First drawn into the sport while a student in Spain in the
mid-1980s, Peter Cossins has been writing about cycling since 1993.
He has covered more than a dozen editions of the Tour de France and
spent three years as editor of Procycling magazine and the last
five as contributing editor to that title.
In 2012 he collaborated with Tour de France winner Stephen Roche on
his autobiography, Born to Ride. The Monuments, his history of
cycling's five greatest one-day Classic races, was published in
2014, when he also translated former French pro Christophe Bassons'
autobiography, A Clean Break. Resident in Ilkley, he is the
co-author of Two Days in Yorkshire, a review of the 2014 Tour's
Grand Depart in the county.
‘A thorough explanation of why Alpe d'Huez can now claim to be the
best known climb in cycling’
‘Cossins meticulously describes every hairpin of [Alpe d’Huez] with
history and colour€¦ these are the kind of tales on which cycling
thrives.’
'an interesting and revealing account of the great climb'
'peter cossins has planned and authored this book almost to
perfection. his prose, pacing and research are admirable to say the
least... and yes, he may be right, alpe d'huez could very well be
cycling's greatest climb.''an interesting and revealing account of
the great climb'‘the highly accessible prose and sheer joy of the
writing could tempt even the most casual Sunday cyclists… If any
one single climb deserves a book all to itself, it’s the Alpe
d’Huez’'an enjoyable and informative read, loaded with Tour
anecdotes and extra-sporting stories'‘Cossins meticulously
describes every hairpin of [Alpe d’Huez] with history and colour…
these are the kind of tales on which cycling thrives.’‘A thorough
explanation of why Alpe d'Huez can now claim to be the best known
climb in cycling’
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