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Sean Yates: It's All About the Bike

By: Sean Yates
Narrated by: Clive Mantle
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Before Bradley Wiggins, there was Sean Yates. Behind Bradley Wiggins, there was Sean Yates.

One of only five Britons to wear the yellow jersey in the Tour de France, Sean Yates burst onto the cycling scene as the rawest pure talent this country has ever seen. After turning professional at the age of 22, he soon became known as a die-hard domestique, putting his body on the line for his teammates.

Devastatingly fast, powerful and a fearless competitor, Yates won a stage of the Tour, as well as the Vuelta a España, in 1988, and went on to don the coveted maillot jaune six years later. Having put British cycling on the map as a rider, Yates was soon in demand as a directeur sportif, using his tactical knowledge to inspire a new generation of cyclists to success. And after Team Sky came calling, Yates was the man to design the brilliant plan that saw Sky demolish the opposition in 2012, and for Bradley Wiggins to become the first cyclist from these shores to win the Tour.

Straight-talking, entertaining and revelatory, It's All About the Bike is the story of a remarkable career told from the unique perspective of a man who is immersed in the history of the sport he loves.

©2013 Sean Yates (P)2013 Random House AudioGo Cycling Sports Outdoor Celebrity Inspiring Thought-Provoking Triathlon

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What did you like most about Sean Yates: It's All About the Bike?

As a cycling fan who has followed the career of Sean Yates, his take on his own career was the main reason I bought the book and what I liked best about the book.

What did you like best about this story?

I particularly liked the anecdotes of events that happened "behind the scenes" and away from the races.

What does Clive Mantle bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you had only read the book?

Clive Mantle's pronunciation of certain cycling related words (Johan Bruyneel and Liege-Bastogne-Liege for example) and his attempt at accents as a comical touch which adds to the entertaining stories

Entertaining Read

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Loved it..... very entertaining. Yates, Peiper and Millar. Great. Inspires me to train even more. Highly recommend.

Legend

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Always great to hear about Yates and all his history as he is genuinely a legend. The pronunciation and accents were distracting at times though. Especially the attempt at Boardman that sounded like Ringo Starr with a bad hangover.

Boardman played by Ringo Starr

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I really enjoyed this audiobook. PROPER racing cyclist and distinguished DS. Today's peleton needs another Animal.

Brilliant!

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loved it. great insight into a legend of the sport and gives a few laughs along the way

great

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Very open and honest look into the career of a great old school cyclist. As with Chris Boardmans book this sets the scene on the British racing in the late 70s early 80s and painting an interesting account of what life is like after being a pro.

It's all about the rider

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Apart from the frequent mispronunciations - surely the Johann Brown Ale was for comedic effect - this is a brilliant story, well-told with few concessions to 'how it should be'.
Thoroughly recommended!

Johann Brown Ale

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I loved this book, Sean Yates is a true legend, the narration is good, even the accents used for people from the continent are amusing, a great read/listen

this guy is a proper legend!

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I've read a lot of cycling books but this one is my firm favourite. A witty, almost charming read, I enjoyed how Sean just says it like it is. I can still remember watching the TdF as a young thing and seeing him do his thing. His poster was on my wall! Well narrated, the voices and accents were great. Definitely a read again.

This one gets the maillot jaune

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I couldn't stop listening, the content is first class and the performance of the reader is wonderful. a truly endearing insight into the life of a top cycling legend

excellent excellent read

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