20 Top biography books like Tour de Force by Mark Cavendish

Cover of Tour de Force by Mark Cavendish

Tour de Force

By: Mark Cavendish

4.14

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

'I pulled off my glasses and wiped my eyes. " That was perhaps the last race of my career..."' Dee…

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Cover of Wheelmen: Lance Armstrong, the Tour de France, and the Greatest Sports Conspiracy Ever by Reed Albergotti, Vanessa O'Connell

1. Wheelmen: Lance Armstrong, the Tour de France, and the Greatest Sports Conspiracy Ever

By: Reed Albergotti , Vanessa O'Connell

4.05

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The first in-depth look at Lance Armstrong's doping scandal, the phenomenal business success built … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • biography
  • cycling
"He is a man of great strength, determination, and resilience, and we truly hope that he will use those qualities to make a moral comeback as complete as the physical comeback he effected from the can…"

-Reed Albergotti, Wheelmen: Lance Armstrong, the Tour de France, and the Greatest Sports Conspiracy Ever

"...Lance is the inevitable product of our celebrity-worshipping culture and the whole money-mad world of sports gone amok. This is the Golden Age of fraud, an era of general willingness to ignore and…"

-Reed Albergotti, Wheelmen: Lance Armstrong, the Tour de France, and the Greatest Sports Conspiracy Ever

Cover of Shut Up, Legs!: My Wild Ride On and Off the Bike by Jens Voigt, James D. Startt

2. Shut Up, Legs!: My Wild Ride On and Off the Bike

By: Jens Voigt , James D. Startt

4.06

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Beloved German cyclist Jens Voigt isn’t a superstar in the traditional sense of the word. Although … read more

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  • biography
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • cycling
Cover of The Climb: The Autobiography by David Walsh, Chris Froome

3. The Climb: The Autobiography

By: David Walsh , Chris Froome

5.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

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  • biography
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • cycling
Cover of My Time by William Fotheringham, Bradley Wiggins

4. My Time

By: William Fotheringham , Bradley Wiggins

3.91

Format: None pages, Hardcover

On 22 July 2012 Bradley Wiggins became the first British man ever to win the Tour de France. In an … read more

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  • biography
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • cycling
Cover of Etape: The untold stories of the Tour de France's defining stages by Richard  Moore

5. Etape: The untold stories of the Tour de France's defining stages

By: Richard Moore

2.74

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In ETAPE, critically acclaimed author Richard Moore will take readers on a virtual Tour de France, … read more

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  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • cycling

6. The Secret Race: Inside the Hidden World of the Tour de France: Doping, Cover-ups, and Winning at All Costs

By: Daniel Coyle , Tyler Hamilton

4.01

Format: 217 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLER * WINNER OF THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDThe Secret Racei… read more

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7. The Rider

By: Sam Garrett , Tim Krabbé

3.50

Format: 24 pages, Paperback

A literary sports classic, finally available in the U.S. Originally published in the Netherlands in… read more

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8. The World of Cycling According to G

By: Geraint Thomas

4.60

Format: None pages,

Sit back or saddle up as double Olympic gold medallist and multiple world champion Geraint Thomas g… read more

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9. The Man Who Cycled the Americas

By: Mark Beaumont

4.17

Format: None pages, Paperback

31,000 miles. 22,840 feet high. 34 countries. 15 months. 2 amazing journeys. In 2008, Mark Beaumont… read more

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10. Racing Through the Dark

By: David Millar , Jeremy Whittle

4.14

Format: None pages, Hardcover

By his 18th birthday David Millar was living and racing in France, sleeping in rented rooms, tipped… read more

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Cover of My Life in Red and White by Arsène Wenger

11. My Life in Red and White

By: Arsène Wenger

3.63

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

For the very first time, world-renowned and revolutionary football manager Arsène Wenger tells his … read more

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  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • biography
Cover of Surviving to Drive by Guenther Steiner

12. Surviving to Drive

By: Guenther Steiner

4.17

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

People talk about football managers being under pressure. Trust me, that's nothing. Pressure is wat… read more

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  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • biography
"Then again, could you imagine me walking on to the balcony in St Peter’s Square in Rome and delivering the Urbi et Orbi. ‘OK, I’m finished now. Get to foking work!’ Pope Guenther the first would be P…"

-Guenther Steiner, Surviving to Drive

Cover of Too Many Reasons to Live by Rob Burrow

13. Too Many Reasons to Live

By: Rob Burrow

4.53

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

‘Occasionally in life you come across a person who is talented yet humble, brave but not foolish, i… read more

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  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • biography
Cover of Showing Up by Nedd Brockmann

14. Showing Up

By: Nedd Brockmann

4.34

Format: 290 pages, Paperback

Get comfortable with being uncomfortable–the story of a 23-year-old tradie who put his body ‘throug… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of Tour de Force by Mark Cavendish

15. Tour de Force

By: Mark Cavendish

4.14

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

'I pulled off my glasses and wiped my eyes. " That was perhaps the last race of my career..."' Dee… read more

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  • biography
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • cycling
Cover of Jan Ullrich: The Best There Never Was by Daniel Friebe

16. Jan Ullrich: The Best There Never Was

By: Daniel Friebe

4.31

Format: 610 pages, Kindle Edition

Jan Ullrich: The Best There Never Was is the first biography of Jan Ullrich, arguably the most natu… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • biography
  • cycling
Cover of The Tour According to G: My Journey to the Yellow Jersey by Geraint Thomas

