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bicycle literature — folks

"... a disarming and spotless prose style, one far above par for sports memoirs." —Publishers Weekly

"Fascinating." —The New York Times

"It is a book for sports fans and sports haters, for cycling enthusiasts and those who haven't ridden a bike since childhood, for cancer patients and the healthiest of the healthy, for anyone who has ever overcome odds. ... It's not about the bike, or about the sport. It's about the soul." —Cincinnati Enquirer

The #1 New York Times bestseller with legs as strong as its author's.

Marco Pantani won the Tour de France and Giro d'Italia in the same year, 1998, a feat previously achieved only by giants of the sport like Eddy Merckx, Fausto Coppi, and Miguel Indurain. The master cyclist was also a victim of the drug culture of pro cycling, eventually sinking into a deep depression and dying alone in a hotel room on Valentine's Day 2004. This memorable compiliation of contemporary articles, written by leading American and European sportwriters, along with the images of renowned sports photographer Graham Watson, create a fitting tribute to one of cycling's brightest — and most tumultuous — stars.