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Racing Through the Dark: The Fall and Rise of David Millar [Kindle Edition]

David Millar
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Millar is never less than candid in a memoir that is part confessional, part catharsis. (THE SCOTSMAN 2012-06-30)

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 2012-07-07)

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 2012-08-05)

This is the superbly narrated story of one man's evolution from talented ingenue to disillusioned doper and back again... one of the very best snapshots of professional cycling in the noughties. (OUTDOOR FITNESS 2012-12-25)

Highly articulate, Millar has written a courageously combative book that both exposes the conditions that create drug cheating and explains how his sport has to confront those conditions if it is to break from this most murky of pasts. (Mark Perryman PHILOSOPHY FOOTBALL 2012-11-26)

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Tour de France cyclist comes to terms with drug use and cleans up.

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  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 2551 KB
  • Print Length: 368 pages
  • Publisher: Orion (16 Jun 2011)
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B0053YQDIG
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • X-Ray: Enabled
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (176 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #3,455 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
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33 of 34 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Sports book of the year? 21 Jun 2011
By William
Format:Hardcover
I had this pre-ordered for nearly two years, but it has been well worth the wait. Largely self-authored, according to what I have read, this is a beautifully written account by someone who really does have a story to tell. It reveals more about the doping era in pro-cycling than any number of enquiries or investigations could ever achieve. It also puts Millar's own misdemeanour into clear perspective. One of Britain's all-time greats, deserving of the status of 'legend' when he eventually retires, Millar may, with this book, have produced the greatest legacy of his career. Anything that beats it to the 2011 William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award would have to be truly exceptional.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Painfully honest 10 Jun 2011
By Big Jim TOP 50 REVIEWER
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
I've seen David Millar interviewed on TV many times and he comes across as a very decent, honest if slightly humourless and intense man. This has not always been the case as he states himself, being honest about previous dishonesty should have been cathartic but he may not have found writing this enthralling and important book as cathartic as it might have been but if it serves to inject (pun intended) some truth and self examination into big time pro cycling then it will have done him and the sport a huge favour. I just wonder though if he is being a bit naive or indulging in a bit of wishful thinking at least in his belief that most (surely not all) riders in the forthcoming tour de France will ride "clean". He hopes so,surely everyone with any interest in the sport hopes so, but after years of proven and suspected drug cheating there will be a cloud cast over the race that will take some shifting.

Mind you, he is not convinced that the drugs he took actually helped him, so he may be right. Mayve the drugs don't work. Despite having said above that he comes across as a bit humourless when interviewed there are numerous ironic and wittily mischevious moments recorded in this book so it is not all doom and gloom by any means.

I would recommend this book to anyone with an interest in sport not just cycling, or indeed anyone interested in the human condition that drives men and woment close to and sometimes over the edge of competitiveness. I will be very surprised if this book doesn't make it onto the shortlist for the next sports or even biography book prize. It is that good.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A moving tale 13 Aug 2011
By Sussan
Format:Hardcover
This book encompases the part of sport that could not easily be explained or described in any other way than the way it has been portrayed in this book.

It has needed the personal and very touching, emotional experience of the author, to give this excellent description of the turmoil and excitment that is, for most of us, the 'Tour de France'. My question over the years of being a fanatic through the televised programmes, has been 'how do they do it?' Now I know!

However, it is not only the 'Tour de France' that is featured in this book, it is the capture of the lives and times of the cyclists and the surrounding regions in which they have been part of a culture that has been integrated into this wonderfully moving tale of woe, heartbreak and some laughter.

I could not read it quickly enough, I now want to stand on the side of the road at the Madeleine, preferably watching the riders, because it now means something, as it has to so many. Read this book, it is wonderful.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars The book that Lance SHOULD have written...
David Millar screwed up, got caught, cleaned up and is now a great example to riders who want to do it the right way. Read more
Published 21 hours ago by M. A. Ledger
5.0 out of 5 stars Not only a good autobiography, but the original and definitive account...
David takes us through his early years and success as a racer, his becoming a 'neo-pro', the trials and tribulations of the sport, the pressure which ultimately let him to accept... Read more
Published 10 days ago by Peter Hornsby
4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent view of life in the pro peleton
Love this book. Although Millar's writing style can make him come across as a bit arrogant and self obsessed his insight into the life of a pro cyclist is a really good read. Read more
Published 13 days ago by Mark Lewis
4.0 out of 5 stars Brings some light to a dark place
This book is enjoyable and well written. It gives you some understanding of, and sympathy for, David Millar's position. By the end I felt I had an appreciation of why he had doped. Read more
Published 17 days ago by SCL
5.0 out of 5 stars Good Book
This book was bought for a friend as a gift as he is into his bike racing so was a good gift.
Published 26 days ago by Ian Wonnacott
5.0 out of 5 stars An insight into doping
A very well written, engaging insight into the world of pro cycling and how easy it is to go down the wrong path.
Published 28 days ago by C. Davis
5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic glimpse into the world of pro cycling
Most interesting and believable insight into cycling and thoroughly enjoyable books I have ever read. A well written account that almost makes me feel like I know David.
Published 29 days ago by Tom Cribb
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book, fascinating insight into the cycling world in the late...
A great read. A fascinating view into the cycling world during the period that doping was out of control. Highly recommended.
Published 1 month ago by mark d lyons
4.0 out of 5 stars Villian to vindicated? Make up your own mind
This is a great story of David Millars's steep rise and steeper fall. You get to know how the mind of a hugely succesful athlete is more fragile than most of us and it is this... Read more
Published 1 month ago by tim reynolds
4.0 out of 5 stars Good
Very good used book, added to my collection, to be read but can be sure it will be a good read
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