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Racing Through the Dark: The Fall and Rise of David Millar (Paperback)
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Racing Through the Dark: The Fall and Rise of David Millar (Paperback)

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Paperback Published: 28/06/2012
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Synopsis
The SUNDAY TIMES bestselling memoir from the Tour de France cyclist who lifts the lid on his drug use and return to sport. By his eighteenth 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.

Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
ISBN: 9781409120384

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“Really good book, a must read for all cycling fans”

Millar was one of the last British cyclists to go through the older system of being an amateur, before turning pro and being a domestique and main rider for the European teams. He is an immensely talented rider, and... More

Paperback edition
22nd March 2013
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“Great book”

Well written & laugh out load funny.
A must read, not just for cycling & sport fans, but for anyone who wants a bit of insight into sports doping.
I feel like he has held back a bit, it's still awesome...

Paperback edition
14th January 2013
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“Spectacular”

From his youth through to the doping scandals which surrounded pro cycling team Cofidis in 2004 and beyond to his '07 successful comeback latterly with Garmin, Millar creates a brilliant account of life in the... More

Paperback edition
6th August 2012
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