Cycling's World Championships:
The Inside Story

By Les Woodland

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ISBN: 978-0985963675
Print version: $14.95 US,
$3.99 Kindle eBook
6 x 9 paperback, 123 pages
Publisher: McGann Publishing

Publication date: February 10, 2017

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About the Book

Champion of the World! For a year the World Cycling Champion gets to wear a special white jersey with rainbow stripes. And then, for the rest of his career, he can wear a jersey with rainbow cuffs and collar. Unlike the Tour de France's Yellow Jersey, which can only be worn while leading the race, the rainbow is earned for life.

For more than a century organized cycling has been conferring that extraordinary and wonderful title, starting with the first championships held in Chicago in 1893. But it wasn't until 1927 that there was a professional world road championship race, won on the famous Nürburgring car circuit in Germany by the great Alfredo Binda.

The story of the world championships is a fascinating one, and besides the well-known road and track competitions, there are many events that even the most dedicated racing fans might not know about, such as Cycle Speedway, Bicycle Polo, and of course the World Unicycle Championships.

Join Les Woodland as he tells the whole, fun and engrossing story of the bravery as well as the treachery and trickery in the World Championships, and the athletes who have been able wear the coveted colors of the rainbow. 

About the Author

Les Woodland has been cycling for 50 years and has been writing about cycling since 1965, when he wrote his first reports for the British publication Cycling.

Since then he has been a prolific contributor to newspapers, magazines and radio stations in the U.K. and Belgium. Mr. Woodland, who currently lives in France, speaks several of the languages of cycling: English, Dutch and French. At last count he has written 27 books, nearly all about cycling.

In the picture to the right, Mr. Woodland is seated next to the infamous Carrefour de l’Arbre sector of cobbles, one of the last stretches of pavé before famed Paris-Roubaix race finishes at the Roubaix velodrome.

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