THE RACER: LIFE ON THE ROAD AS A PRO CYCLIST
Book ID/图书代码： 11320015B83962
English Summary/英文概要： What is it really like to be a racer?
What is it like to be swept along at 60kmh in the middle of the pack? How does it feel to be reeled in from a solo breakaway metres from the line? What happens to the body during a high-speed chute? What tactics must teams employ to win the day, the jersey, the grand tour? How does a domestique keep going to the end of a stage once his job is done and his body exhausted? How does a time-trialist maintain his form when every muscle and sinew is screaming at him to stop? What sacrifices must a cyclist make to reach the highest levels? What is it like on the bus? In the hotels? What camaraderie is built in the confines of a team? What rivalries? How does it feel to be constantly on the road, away from loved ones, tasting one more calorie-counted hotel breakfast?
David Millar offers us a unique insight into the mind of a professional cyclist during his last year before retirement. Over the course of a season on the World Tour, Millar puts us in touch with the sights, smells and sounds of the sport – the barked instructions of a road captain in a sprint chain, the silence of a solo training ride. This is a book about youth and age, fresh-faced excitement and hard-earned experience. It is a love letter to cycling.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 赛车手究竟是怎样的一份工作？
以60kmh的速度横扫赛道是一种什么样的感觉？在高速下坡路段中，身体会发生怎样的变化？团队又该采取何种策略来赢得比赛？完成了自己的任务、精疲力尽时，公路自行车手是如何坚持到最后阶段的？自行车手需要作出何等牺牲来达到最高的水平？团队中建立了何种友谊？对手如何？长期远离心爱的人投身于公路自行车比赛是何种感受？
在本书中，作者David Millar从独特的视角向我们展示了一名职业自行车手的内心世界，讲述了他退役前最后一年征战的经历。通过世界巡回竞标赛的描述，作者仿佛令我们触碰到这项运动的视觉、嗅觉和听觉——我们似乎能够感受到公路比赛的发令枪响以及独自一个人训练时的寂静。这是一本关于年轻和时代的书，蕴含了青春活力的激情与了之不易的经验，更像是对自行车运动的一封“情书”。(LYR)
Awards/获奖情况：“David Millar的书将你带入自行车运动的核心，同时又突出了这项运动的极端性。对于一名运动员来说，如此沉溺于一项运动，却又能超然脱身，是十分罕见的。”（Richard Moore，作家）
“自行车运动的意义远不仅仅是获胜者。《赛车手》就如同一场骑行。”（Jon Day，读者）
“成为一名职业自行车手究竟意味着什么？David Millar向读者展示了无与伦比的独到见解。”（Colin Henrys，英国公路自行车竞赛）
“享受骑行带来的单纯的快感，对骑行的一封情书，写得非常棒！”（Jamie Beach）
“Millar钟爱他自己所从事的事业，如今，他通过文字向世人展示了自己从事了18年的事业。”（Scotsman）
"David Millar’s book takes you inside the sport of cycling while also emphasising the absurdity of it. It’s quite rare for a sportsman to be so immersed and yet able to detach themselves from it all ... The parts on crashing are amazing. I felt frightened and sore reading it" (Richard Moore, author of Slaying the Badger)
"Cycling has always been about a great deal more than its winners, and The Racer is quite a ride" (Jon Day Spectator)
"What’s it really like to be a professional bike racer? David Millar gives you an unparalleled insight" (Colin Henrys Road Cycling UK)
"A love letter to the simple pleasure of riding a bike, and a very well-written one at that" (Jamie Beach Bike Radar)
"Millar’s love for what he did, and the curious world he inhabited for 18 years, shines through his prose" (Scotsman)
About the Author/作者介绍： David Millar是一名职业自行车手，从事自行车运动已有18年之久，他是第一位在环法自行车赛中穿上“队长运动衫”的英国选手。现在他还是ITV自行车解说员团队的一员，也是反兴奋剂的主要代言人。他的第一本著作《在黑暗中骑行》是一本畅销书，并且入围当年William Hill体育类书籍大奖。
David Millar was a professional cyclist for eighteen years, and was the first Briton to wear the leader’s jerseys in the Tour de France, Vuelta a España and Giro d’Italia. He is now part of the ITV cycling commentary team and a key spokesman on anti-doping. His first book Racing Through the Dark was a bestseller and was shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year award.
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