Wolfman
Speeding Up
- Jul 31, 2007
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With the recent passing of Laurent Fignon, I wanted to know more about the man so bought his autobiography, We were Young and Carefree, published in 2010 by Yellow Jersey Press: London.
I'm now three quarters of the way through and have found it a really interesting and enjoyable book. He was a man of very strong character and conviction; his life and career, while initially easy encountered various challenges that he rose to and sought to overcome, related both to injuries, and team management. The sense of discipline and dedication is very strong, yet, in a way, you get the feeling that there was a sense of destiny and many more significant events shaping his life, over which he had no real control. If it weren't for these, he could have won the tour, three, four maybe more times. Perhaps this is just his confidence, but you can feel the power coming through. The translation by William Fotheringham is very nice, and the frankness and apparent genuineness of the man really comes through in short, concise and direct sentences. It is certainly one of the better cycling related books I've read for a long time. It was a great loss.
Of course, this has now whetted my appetite to read more so does anyone else have any good cycling related books that they would like to recommend?
I'm now three quarters of the way through and have found it a really interesting and enjoyable book. He was a man of very strong character and conviction; his life and career, while initially easy encountered various challenges that he rose to and sought to overcome, related both to injuries, and team management. The sense of discipline and dedication is very strong, yet, in a way, you get the feeling that there was a sense of destiny and many more significant events shaping his life, over which he had no real control. If it weren't for these, he could have won the tour, three, four maybe more times. Perhaps this is just his confidence, but you can feel the power coming through. The translation by William Fotheringham is very nice, and the frankness and apparent genuineness of the man really comes through in short, concise and direct sentences. It is certainly one of the better cycling related books I've read for a long time. It was a great loss.
Of course, this has now whetted my appetite to read more so does anyone else have any good cycling related books that they would like to recommend?