The Tour According to G: My Journey to the Yellow Jersey

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For years Geraint Thomas appeared blessed with extraordinary talent but jinxed at the greatest bike race in the world twice an Olympic gold medallist on the track, Commonwealth champion, yet at the Tour de France a victim of crashes, bad luck and his willingness to sacrifice himself for his team mates In the summer of 2018, that curse was blown away in spectacular fashion from the cobbles of the north and the iconic mountain climbs of the Alps to the brutal slopes of the Pyrenees and, finally, the Champs Elysees in Paris As a boy, G had run home from school on summer afternoons to watch the Tour on television This July, across twenty one stages and three weeks, and under constant attack from his rivals, he made the race his own.With insight from the key characters around Geraint, this is the inside story of one of the most thrilling and heart warming tales in sport Not only can nice guys come first they can win the biggest prize of all. Download The Tour According to G: My Journey to the Yellow Jersey – kino-fada.fr Easy reading but insightful partly ghostwritten first person account of Thomas s famous Tour de France win, which includes brief sections by Sara Thomas, Rod Ellingworth, Tim Kerrison and Chris Froome The book starts briefly with his Olmpic road race crash in 2016 and his double disappointment in 2017 pulling out of the Giro when he was leader after time loss following a crash caused by a stationary police motorbike, and crashing out of the Tour when second on GC after having held the yellow Easy reading but insightful partly ghostwritten first person account of Thomas s famous Tour de France win, which includes brief sections by Sara Th...Absolutely brilliant Fantastic insight into the greatest cycle race from a really honest and genuine guy The first truly British winner and totally deserved Looking forward to the next one G GiroGreat book on the Tour de France preparation, day by day events and happenings 2018 the year Geraint Thomas won the yellow jersey.I doubt this book will be of much interest to anyone who s not a road cycling enthusiast And for such people I think Thomas first book is significantly better than this one in that it covers a much broader subject matter and isengaging to read.There are good moments in this book though especially the blow by blow account of his win on the Alpe d Huez very engaging.What probably also lifts it to at least 3 stars is Thomas recounting of his emotions which is refreshing given his I doubt this book will be of much interest to anyone who s not a road cycling enthusiast And for such people I think Thomas first book is significantly better than this one in that it covers a much broader subject matter and isengaging to read.There are good moments in this book though es...G winning the Tour de France was one of the highlights of 2018, this is the story behind that triumph Geraint gives you a real taste of what it s like within the peloton on the greatest tour of them all This was a win based on a...An easy read and really enjoyed Especially the chapters on stage wins An easy read and really enjoyed Especially the chapters on stage wins As a big lover of cycling and someone who is a big fan of Geraint Thomas I was looking forward to this book G s victory was one of my favourite tours and the book is a great recollection of the tour.It s very well written, honest and funny It s a very easy read and covers q whole multitude of things, his thoughts of his protected status, the training, the race itself and some funny accounts of coming to terms with being a Tour winner.I very much enjoyed this book as much as I did seeing G win As a big lover of cycling and someone who is a big fan of Geraint Thomas I was looking forward to this book G s victory was one of my favourite tours and the book is a great recollection of the tour.It s very well written, ho...A must read your all cycling fans.An easy read celebrating how good guys sometimes finish first.Admittedly unlike Sky s other Tour winners, Geraint Thomas does not have the complexities of Wiggins nor does he actively protect his personality like Froome.In this book Thomas portrays everything as a glass half full, but there is enough honesty between the lines to see that this is not completely Sky washed self congratulations.It is clear that Thomas knows he was lucky to be given a free roving rights However, it is also An easy read celebrating how good guys sometimes finish first.Admittedly unlike Sky s other Tour winners, Geraint Thomas does not have the complexities of Wiggins nor does he actively protect his personality like Froome.In this book Thomas portrays everything as a glass half full, but there is enough honesty between the lines to see that this is not completely Sky washed self congratulations.It is clear that Thomas knows he was lucky to be given a free roving rights However, it is also interesting to see how he only belatedly realised this came with near zero active support as the team concentrated as ever on Froome until the end of stage 17.Fortuitously Sky s wish to achieve the near impossible Giro Tour double for Froome meant that Thomas had been allowed to prepare single mindedly for his Tour In the race, Bernal s emergence then meant Thomas was not called on to work in service of Froome which he would no doubt have done Added to this, the loss ...When I had completely read the book, I knew that this book is by far the best book I have read From the beginning to the end I was amazed by the details that were told They released information that I otherwise would never have known I like to know things from behind the scenes I also liked the theme of sport and in particular cycling because I have been a cycling fan for ten years I found the space where the story took place great France is a very beautiful country with beautiful culture When I had completely read the book, I knew that this book is by far the best book I have read From the beginning to the end I was amazed by the details that were told They released information that I otherwise would never have known I like to know things from behind the scenes I also liked the theme of sport and in particular cycling because I have been a cycling...

The Tour According to G: My Journey to the Yellow Jersey
  • English
  • 18 November 2019
  • Kindle Edition
  • 320 pages
  • Geraint Thomas
  • The Tour According to G: My Journey to the Yellow Jersey