{"product_id":"the-monuments-2nd-edition-the-grit-and-the-glory-of-cyclings-greatestone-day-r","title":"The Monuments 2nd edition: The Grit and the Glory of Cycling's GreatestOne-Day R","description":"Condition: BRAND NEW\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781399407861\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Trade paperback (UK)\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2023\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Bloomsbury\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDescription:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn awe-inspiring history of the five most legendary \"classic\" races in world cycling.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 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. 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. Milan Sanremo, the Tour of Flanders, Parise- Roubaix, Li ge Bastogne Li ge and the Tour of Lombardy date back more than a century, and each of them is an anomaly in modern-day sport, the cycling equivalent of the Monaco Grand Prix.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Time has changed them to a degree, but they remain as brutally testing as they ever have been. They provide the sport's outstanding one-day performers 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 \u003ci\u003ehellingen \u003c\/i\u003ein 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Over the course of a century, only Rik Van Looy, Eddy Merckx and Roger De Vlaeminck have won all five races. Yet victory in a single edition of a Monument guarantees a rider lasting fame. For some, that one victory has even more cachet than success in a grand tour. Each of the Monuments has a fascinating history, featuring tales of the finest and largest characters in the sport. In this updated edition of \u003ci\u003eThe Monuments \u003c\/i\u003ePeter Cossins tells the tumultuous h","brand":"RANDOM HOUSE","offers":[{"title":"Default","offer_id":41585775018117,"sku":"PR397603","price":42.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/0213\/3637\/files\/image_TNXAZV5RDLM6.jpg?v=1776274299","url":"https:\/\/smartfoxbooks.com.au\/products\/the-monuments-2nd-edition-the-grit-and-the-glory-of-cyclings-greatestone-day-r","provider":"Smartfox Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}