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Bradley Wiggins: My Time: An Autobiography
On 22 July 2012 Bradley Wiggins made history as the first British cyclist to win the Tour de France. Ten days later at the London Olympic Games he won gold in the time trial to become his country’s most decorated Olympian. In an instant ‘Wiggo’, the kid from Kilburn, was a national hero.
Outspoken, honest, intelligent and fearless, Wiggins has been hailed as the people’s ch ...more
Outspoken, honest, intelligent and fearless, Wiggins has been hailed as the people’s ch ...more
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352 pages
Published
May 23rd 2013
by Yellow Jersey
(first published November 8th 2012)
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Although I'm a huge fan of cycling I found this book hard to finish.
Bradley's achievements in sport are extremely impressive even to the layman. He has won Olympic gold more than once, numerous cycle road races including the Tour de France and crowned it all with another Gold at the London Olympics. Saying that, it's not his achievements that put me off, more his personality and attitude.
His arrogance and petulance I find hard to deal with and although these give him real character I find it's ...more
Bradley's achievements in sport are extremely impressive even to the layman. He has won Olympic gold more than once, numerous cycle road races including the Tour de France and crowned it all with another Gold at the London Olympics. Saying that, it's not his achievements that put me off, more his personality and attitude.
His arrogance and petulance I find hard to deal with and although these give him real character I find it's ...more
Jul 16, 2014
Peter
rated it
3 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
anyone interested in sport
Recommended to Peter by:
my son Duncan (birthday present)
Mr Wiggins is certainly a stickler for detail, the book has almost too much information. It was as if he had been recorded talking and it had been all written down verbatim, making reading it hard work. I would have liked more on his relationships with other riders and less in his training sessions but I suppose he was explaining how he was able to win the TDF. I like his respect for the traditions of cycling and his anti-doping stance. He is a complicated character who has added a lot of intere
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What I found most interesting about 'My Time' was Bradley's take on doping and drugs in cycling, particularly given the fact that I have recently read Tyler Hamilton's compelling autobiography and followed the whole Lance Armstrong implosion of the past few years. At various points in the book, he reprimands the (hopefully) 1990's-early 2000's trend of 'not normal' cycling, as Lance would probably put it. The most interesting part of the novel, possibly discounting the recounting of the Bonneval
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It only covers the last couple of years (there is another book for the previous Olympic successes). An interesting insight into the Sky set-up, the training, the search for marginal gains, the politics of selecting a team and supporting the leader. Wiggo's transformation from reluctant leader and, by his own admission, a bit of a slacker (a relative term, still far more dedicated than most people could ever be) into someone leading by example and being incredibly dedicated and focussed on his tr
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This book took me an absolute age to read. It usually takes me anywhere between a day or two to a month to work my way through a book. But this book to me months to read. I'm not saying it was a bad book, infact far from it, but the book just didn't pull me in and I found myself having quite little interest in it. If it wasn't for the fact that I'm quite OCD and can't give up on something once started I'd have stopped reading this book ages ago.
I haven't exactly been following Bradley's career ...more
I haven't exactly been following Bradley's career ...more
I read this book right after reading My Time by Brad Wiggins and am going to do a quick comparison between the two books. From a reader's perspective, Froome's autobiography, The Climb was much easier to read, more linear, less confusing, lighter and frankly, the writing was superior. Brad Wiggins the man (sorry, the knight), from outside the fish bowl, is an enigma. He is consistently inconsistent, aloof and seems incredibly (and sadly) insecure with himself. This comes out in his writing -how
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Although not as polished as Tyler Hamilton's The Secret Race and a book that takes a while to find its stride, it's worth persevering! Once Wiggins gets onto the topic of his mammoth year in 2012 he really spins a good tale. An interesting insight into his amazing achievements and a stark portrayal of the cost of such dedication. Chapeau Monsieur Wiggins!
i had a chance to talk to Mr.Willam Fotheringham about the book.He told me that they had to do it in a very short period of time.I've to say i've found much more information than i expected.If you are someone paying close attention to the cycling sport , that's one of a good book you definately need to check out.I think this book will be a good explaination of the Sky domination during biological passport era in the sport.On the other hand , this book is story of a great athlete who tries to lea
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For many reason, cycle biographies are a cut above your average sports biog; cyclists (and their ghost-writers, in this case the fab William Fotherington) are a cerebral bunch - possibly because they spend a lot of time on a bike leaving plenty of scope for thought in between eating, drinking, sprinting, attacking up mountains and wee-ing in bushes. It's also a sport that attracts a certain middle-class, educated, europhile, which shows in the quality of tome.
Eschewing the litany of kebab-ing bi ...more
Eschewing the litany of kebab-ing bi ...more
I don't think this is as good as Brad's fist book 'In Pursuit of Glory' Purely for the reason it mainly focuses on the one year, 2012. And for good reason. But I think it perhaps lacks the depth of the previous book.
However, that's not to say I didn't enjoy it, I did, very much.
The main focus of the book is on the Tour, some parts of the tour seem to be covered quite sparsely, however, the chapter I found most interesting, is his take on the doping scandal. You can tell he feels hurt by the lik ...more
However, that's not to say I didn't enjoy it, I did, very much.
