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At Speed (2014)

by Mark Cavendish(Favorite Author)

3.78 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0091933412 (ISBN13: 9780091933418)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

Ebury Press

review 1: Big fan of Cavendish, obviously an intelligent guy who seems to look at his sport from a different angle to his peers. It's quite evident that he sees it as a short term career and one that he therefore needs to maximise commercial exposure from; it is for this reason I have given two stars, the boom is well written and there are some nice extracts/chapters....I can't however get away from the fact that, for a guy known for his personality and forthright views, the book is quite dry and often boring...it's as if it's been written with that commercial payday and exposure in mind.
review 2: I really enjoyed this book but I am a big Cav fan!I have always enjoyed his end of year interview show with Eurosport and when he sprints for the line he gets me at the edge ... moreof my seat like no other rider. A guy with a hugely distinct personality and I purchased this book on the day of release.I loved the story of how GB masterminded the quest for the Rainbow Jersey, was astonished at how Bradley Wiggins let him down during the Beijing Olympics, The story behind the V sign in the Tour of Switzerland, The head butting match between Mark Renshaw & Julian Dean, the politics behind the last days of HTC and the fall out of Team Sky and the frankness of how he describes his relationship or lack of with Sean Yates.Most of all I loved catching up on the antics of the 2010 Tour when he should have won the Green Jersey as I had been working abroad and missed that years Tour so it was like catch up TV.This book is no modern classic like Amstrong's "It's not about the bike" or Millar's "Racing through the darkness" but is a good read from a British Sporting Hero who's CV boasts being The First British Rider to win the TOUR de France Green Jersey, the Second Brit to become World Champion, the only Brit to have won the points competition in all three grand tours, the 2011 Sports Personality of the Year and currently 25 Tour De France Stage wins and counting.With a CV like that, a book I'd certainly recommend less

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