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Descent, my epic fall from cycling superstardom to doping dead end, Thomas Dekker ; as told to Thjs Zonneveld ; translated from the Dutch by David Doherty

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Descent, my epic fall from cycling superstardom to doping dead end, Thomas Dekker ; as told to Thjs Zonneveld ; translated from the Dutch by David Doherty

Language

eng

resource.biographical

autobiography

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no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Descent

Oclc number

987280362

Responsibility statement

Thomas Dekker ; as told to Thjs Zonneveld ; translated from the Dutch by David Doherty

Sub title

my epic fall from cycling superstardom to doping dead end

Summary

"At age 20, Thomas Dekker was earning $150,000 a year -- as an amateur bike racer. The next year, he turned pro and was soon swimming in more than $1 million as he established his place on one of Europe's wealthiest superteams. As quickly as he rose, though, Dekker found himself drowning in a corrupting shower of blood bags, drugs, prostitutes, and money, and cracking under the pressure to perform at a super-human level. In this fast-paced, tell-all memoir, Dekker delivers a page-turning tear through one man's rise, fall, and redemption during cycling's EPO-fueled boom years."--Back cover

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