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Rough ride by paul kimmage7/6/2023 ![]() ![]() Perhaps that's why more retired riders haven't written about their experiences. ![]() This book ended more than a few friendships, as the author details in the preface. Kimmage took a lot of heat for his unabridged look into the world of cycling and breaking the code of omerta that exists in the peloton. The deceit and the corruption are astonishing. Taking amphetamines, not to win, but merely to keep up in crits with pre-determined outcomes. But most interesting to me was the behind the scenes look at the rather unglamorous and frankly dangerous life of a professional domestique. Kimmage rode the Tour de France three times and the Giro once. However, this was book was an enthralling page turner about the life of an obscure professional cyclist in the mid-1980s. Irishman Paul Kimmage is not going to be winning any awards for writing any time. ![]()
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