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Racing Through the Dark
- The Fall and Rise of David Millar
- Narrated by: John Sackville
- Length: 10 hrs and 57 mins
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Publisher's Summary
The Sunday Times best-selling memoir from the Tour de France cyclist who lifts the lid on his drug use and return to sport.
By his 18th 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.
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- Dave
- 10-07-2020
Inside view of the pro cycling world
Great story of an athlete guided into the dark world of doping and his rose back out of it.
Fascinating from start to finish!
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- Anonymous User
- 29-11-2021
It's not black and white
Great story well told. Excellent narration.
David Millers story is not unique but this book is unique and hopefully educates many as to the dark side of cycling. Highly recommended for cycling fans and lovers of professional sport.
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