Richard Moore - Heroes, Villains & Velodromes - Chris Hoy & Britain's Track Cycling Biography

Name: Richard Moore - Heroes, Villains & Velodromes - Chris Hoy & Britain's Track Cycling Biography
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Richard Moore

Heroes, Villains and VelodromesChris Hoy and Britains Track Cycling Revolution\nAuthor(s): Richard Moore\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: HarperCollins Publishers, United Kingdom\nImprint: HarperSport\nISBN-13: 9780007304424, 978-0007304424\nSynopsis\nAs the first Briton for 100 years to win three gold medals in one Olympic Games, Scottish track cyclist Chris Hoy has rewritten the record books. Critically acclaimed writer Richard Moore shadows Hoy throughout the current season fully updated with events in Beijing to provide an unprecedented insight into the secret world of track cycling.\n\nHeroes, Villains and Velodromes reveals how an elite athlete, Chris Hoy, lives, breathes and pushes the boundaries of his sport. How does he do it? And why? What drives him to put his body through the physical and mental hurdles to become the best in the world? And what is it like to be Olympic champion, astonishingly in three different cycling disciplines?\n\nThis is also the story of an extraord.