Hunger: Sean Kelly's Autobiography Out 31st May

furiousox

Kelly's autobiography 'Hunger' released on 31/5.
This should be a hell of a read!
I didn't know anything about this, has he mentioned it on Eurosport?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Hunger-Sean-Kelly-Autobiography/dp/0956781438/ref=sr_1_74?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1366109946&sr=1-74&keywords=cycling

bren_mc

furiousox wrote: »

I didn't know anything about this, has he mentioned it on Eurosport?

no, not yet. he's playing the waiting game

bazermc

furiousox wrote: »

I didn't know anything about this, has he mentioned it on Eurosport?

Possibly but we didnt understand him

Laundry_Hamper

Oh man, that should make for a good read...

Lumen

bren_mc wrote: »

no, not yet. he's playing the waiting game

...and making the calculation!

MichealD

Look forward to it. Any idea who ghosted it?

Dura Ace

Lionel Birnie as far as I know.

MPFG

Oh...I am off to the shops now to put my order in .....

The Big Lebowsky

The legendary Sean Kelly was a man of few words during his racing career, he always let his legs do the talking. I look forward to reading his auto-biography, but I very much doubt Kelly will divulge much about the dark side of the pro peleton during the his tenure at the top of the sport.

ibebanging

I wonder will be doing any signings when the book is launched.

bazermc

The cover photo on the book is fantastic - post Paris Roubaix I am guessing

RobFowl

Pre ordered this a few months ago
Looking forward to reading it
Hope he offers some insight on the more murky goings on.....

Junior

I can't see Birnie not asking some hard questions of him.

death1234567

I can't see KElly spilling any information about the "real" goings-on in the peleton. He's too involved in cycling to burn his bridges.

fat bloke

I hear it reveals his recent fake moustache and glasses forays into A4 racing.

Feckin' cleaning up he is!

Luis21

I imagine he will gloss over his positive drug tests and lifetime Olympic ban (cheers Pat McQuaid)

2011abc

Clearly NOTHING is sacred round here !Its SEAN KELLY for flips sake man ,wash your mouth out with soap and water !

Luis21

2011abc wrote: »

Clearly NOTHING is sacred round here !Its SEAN KELLY for flips sake man ,wash your mouth out with soap and water !

??? Was I telling lies ? Eh no. Are you that bloke from the Late Late Show who reckoned Roche was clean because "he is a great fella"

Lumen

Sean Kelly bridge?

http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0322/377906-dublin-bridge-name/

edit: oh. "Cllr Lacey...said the committee wanted to name it after someone who had been deceased for at least 20 years."

mr lee

he's an ignorant man,i wouldn't give him a penny of my money

bsb1971

Have this on pre order with Amazon for a few months now! Had the pleasure of meeting King Kelly in Tralee a few weeks back, he did a question and answer session with Micheal O'Muireartaigh (know i've misspelt it!). Got his biography with David Walsh and his Man for All Seasons book signed. Felt like a big kid meeting him. Have to say Kelly was good craic, great comment when was asked early in his Eurosport commentary career to act more excited.......his response - hard to after you've won the race 2 or 3 times!

Lumen

mr lee wrote: »

he's an ignorant man

Ignorant of what?

Laundry_Hamper

mr lee wrote: »

he's an ignorant man,i wouldn't give him a penny of my money

Ah now.

Fender76

Kelly doesn't seem like a man of many words but he does come out with the odd gem.. like when, back in the early 80's, Linda leant against his precious Citroen and left a smudge on the bonnet.. Kelly went over and polished where she had been.. Apparently Linda isays 'Oh Sean, I don't know which comes first, me or the car..!' To which Kelly answers 'Wrong, the bike comes first...'... Legend...

mr lee

ok,maybe ignorant wasnt the best way to put it so i'll put it another way,he was verbally abusive to me when i was doin my job,nobody else was,i wouldn't mind except i looked up to that cnut when i was a kid and he was a top pro(drug fuelled ),anyone that shouts abuse at someone else when they are just doing there job is a registered wanker

Chartsengrafs

Well that's all the evidence I need.

Lumen

Basster wrote: »

Well that's all the evidence I need.

Too right bro'.

When I get home I'm going to smash my right hand TV speaker so I only ever get to hear David Harmon.

mr lee

evidence for what?

Laundry_Hamper

mr lee wrote: »

evidence for what?

Séan's "ignorance"

fat bloke

mr lee wrote: »

ok,maybe ignorant wasnt the best way to put it so i'll put it another way,he was verbally abusive to me when i was doin my job,nobody else was,i wouldn't mind except i looked up to that cnut when i was a kid and he was a top pro(drug fuelled ),anyone that shouts abuse at someone else when they are just doing there job is a registered wanker

Ah here. By those standards we're all registered. You can catch anyone in a bad mood. I don't know that a person could really generate the kind of good will that halo's Sean Kelly wherever he goes if he wasn't a decent guy.

mr lee

maybe so fat bloke,could you like or respect someone that would treat you like that