Naturally I should have mentioned this a month ago before the Tour de France began, not now that it’s finished – though thoughts on the Tour and the continued jackassery of much cycling coverage will be posted when my blood has recovered from a) boiling and b) my own EPO transfers (kidding).
Anyway, sports buffs shouldn’t miss out on the best cycling book of the year. True, it’s written by a friend of mine but don’t hold that against Richard Moore. His In Search of Robert Millar is a terrific rendering of the rise, triumph, disappointment and eventual disappearance of Britain’s most successful Grand Tour cyclist.
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Like Richard and many other Britons in their 30s, Millar’s exploits – shown on grainy footage by ITV and then the fledgling Channel 4 – introduced us to the Tour de France and helped ensure that we’d be hooked on cycling for good.
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