Wide-eyed and legless - Jeff Connor

A fast-paced, fly-on-the-wall story of courage, endurance, bungling,
rows and cheating in sport's greatest marathon

In
1987, the Tour de France was won by Irishman Stephen Roche. It was the
first time the champion had hailed from outside the Continent or the
States and the first time in 20 years a British team - ANC Halfords -
had competed in the world's toughest and craziest race. Jeff Connor not
only stayed with the British team but also found himself an unofficial
team member.

In this long-awaited new edition of Wide-Eyed and Legless,
now widely regarded as a classic, Connor describes what it takes to
compete, survive and win during those 26 days of gruelling effort.
Alongside the heroism and athleticism, he reveals the extraordinary
amounts of chicanery, from pulling riders along to illicit drug use.

Time has not dimmed the impact of this eye-opening and entertaining close-up look at the supreme endurance event, and Wide-Eyed and Legless is destined to be acclaimed by a new generation of cycling enthusiasts.

Jeff Connor's other books include the definitive story of the Busby Babes, The Lost Babes, and Up and Down Under, an account of the 2001 British Lions tour.