The Green Bullet: The rise, fall and resurrection of Alejandro Valverde and Spanish cycling’s corruption - Hardcover

Rendell, Matt

 
9781474609746: The Green Bullet: The rise, fall and resurrection of Alejandro Valverde and Spanish cycling’s corruption
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1474609740 ISBN 13: 9781474609746
Verlag: Seven Dials, 2023

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New from award-winning author Matt Rendell, an examination of the phenomenal success of Alejandro Valverde and the moral decay at the heart of Spanish cycling.

'A study of a dominant force, a true gentleman racer despite his shadowy past' Dan Martin

Alejandro Valverde - the 'Green Bullet' - was an international symbol of Spanish cycling for a quarter of a century before his retirement in 2022. Hard-working and supremely talented, he won the Vuelta a España and stood on the podium of the Giro d'Italia and the Tour de France. World champion in 2018, he was also the world's number-one-ranked rider four times. A man of indisputable charisma, he was also a convicted doping cheat.

When the Spanish police investigation, Operación Puerto, uncovered a vast international blood doping ring, Valverde denied all involvement. The revelations unearthed by Operación Puerto threatened to force cycling off the road.

Valverde's long career was a high wire walk between the venal interests that surround elite sport in Spain. In a nation beset by corruption, political incompetence and social division, Valverde's talent aided the public image of unscrupulous political and economic institutions.

Even today, Valverde maintains his reticence. The Green Bullet breaks the silence.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Matt Rendell is an award-winning author and journalist. He is a member of ITV's presentation team at the Tour de France and, as a translator, reporter, commentator and podcaster, he has contributed to British Tour coverage for over 25 years.

He created the Real Peloton podcast and hosted ITV's Tour de France podcast. He has written for the Observer, New Statesman, Guardian and Financial Times, as well as the principal cycling magazines and websites.
His many books include The Death of Marco Pantani and Colombia Es Pasión! When not writing, he leads cycle tours in Europe and Colombia.

Contact him on Twitter @mrendell.

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Verlag
Seven Dials
Erscheinungsdatum
2023
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1474609740
ISBN 13 
9781474609746
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Anzahl der Seiten
288
Kontakt zum Hersteller
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