Books by Richard Moore
Heroes, Villains and Velodromes
As the first Briton for 100 years to win three gold medals in one Olympic Games, Scottish track cyclist Chris Hoy has rewritten the record books. Critically acclaimed writer Richard Moore shadows Hoy throughout the current season – fully updated with events in Beijing – to provide an unprecedented insight into the secret world of track cycling.
“This is an absolutely must-read book...Moore has cleverly used the very cogent words of others to paint a picture of real characters within a new order”
Graham Obree, Scotsman
“A cracking story...I couldn’t put it down”
Hugh Porter, BBC cycling commentator
“Like its hero, this book is the real McHoy.”
Scotland on Sunday
“An excellent book”
The Sunday Times
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In Search of Robert Millar
Robert Millar is Britain’s best ever cyclist, and is surely among the most enigmatic, complex and contradictory of athletes in any sport This, the first biography of Millar, will describe his career as Britain’s most successful Tour de France cyclist, from his childhood in Glasgow to his move to France and success in the world’s toughest races.
It will examine what set Millar apart from all the other British cyclists who tried, and failed, to make an impact in this most European of sports, describing his single-mindedness, his determination; his eccentricity and the humour and intelligence that emerged towards the end of his career.
Millar ‘disappeared’ five years ago – this biography will seek explanations for his disappearance, which, in some respects, repeats a familiar pattern.
Long-listed for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award
“A gripping read about a fascinating sportsman.”
Alastair Campbell
“Moore is a gifted writer who covers the failed drugs test, Tours de France, sex-change rumours and ‘escape from Scotland’ with panache, culminating in a captivating e-mail exchange with the reclusive Millar.”
Rick Broadbent, The Times
“A fascinating book… Trying to piece together the Robert Millar story is a little like rummaging around the Mary Celeste but Moore has done splendidly.”
Brendan Gallagher, Daily Telegraph
“This book is not only a very interesting study of a little-known man, but also a bible to anybody aiming to be the best in their field, a lesson in how to reach the top and the hardships and sacrifices it takes to get there,”
David Millar, Tour de France stage winner, in The Scotsman
‘By a large margin, Robert Millar was the best ever Briton to race the Tour de France. A classic bird-like climber, light and wiry in build, he was the best British cyclist, all round, since Tom Simpson’
William Fotheringham, author of Roule Britannia
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