Awards

• Shortlisted for William Hill Sports Book of the Year 2010.

Overview

By his 18th birthday David Millar was living and racing in France, sleeping in rented rooms, tipped to be the next English-speaking Tour winner. A year later he'd realised the dream and signed a professional contract. He perhaps lived the high life a little too enthusiastically - he broke his heel in a fall from a roof after too much drink, and before long the pressure to succeed had tipped over into doping. Here, in a full and frank autobiography, David Millar recounts the story from the inside: he doped because 'cycling's drug culture was like white noise', and because of peer pressure. 'I doped for money and glory in order to guarantee the continuation of my status.' Five years on from his arrest, Millar is clean and reflective, and holds nothing back in this account of his dark years.

Full Product Details

Author:   David Millar
Publisher:   Orion Publishing Co
Imprint:   Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
Dimensions:   Width: 12.90cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 19.80cm
Weight:   0.316kg
ISBN:  

9781409120384

ISBN 10:   1409120384
Pages:   368
Publication Date:   28 June 2012
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Millar is never less than candid in a memoir that is part confessional, part catharsis. THE SCOTSMAN 20120630

Millar is never less than candid in a memoir that is part confessional, part catharsis. THE SCOTSMAN 20120630 His description of that agonising 2010 mountain stage, during which he scoured the depths of his soul while falling helplessly behind the rest of the field, deserves to stand among the great first-person accounts of sporting experience. -- Richard Williams THE GUARDIAN 20120707

Millar is never less than candid in a memoir that is part confessional, part catharsis. THE SCOTSMAN 20120630 His description of that agonising 2010 mountain stage, during which he scoured the depths of his soul while falling helplessly behind the rest of the field, deserves to stand among the great first-person accounts of sporting experience. -- Richard Williams THE GUARDIAN 20120707 His career almost destroyed by a doping scandal in 2004, the cycling champion faces his demons in this eloquent and revelatory memoir. Millar's gutsy slog to restore his reputation is inspirational. THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH SEVEN Magazine 20120805

Author Information

David Millar is a British road racing cyclist. He is the only British rider to have worn all Tour de France jerseys and one of four to have worn the yellow jersey.

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