A vivid portrait of life as a professional cyclist by international champion Millar, this arrestingly candid memoir follows his rise as a young Racing star, his fall to the pervasive influence of performance-enhancing drugs--and his subsequent redemption.
Filled with thrilling descriptions of the world\'s most spectacular courses, Racing Through the Dark captures the pure joy of cycling and includes some of the most vivid accounts of Racing ever written by a true insider..
Racing Through the Dark details his eventual capitulation, his subsequent arrest and two-year ban from cycling, and his remarkable comeBack as a Clean cyclist who is now doing his utmost to keep performance-enhancing drugs out of the sport he so loves.
But the ugly pervasiveness of performance-enhancing drugs and the seemingly universal attitude that condoned it began to corrode his willpower.
At first, he felt that he was immune to temptation, that he could win clean. and beyond. . .
From the moment Millar turned pro, he began to see hints of the unethical measures that many-- maybe most--of the other pros were taking in order to race at the very tops of their games .
Among his early triumphs were several stage wins in the Tour de France.
Racing Through the Dark offers the winning account of his climb Through the ranks--first as an amateur and then as a pro, riding for the French team Cofidis.
Millar proved a ready convert.
Two wise local cyclists took him under their wings, encouraging him to concentrate on road racing.
As a young Scottish expat living in Hong Kong with his father after his parents\' divorce, Millar showed early promise with mountain biking and BMX.
WORLD-CLASS CYCLIST , Tour de France stage winner, and time trial specialist David Millar offers a vivid portrait of his life in professional cycling--including his soul-searing detour into performance-enhancing drugs, his dramatic arrest and two-year ban, and his ultimate decision to return to the sport he loves to race clean--in this arrestingly candid memoir, which he wrote himself.
A vivid portrait of life as a professional cyclist by international champion Millar, this arrestingly candid memoir follows his rise as a young Racing star, his fall to the pervasive influence of performance-enhancing drugs--and his subsequent redemption
