Heroes, Villains and Velodromes: Chris Hoy and Britain's Track Cycling Revolution
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Fully updated to include the extraordinary scenes at London 2012, where Hoy won two more gold medals to bring his total to six and overtake Sir Steve Redgrave, this is the story of Britain's greatest ever Olympian. Chris Hoy has been instrumental in British track cycling's remarkable transformation from also-rans to world superpower. Now, having rewritten the record books as Olympic champion in four different cycling disciplines, and with six gold medals, Hoy has become a household name and established himself in the pantheon of sporting greats. This is a fly-on-the-wall account of Hoy and his team as he prepared for the Beijing Olympics, where he became the first Briton in a century to win three gold medals in a single Games, and it has now been fully updated to include the extraordinary scenes at London 2012, where Hoy won two more gold medals, to bring his total to six and overtake Sir Steve Redgrave as Britain's greatest ever Olympian. The story begins with Hoy's introduction to cycling as a BMX racer and his progression to Olympic champion, and explains the origins and evolution of Britain's world-beating team. It includes a bizarre visit to the world's highest velodrome in Bolivia and a spellbinding journey from the razzmatazz of the European six-day circuit to the craziness of the Japanese keirin races. Award-winning writer Richard Moore tracks Hoy throughout a season in the saddle, explores his motivations and mentors from a young age, and provides an unblemished insight into the mind of a champion and the largely unknown world of track cycling. It's a story that is fully updated with the remarkable events in Beijing in 2008 and London in 2012, two successive Olympic Games that were dominated by Hoy and the British track cycling team. . Fully updated to include the extraordinary scenes at London 2012, where Hoy won two more gold medals to bring his total to six and overtake Sir Steve Redgrave, this is the story of Britain's greatest ever Olympian. - A new chapter and new pictures tell the incredible story of London 2012. - Much as Dan Coyle's book on Lance Armstrong used the sport's principal character to provide a revealing insight into its movers and shakers, so Chris Hoy will be the key that unlocks the secrets of competitive track cycling. - Chris Hoy is a brilliant ambassador for the sport: he is a patron of the Braveheart Cycling Fund - Richard Moore is the author of the award-winning In Search of Robert Millar, and the leading young writer in his field.
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Moore, R. (2009). Heroes, Villains and Velodromes: Chris Hoy and Britain's Track Cycling Revolution. [United States], Harper Collins Publishers.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Moore, Richard. 2009. Heroes, Villains and Velodromes: Chris Hoy and Britain's Track Cycling Revolution. [United States], Harper Collins Publishers.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Moore, Richard, Heroes, Villains and Velodromes: Chris Hoy and Britain's Track Cycling Revolution. [United States], Harper Collins Publishers, 2009.
MLA Citation (style guide)Moore, Richard. Heroes, Villains and Velodromes: Chris Hoy and Britain's Track Cycling Revolution. [United States], Harper Collins Publishers, 2009.
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