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With his eye for revealing detail and his unique narrative voice, Samuel Abt has attracted a worl... Journalist Samuel Abt Publ
by adminWith his eye for revealing detail and his unique narrative voice, Samuel Abt has attracted a worldwide audience of devoted readers who eagerly await his regular dispatches in The New York Times and International Herald Tribune. Now, drawing from his vantage point as one of cycling's foremost journalists, Abt has collected his favorite pieces from 1981 to 2005, culminating with Lance Armstrong's historic seventh victory in the Tour de France. VeloPress, an affiliate of VeloNews, the journal of competitive cycling, has published Up the Road: Cycling's Modern Era from LeMond to Armstrong. The book is the definitive portrait illustrating how the stage was set for Lance Armstrong to dominate the Tour de France.
Abt recounts the rise of Greg LeMond, America's first winner of the Tour de France, and English speakers like Sean Kelly, Stephen Roche, and Phil Anderson, who charged through the ranks of the European teams and imposed a new order on an old and entrenched hierarchy. Their technical approach to racing, combined with higher salary structures and a new emphasis on the Tour de France as the sport's marquee event, elevated cycling from its common roots and brought it new fans, an inrush that exploded with the arrival of Lance Armstrong on the scene. But as the stakes were raised, so too was the pressure for results, however they might be obtained.
Thus it was no surprise when the sport was rocked in the 1990s by a series of drug scandals, as riders searched for performance aids to satisfy the demands from sponsors. Big teams and big names crumbled, exposed for cheating and bringing dishonor, shame, and near collapse to a suddenly vulnerable sport.
The new century brought new faces, European riders like Ivan Basso and Tom Boonen, and American stars like Floyd Landis, Levi Leipheimer, and Tom Danielson. Determined to avoid the stigma of doping and battling to establish their own names in the record books, this talented generation of athletes has rekindled excitement and brought cycling to new levels of worldwide popularity.
In its grand sweep, Up the Road chronicles cycling's transition from its blue-collar roots to its sleek, modern era. All of the desire and discipline, ego and effort of cycling's brave new world is captured here. Abt's irresistible stories of harrowing comebacks, treacherous races, and thrilling tastes of victory create a loving portrait of an evolving sport, as new players with outsized personalities arrive on the scene. Up the Road is a narrative of cycling's most turbulent years from the sport's finest writer, making it an essential addition to every fan's bookshelf.
Up the Road is now available from velogear.com. VeloPress is a sports fitness publisher and a trusted authority among cyclists, endurance athletes, and snow sport athletes on the subjects of training, nutrition, equipment, and performance. VeloPress also publishes a wide variety of titles outside the training genre, taking a closer look at the celebrities in our sports and their mark on history. VeloPress is the book publishing division of Inside Communications, Inc., publisher of VeloNews, Inside Triathlon, and Ski Racing magazines.
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