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THE MONUMENTS: THE GRIT AND THE GLORY OF CYCLINGS GREATEST ONE-DAY RACES PDF, EPUB, EBOOK Peter Cossins | 416 pages | 16 Sep 2014 | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC | 9781408846810 | English | London, United Kingdom The Monuments: The Grit and the Glory of Cyclings Greatest One-day Races PDF Book Each of the Monuments has a fascinating history, featuring tales of the finest and largest characters in the sport. The Monuments by Peter Cossins will give you all the ammunition you need to hold your own against the prat in the pub — or at least fling enough trivia back to hold your own. The Tour of Flanders classic climb of the Koppenberg was so rutted it was lost between and The forgotten Monument. Best Selling in Nonfiction See all. About this product Product Information The Tour de France may provide the most obvious fame and glory, but it is cycling's one-day tests that the professional riders really prize. Of course other races are briefly mentioned but in context of the riders Tou de France is in the index 28 times, Giro D'Italia 15 times and Vuelta isn't mentioned in the index. Yet victory in a single edition of a Monument guarantees a rider lasting fame. Visit the Australia site. Whilst Paris-Roubaix is a grunting exercise in power and positioning The Tour of Lombardy throws up the most interesting tales of what the Italians might call gamesmanship and what others might generously call shenanigans. Masterful account of the five classics that should become a classic itself. They provide the sport's outstanding one-day performers — the likes of Philippe Gilbert, Fabian Cancellara, Mark Cavendish, Tom Boonen, Peter Sagan and Thor Hushovd — with a chance to measure themselves against each other and their predecessors in the most challenging tests in world cycling. From the bone-shattering bowler-hat cobbles of the Paris—Roubaix to the insanely steep hellingen in the Tour of Flanders, each race is as unique as the riders who push themselves through extreme exhaustion to win them and enter their epic history. This item doesn't belong on this page. Paris-Brussels disappeared altogether between and Some of these events date back to the 19th century. The Monuments are generally considered to be the oldest, hardest and most prestigious one-day events in cycling. He died in after crashing in the final sprint of the Giro del Piemonte, when his wheel was caught in the tracks of the Turin tramway. I live in Arlington, VA with my wife my favorite riding partner , my daughter who can beat me all the time when we play golf, but at least I'm still faster on a bike , and our dog who is always there to greet me when I get home from a ride. Ceri Fowler rated it liked it May 15, I actually watched 's races after reading about them and it gave the race a whole new dynamic to what I was seeing. Because of the growing ambiguity and inflation of the term "classic", the much younger term "monument" was introduced in the 21st century to denote the five most revered of the classic cycling races. Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. Friend Reviews. It looks like you are located in Australia or New Zealand Close. Serse Coppi won Paris-Roubaix in Related Reviews. The structure of the book - covering each of the 5 monuments from their origin to the present day, before going back in time to the origin of the next monument, etc - is This is not a bad book, but it suffers from a lack of focus. The Norwegian, winner of the world title in , went on to confess he would gladly swap one of his eight Tour de France stage victories for success in a Monument. Log In Register. Prev Next. Main article: Ardennes classics. Malcolm rated it liked it Feb 17, It certainly helps to establish a chronology for the riders that took part and if you're familiar with cycle racing history there are plenty of riders that you'll recognise from other histories of the Grand tours: the Dick Dastardly of Italian racing's early years Giovanni Gerbi; the elegant yet tragic Coppi; and the masterful Merckx who won 19 titles in all. In The Monuments Peter Cossins tells the tumultuous history of these extraordinary races and the riders they have immortalised. I reckon he could have won it if Lampaert hadn't gone off the front. Gallagher rated it it was ok Sep 11, He looked ahead as if nothing had happened,' said Kelly. This was a really fascinating book, well researched with plenty of good sources in the bilbliography 2 of which I have read also being John Foot's excellent book on Italian Cycling Pedalare Pedalare and Laurent Fignon's autobiography. It also has more technical descents — something two-time winner Vincenzo Nibali and ,who has won all three grand tours and is noted for his descending acumen, has capitalized on. The two Swiss are the only non-Belgians to have achieved this feat. The Monuments: The Grit and the Glory of Cyclings Greatest One-day Races Writer Prev Next. Toughest, longest and dirtiest of all are the so-called "Monuments", the five legendary races that are the sport's equivalent of golf's majors or the grand slams in tennis. Based on their success, Vienne and Perez came up with the idea of a race starting in Paris and ending on the velodrome in Roubaix as a way to bring even more attention to Roubaix. The forgotten Monument. The classic cycle races are the most prestigious one-day professional road cycling races in the international calendar. Win any one of the five and your name is synonymous with class. Preview — The Monuments by Peter Cossins. This book focuses on the five biggest one day races in cycling. Not much 'story' there for the casual reader. Of course other races are briefly mentioned but in context of the riders Tou de France is in the index 28 times, Giro D'Italia 15 times and Vuelta isn't mentioned in the index. Do you like cycling? Time has changed them to a degree, but they remain as brutally testing as they ever have been. If you want a quick and easy read, visit Wikipedia. It certainly helps to establish a chronology for the riders that took part and if you're familiar with cycle racing history there are plenty of riders that you'll recognise from other histories of the Grand tours: the Dick Dastardly of Italian racing's early years Giovanni Gerbi; the elegant yet tragic Coppi; and the masterful Merckx who won 19 titles in all. Return to Book Page. The Tour de France may provide the most obvious fame and glory, but it is cycling's one-day tests that the professional riders really prize. Though also in it is very knowledgeable cycling historian Les Woodland and other well known cycling writers like Daniel Friebe and William Fotheringham It isn't the full picture, some editions of the races are only briefly mentioned, others barely mentioned but in a book pages long on 5 races, each race is worthy of it's own book indeed looking at the bibliography, there has been several for many races :D but this a really good read Masterful account of the five classics that should become a classic itself. You can follow him on Twitter gofastchuck. He was bitterly cold by the time he got back to the team hotel and knew enough about hypothermia and frost bite to empty the piping hot bath his team mates had prepared for him and run a cold one to begin a more gentle long, slow thaw. He finished five and a half minutes up on runner-up Bernard Gauthrier, with Redolfi and Petrucci taking third and fourth place respectively, more than ten minutes later. Knowing the history behind these five races and those whose exploits who made them great is just fascinating. And so Paris-Roubaix was born and first raced in Feast and famine for Italy. According to Cossins:. If you haven't heard of record-smashing singer and songwriter Mariah Carey, is there any hope for you? Wouter Van Genechten rated it really liked it Jun 01, Complete with an appendix of race facts and results, The Monuments is a triumph of readability: fine tales very well told. About kilometers from the finish, Poulidor punctured and was ready to abandon the race. What a waste of an incredible subject. The Monuments by Peter Cossins will give you all the ammunition you need to hold your own against the prat in the pub — or at least fling enough trivia back to hold your own. The Monuments - The Grit and the Glory of Cycling's Greatest One-Day Races by Peter Cossins is a superbly readable account of the five great one- day races that start and finish the core of each season. This book has made me want to watch more monument races. Error rating book. I think a better approach would have been a simpler chronological approach allowing the riders of any era to be covered in one section across all the races. Lombardia has longer climbs spread out over the course that tends to favor pure climbers over power climbers. Likes Followers Subscribers Followers Subscribe. Jakes Christian Inspirational No ratings or reviews yet. He looked ahead as if nothing had happened,' said Kelly. Today, the cobbles define Paris-Roubaix and we think of it as the most grueling Monument with now 29 cobbled sectors in the edition.