extraordinary amounts of chicanery, from pulling riders along to illicit drug use.

Time has not dimmed the impact of this eye-opening and entertaining close-up look at the supreme endurance event, and Wide-Eyed and Legless is destined to be acclaimed by a new generation of cycling enthusiasts.

Jeff Connor's other books include the definitive story of the Busby Babes, The Lost Babes, and Up and Down Under, an account of the 2001 British Lions tour.

  • Published: 7 April 2011
  • ISBN: 9781845968014
  • Imprint: Mainstream Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 192
Categories:

About the author

Jeff Connor

Jeff Connor is the author of several acclaimed sports books, including Wide-Eyed and Legless, which Cycle Sport named the No.1 cycling book pf all time, and the definitive story of the Busby Babes, The Lost Babes. He lives in Lancashire.

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Praise for Wide-Eyed and Legless

The British squad were out of their depth but Connor's documentary does not poke fun or seek to humiliate. Instead, it makes you feel like you're there with them, suffering and biting your lip

Cycle Sport

A fabulously observed diary of July 1987, when the dream of British cycling joining the European mainstream crashed catastrophically . . . side-splittingly funny

Cycling Books.com

One of the most vivid and entertaining books ever written about the Tour de France

Richard Moore, from the Foreword

A true classic of cycling literature

Cycling Weekly