17. The Tour According to G: My Journey to the Yellow Jersey

By: Geraint Thomas

4.20

Format: 250 pages, Kindle Edition

For years Geraint Thomas appeared blessed with extraordinary talent but jinxed at the greatest bike… read more

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  • biography
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • cycling
Cover of Coffee First, Then the World: One Woman's Record-Breaking Pedal Around the Planet by Jenny Graham

18. Coffee First, Then the World: One Woman's Record-Breaking Pedal Around the Planet

By: Jenny Graham

4.56

Format: 277 pages, Hardcover

16 countries, 124 days and 18,000 miles. This is the story of one woman's solo lap of the planet by… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • biography
  • cycling
Cover of One-Way Ticket: Nine Lives on Two Wheels by Jonathan Vaughters

19. One-Way Ticket: Nine Lives on Two Wheels

By: Jonathan Vaughters

4.16

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

The new memoir tracing story of cycling since the 1980s, through the eyes of Jonathan Vaughters, fo… read more

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  • biography
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • cycling
Cover of Bloody Minded: My Life in Cycling by Alex Dowsett

20. Bloody Minded: My Life in Cycling

By: Alex Dowsett

4.55

Format: 321 pages, Kindle Edition

SHORTLISTED FOR THE SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2024 – CYCLING BOOK OF THE YEAR'Immensely readable and revea… read more

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  • cycling
Cover of The Secret Cyclist: Real Life as a Rider in the Professional Peloton by The Secret Cyclist

21. The Secret Cyclist: Real Life as a Rider in the Professional Peloton

By: The Secret Cyclist

3.64

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Who is The Secret Cyclist and why all the secrecy? "Every public aspect of our lives is so tight… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • biography
  • cycling
"To me, cycling can be glorious and it can be grubby, but quite often, it’s neither. It’s just pedalling for hours and hours for relatively little in return."

-The Secret Cyclist, The Secret Cyclist: Real Life as a Rider in the Professional Peloton

"It takes a special kind of person to want to be a professional cyclist. If you have another opportunity, such as university, you really have to think long and hard about it, because unless you’re ver…"

-The Secret Cyclist, The Secret Cyclist: Real Life as a Rider in the Professional Peloton

"If you want to know the truth about the latest equipment, don’t ask a pro. At least not one that’s speaking on the record. We’re told what to use and we have to be positive about it, even when it suc…"

-The Secret Cyclist, The Secret Cyclist: Real Life as a Rider in the Professional Peloton

Cover of The Racer by David  Millar

22. The Racer

By: David Millar

4.22

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

What is it really like to be a racer?What is it like to be swept along at 60kmh in the middle of th… read more

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  • biography
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • cycling
Cover of Chased by Pandas: My life in the mysterious world of cycling by Dan Martin

23. Chased by Pandas: My life in the mysterious world of cycling

By: Dan Martin

3.93

Format: 278 pages, Kindle Edition

'This is Dan Martin's long-awaited autobiography, full of 'the warmth, sharp insights and vivid col… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • biography
  • cycling
Cover of God is Dead: The Rise and Fall of Frank Vandenbroucke, Cycling's Great Wasted Talent by Andy McGrath

24. God is Dead: The Rise and Fall of Frank Vandenbroucke, Cycling's Great Wasted Talent

By: Andy McGrath

3.98

Format: None pages, ebook

The remarkable untold story of the mercurial cycling prodigy Frank Vandenbroucke, written by Willia… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • biography
  • cycling
Cover of The Break: FEATURED ON THE NETFLIX SERIES TOUR DE FRANCE: UNCHAINED by Steve Cummings

25. The Break: FEATURED ON THE NETFLIX SERIES TOUR DE FRANCE: UNCHAINED

By: Steve Cummings

3.91

Format: 337 pages, Kindle Edition

*SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2023 SPORTS BOOK AWARDS CYCLING BOOK OF THE YEAR*The gripping and revealing au… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • cycling
Cover of 1923: The Mystery of Lot 212 and a Tour de France Obsession by Ned Boulting

26. 1923: The Mystery of Lot 212 and a Tour de France Obsession

By: Ned Boulting

4.17

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The story of an obsession. When cycling commentator Ned Boulting bought a length of Pathé news film… read more

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  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • cycling
Cover of Mountains According to G by Geraint Thomas

27. Mountains According to G

By: Geraint Thomas

4.02

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Cycling fans obsess about climbs and big mountains. They love reading about their tests and tribula… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • cycling
Cover of My World by Peter Sagan

28. My World

By: Peter Sagan

3.73

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

From 2015 to 2017, Peter Sagan achieved the seemingly he won three road race World Championships in… read more

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  • biography
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • cycling
Cover of Magic Spanner by Carlton Kirby

29. Magic Spanner

By: Carlton Kirby

4.05

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Mr Cycling, Eurosport commentator Carlton Kirby, offers an expert, behind-the-scenes view of the wo… read more

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  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • cycling
Cover of Sticky Bottle: The Cycling Year According to Carlton Kirby by Carlton Kirby

30. Sticky Bottle: The Cycling Year According to Carlton Kirby

By: Carlton Kirby

4.26

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

'Entertaining, quirky and an enjoyable read' – Phil Liggett MBE 'A genuine one-off with a ready wi… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • cycling
Cover of Around The World In 80 Days by Mark Beaumont

31. Around The World In 80 Days

By: Mark Beaumont

4.28

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

The inspiring story of one man's record-breaking cycle around the world.On Monday 18th September 20… read more

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  • biography
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • cycling

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