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Hunger: Sean Kelly's Autobiography Out 31st May

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    #32
    2011abc
    Registered Users Posts: 1,661 ✭✭✭2011abc


    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,

    Youre not a traffic warden,speed cop etc are ya?Post was very vague -maybe best left so -but am certainly curious.


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    #33
    fat bloke
    Registered Users Posts: 5,828 ✭✭✭fat bloke


    mr lee wrote: »
    maybe so fat bloke,could you like or respect someone that would treat you like that

    Short answer, no.


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    #34
    Fender76
    Registered Users Posts: 631 ✭✭✭Fender76


    Did he touch your bum on a podium..?


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    #35
    furiousox
    Registered Users Posts: 6,925 ✭✭✭furiousox


    Were you one of his domestiques....?

    CPL 593H



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    #36
    dermur
    Registered Users Posts: 238 ✭✭dermur


    Must have been a majorly difficult job...


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    #37
    Sammy7p
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    So has the book been released? Amazon is saying

    Currently unavailable.
    We don't know when or if this item will be back in stock.


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    #38
    bren_mc
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    Sammy7p wrote: »
    So has the book been released? Amazon is saying

    Currently unavailable.
    We don't know when or if this item will be back in stock.

    he mentioned on Eurosport a while back that he wasn't sure of the release date but that it would most likely be in July, to coincide with the tour


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    #39
    Wishbone Ash
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    bazermc wrote: »
    The cover photo on the book is fantastic - post Paris Roubaix I am guessing
    swan_kelly_3_zps90710c85.jpg


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    #40
    Surinam
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    I'll never understand how Irish people so easily forgive cheaters/corrupt people. I wonder if he'll even mention the positive drug tests: as said above, he's still embedded in professional cycling so probably wouldn't want to ruffle any feathers.


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    #41
    funnights74
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    Wishbone Ash wrote: »
    swan_kelly_3_zps90710c85.jpg
    I doubt it's Paris-Roubaix, the background doesn't look very PR like, probably a montain stage from one of the grand tours, he did win the green jersey a few times on the TdF.


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    #42
    Wishbone Ash
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    funnights74 wrote: »
    I doubt it's Paris-Roubaix, the background doesn't look very PR like, probably a montain stage from one of the grand tours, he did win the green jersey a few times on the TdF.
    I think bazermc may have been referring to the picture in the OP's link which features Kelly with a muddy face and I think was used as a publicity shot for the book.


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    #43
    RyanAndrew
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    June 17 | Hardback | ebook | 320 pages | £18.99
    Foreword by Bradley Wiggins, 2012 Tour de France winner
    Epilogue by Robert Millar, 1984 Tour king of the mountains
    Add to basket
    Free delivery to UK addresses. Please note, this book will be published around June 17.


    http://pelotonpublishing.co.uk/sean-kelly-autobiography/


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    #44
    death1234567
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    Anyone reading it?


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    #45
    h2005
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    If it doesnt cover his cheating its not worth reading for me. If he`s going to gloss over that its hard for me to believe anything else hes got to say.


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    #46
    happytramp
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    funnights74 wrote: »
    I doubt it's Paris-Roubaix, the background doesn't look very PR like, probably a montain stage from one of the grand tours, he did win the green jersey a few times on the TdF.

    My guess is that it's on his way to winning stage 12 at the 1982 Tour de France. He was riding for Sem-France Loire and that is a green version of their jersey. No real reason to think that it's stage 12 other than that's the mountain stage he won so it makes sense.

    Skip to 34min to see the final few k of the stage.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSz75KxE5nY


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    #47
    pierredieterle
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    Sean Kelly fans, I invite you to visit the website about my uncle Jean de Gribaldy, with lots of rare Sean pics... :)

    www.jeandegribaldy.com

    jean%20de%20gribaldy%20sean%20kelly%20super%20prestige%20pernod.jpg


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    #48
    t'bear
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    happytramp wrote: »
    My guess is that it's on his way to winning stage 12 at the 1982 Tour de France. He was riding for Sem-France Loire and that is a green version of their jersey. No real reason to think that it's stage 12 other than that's the mountain stage he won so it makes sense.

    Skip to 34min to see the final few k of the stage.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSz75KxE5nY

    The 'feet' and 'miles' are very off putting - what is 5246feet in meters? :-)


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    #49
    happytramp
    Registered Users Posts: 2,599 ✭✭✭happytramp


    pierredieterle wrote: »
    Sean Kelly fans, I invite you to visit the website about my uncle Jean de Gribaldy, with lots of rare Sean pics... :)

    www.jeandegribaldy.com

    It's a great site alright. Thanks.


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    #50
    theholyghost
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    What has become of this book? No reviews online or on Amazon, no sign of it in my local bookshop. Maybe Sean isn't free to push it until after the Tour.

    Has anyone picked up a copy?


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    #51
    RobFowl
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 11,667 Mod ✭✭✭✭RobFowl


    theholyghost wrote: »
    What has become of this book? No reviews online or on Amazon, no sign of it in my local bookshop. Maybe Sean isn't free to push it until after the Tour.

    Has anyone picked up a copy?

    It's in the book shops and I'm half way through it.
    Well written and offering a lot of insights.


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    #52
    Darkglasses
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    Same, I bought it in the local book shop and enjoying it. Not life-changing but perfectly enjoyable so far. Very down to Earth, no motivational BS.


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    #53
    Plastik
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    Easons have it.


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    #54
    gordongekko
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    Is it a warts and all account of things during his time or are some parts just glossed over?


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    #55
    funnights74
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    theholyghost wrote: »
    What has become of this book? No reviews online or on Amazon, no sign of it in my local bookshop. Maybe Sean isn't free to push it until after the Tour.

    Has anyone picked up a copy?
    Got it in Waterstones.


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    #56
    TinyExplosions
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    gordongekko wrote: »
    Is it a warts and all account of things during his time or are some parts just glossed over?

    Lots of gloss apparantly


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    #57
    Plastik
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    I'm three quarters of the way through. Nothing is particularly in depth but it reads easily and reads well. Most interesting of all for me is the ongoing narrative about his relationship with Roche. A warts and all Tyler Hamilton book it's not, there are no flies close to going in any soup at the moment.


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    #58
    furiousox
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    It's ok, written in a no nonsense matter of fact style..as you'd expect.
    I just finished 'Domestique' by Charly Wegelius (sp?) and found that a much more interesting and engaging read.
    Gives a great insight to what it's like in the 'middle' of the peloton and the day to day workings of pro teams.
    Highly recommended

    CPL 593H



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    #59
    brayblue24
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    furiousox wrote: »
    I just finished 'Domestique' by Charly Wegelius ...........Highly recommended

    I've also heard exactly that from two other people today


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    #60
    TinyExplosions
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    brayblue24 wrote: »
    I've also heard exactly that from two other people today

    I'll be a third to recommend it -it's one of the best biogs I've read in a good while -very frank and well worth a few quid!


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    #61
    godtabh
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    i've been looking for it for awhile. not available on amazon or my local easons


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