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Paris-Roubaix, The Inside Story
- All the Bumps of Cycling's Cobbled Classic
- Narrated by: Nick O'Kelly
- Length: 6 hrs and 6 mins
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Summary
The Paris-Roubaix bicycle race, nicknamed "The Hell of the North," is famous for sending riders over brutal cobblestone roads. Only the strong, brave and lucky survive the hours of bone-shaking racing without suffering some mishap or catastrophe. It is so difficult no one wins it by accident, and winning Paris-Roubaix automatically puts a rider among the immortals of the sport. How did that come to be? At one time roads everywhere were paved with cobbles. Why did Paris-Roubaix emerge to be such a special race?
Les Woodland tells the inside story of how one of cycling's classics grew from several 19th century businessmen's plan to bring cycling to the mill town of Roubaix. It wasn't a sure thing, and several times it seemed the race might die. It's a fascinating tale, so fasten your seat belts, Les is going to take you on a bumpy ride.
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- HGJohn
- 11-08-20
Only for the committed
Littered with dodgy pronunciation and obvious overdubs, this book has some interesting stories and anecdotes to share, but it’s a bit thin and doesn’t satisfy as an audiobook.
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- George
- 10-07-14
Well worth a listen
Would you consider the audio edition of Paris-Roubaix, The Inside Story to be better than the print version?
I love audio books, I can still read now that my commute is in the car rather than on the train.
What did you like best about this story?
I am relatively new to cycling so not that familiar with all the characters in this book, but that did not spoil my enjoyment. This book really brings the race to life
Which scene did you most enjoy?
none
If you made a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?
Hell on cobbles
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- pems-integ-tests
- 07-12-19
Monotonous monologue
A monotonous monologue - you’d think this book was written without punctuation. You’d also want a narrator who could at least pronounce French marginally accurately if they are covering a book set in France.
The story is fantastic and I really wanted to listen, unfortunately there was no change in tone throughout the book and I gave up half way. Could have done so much with this fantastic content. A pity really.
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- M
- 16-12-15
Unbearable Narration
I genuinely believe had this account of Paris-Roubaix been narrated by a less robotic accented narrator, I may have enjoyed it.
In parts, I actually thought a voice program had taken over.
Disappointing.
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