Daniel Friebe, "Jan Ullrich: The Best There Never Was"
English | ISBN: 150980157X | 2022 | 464 pages | EPUB | 14 MB
English | ISBN: 150980157X | 2022 | 464 pages | EPUB | 14 MB
The first biography of Jan Ullrich, arguably the most naturally talented cyclist of his generation, and also one of the most controversial champions of the Tour de France. This is a gripping account of how unbearable expectation, mental and physical fragility, the effects of a complicated childhood, a morally corrupt sport and one individual – Lance Armstrong – can conspire to reroute destiny. Daniel Friebe takes us from the legacy of East Germany’s drugs programme to the pinnacle of pro cycling and asks: what price can you give sporting immortality?
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