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\u003cp\u003eIt's time we all stopped whining and learned a thing or two from The Toughest Cyclists Ever. Including:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStephen Roche, whose cure for exhaustion was to go \u003ci\u003eup\u003c/i\u003e a gear and fight harder, all the way to the ambulance. Eddy Merckx, who hurt himself so badly in breaking the Hour record that, he estimated, he shortened his career by a year. Beryl Burton, who crushed her (male) rival's morale with the offer of a piece of liquorice, before speeding past to victory. Nicole Cooke and Edwig Van Hooydonck, who rejected dope and became legends.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Hardmen tells the stories - the good bits, anyway - of the 40 most heroic Cyclists ever. Their bravery, their \u003ci\u003epanache\u003c/i\u003e and their Perfect Amount of Dumb. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt reminds us that suffering on a bike liberates us from our daily lives, and that, in the words of Lance Armstrong \"pain is temporary, quitting lasts forever\"; proof that even assholes can be insightful.\u003c/p\u003e |
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