{"product_id":"9780571303625","title":"Racing Hard by William Fotheringham","description":"Few  British schoolchildren of the seventies can have been as obsessed with  the Tour de France as William Fotheringham, who smuggled copies of Miroir du Cyclisme  into lessons to read inside his books. He saw the Tour for the first  time in 1984, avidly following that year's race on television in the  Normandy village where he lived. Since joining the Guardian in  1989, William Fotheringham has been at the forefront of British cycling  journalism. Here he reflects on the events of the last twenty-three  years - the triumphs, the tragedies and the scandals that have engulfed  the world's most demanding sport. Key articles from his career are  annotated with notes and reflections. What would he have said if he'd  known then what we all know now about Lance Armstrong? Which cyclists  and teams were not all they seemed? And which victories still rank as  the greatest of all time?This is the definitive collection of cycling reporting.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback \/ softback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56291793928565,"sku":"9780571303625","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780571303625.jpg?v=1762742546","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9780571303625","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}