The yellow peril of the jersey
BREAKING THE CHAIN: DRUGS AND CYCLING, THE TRUE STORY
by Willy Voet, translated by William Fotheringham
Yellow Jersey Press, £7, pp. 128, ISBN 024061178
THE RIDER
by Tim KrabbZ, translated by Sam Garrett
Bloomsbury, £6.99, pp. 148, ISBN 0747559414
Bicycle-racing is a very un-British sport. Many of those who take part in it - the Belgians are apparently the worst offenders - are said to suffer from a 'neurosis' or 'killer instinct'. In their keenness to win, many cyclists have pedalled themselves into a state of extinction. And many, as we know only too well, have also resorted to using banned substances to improve their chances of success.
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