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Publication

2013 - Arena Sport, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

85,250 words, Guess

Page Count

341 pages

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and 6 more
  • ISBN-139781909715004
  • OCLC Control Number852757104
  • Better World BooksKP-072-342
  • Better World Books9780857906410
  • Better World BooksKO-152-875
  • Open LibraryOL32151820M

Classifications

  • DDC796.6092
  • LCCGV1051.F76

Description

On 22 July 2012 Chris Froome made history as the first African-born cyclist to stand on the podium at the Tour de France. Ten days later at the London Olympic Games he won a bronze medal in the time trial for his adopted nation in Team GB colours. Froome's path to professional cycling, from mountain biking on dusty roads in the nature reserves of Kenya's Great Rift Valley - alongside wild animals - to the giddy heights of the Tour de France and the Olympics, has been unlike any other in the history of the sport. Born in Nairobi to British parents he was schooled in South Africa and studie.

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