The main focus of the book is on the Tour, some parts of the tour seem to be covered quite sparsely, however, the chapter I found most interesting, is his take on the doping scandal. You can tell he feels hurt by the lik ...more
It is a very honest writing. Wiggins is true to himself throughout the entire book. You just see him as he is in the public. A very details in his preparation for the Tour. His devotion for the dream was unbelievable. I actually do find that it is inspirational. I find that it is amazing to look at the the Tour from a cyclist point of view. We, as the spectators, truly don't know much about how the cyclist felt and their thinking process during the Tour. Wiggins illustrated it very well and ther
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Anyone who's followed Wiggins and his career for any amount of time will know that one thing you'll always get from him in spades, is honesty. He just seems incapable at times of playing the media game and giving those bland one dimensional interviews that anyone who follows football will have now become painfully and utterly, completely used to. As a result it's great that this book continues in the same vein. It's not an autobiography by any stretch of the imagination, more an analysis of 2012
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Too dull to finish, even if it is mercifully short.
I'll leave it to DFW, talking about another book: "this breathtakingly insipid autobiography can maybe help us understand both the seduction and the disappointment that seem to be built into the mass market sports memoir."
David Foster Wallace, How Tracy Austin Broke my Heart http://lostcoindev.com/pipermail/clas...
I'll leave it to DFW, talking about another book: "this breathtakingly insipid autobiography can maybe help us understand both the seduction and the disappointment that seem to be built into the mass market sports memoir."
David Foster Wallace, How Tracy Austin Broke my Heart http://lostcoindev.com/pipermail/clas...
Oct 04, 2014
Lily
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3 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
cyclists
Shelves:
cycling
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autobiography
I think this book sounds like Bradley and tells the story of his 2012 success well. It is pretty technical and does jump around a lot, so I wouldn't recommend it to anyone who is not familiar with the world and personalities of road racing. Having watched the Tour avidly for many years now, it is always interesting to see it through the eyes of the riders rather than the edge of the sofa. It has been such a pleasure to watch clean riders triumph this year and really prove that you don't need che
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I'm a fan of Wiggins and have watched
le tour
for years, and there's no doubt that 2012 was his year. Without question: he got his head together, worked himself like a demon, peaked his fitness at exactly the right time, and got the rewards for it. Awesome.
But I found this book hard going, hence taking the better part of 4 months to finish it. I can't quite nail down why - the best I can come up with is that it's written as if you're being told the story in a pub, with a bit of "I says to the gu ...more
But I found this book hard going, hence taking the better part of 4 months to finish it. I can't quite nail down why - the best I can come up with is that it's written as if you're being told the story in a pub, with a bit of "I says to the gu ...more
This book was a really valuable insight into Mr Wiggins life. I had read Chris Froome's book first and it had tainted my view of Bradley.
However this was to be changed after reading his book and getting an insight into his thoughts and how he felt at different stages that you would have read in Froomes book.
While Froome tends to be a lot more angled and pointing out all of the things he disliked about Brad, Bradley just hardly mentions his relationship with Froome but instead focus more on the f ...more
However this was to be changed after reading his book and getting an insight into his thoughts and how he felt at different stages that you would have read in Froomes book.
While Froome tends to be a lot more angled and pointing out all of the things he disliked about Brad, Bradley just hardly mentions his relationship with Froome but instead focus more on the f ...more
Good read if you're interested in professional cycling post-Lance. A nice account of Wiggins' "golden year" of 2012, when everything went right for him. Hard to imagine winning the Tour de France, and then winning an Olympic Gold nine days later, but he did it.
A bit inside baseball, but I guess that's to be expected.
A bit inside baseball, but I guess that's to be expected.
A fascinating insight into arguably Britain's most famous racing cyclist (sorry Sir Chris) and his life as he prepares for and competes in the history making 2012 Tour de France and Olympic Games.
This book does not cover his earlier life, which is dealt with in his earlier book "Pursuit of Glory". What it does cover is the impact on his career and that of his colleagues and friends of the exposure of Armstrong and others as drug cheats. It is clearly something about which he feels deeply and wh ...more
This book does not cover his earlier life, which is dealt with in his earlier book "Pursuit of Glory". What it does cover is the impact on his career and that of his colleagues and friends of the exposure of Armstrong and others as drug cheats. It is clearly something about which he feels deeply and wh ...more
I became a big fan of Bradley Wiggins as he won the 2012 Tour de France (whilst I recovered from double disc replacement surgery). His win was inspirational, and I had to read his autobiography. Very well written - it's as though he's in the room talking to you. Great book.
Read this today on a long train journey. It's not the best sporting biography written but it is pretty readable all the same. A little repetitive but does give you an insight into British Cycling and SKY and why they and Wiggo have been so successful.
The is the follow on book to I Pursuit of Glory, and covers his 2011 / 2012 campaign to win the Tour de France. He also covers the Olympics with the disappointment in the road race, and then the Time Trial success.
It was written with William Fotheringham, an experienced cycling writer, and he brings his experience to the book.
I really enjoyed it, but then I am a huge Wiggo fan, and have been for a number of years. He is a driven, outspoken and a dedicated man. Not only to his sport, but to famil ...more
It was written with William Fotheringham, an experienced cycling writer, and he brings his experience to the book.
I really enjoyed it, but then I am a huge Wiggo fan, and have been for a number of years. He is a driven, outspoken and a dedicated man. Not only to his sport, but to famil ...more
Winner of the Tour de France, gold medallist at the London Olympics, winner of BBC Sports Personality of the Year and a Knighthood. The lengths some people will go to just to fill an autobiography... :-)
My Time is volume II of Wiggins' memoirs, the majority devoted to the incredible sporting feats of 2012 and the work behind them. That said, this is no narcissistic hagiography. Rather Wiggins is at pains to illustrate how important his team and family have been in turning him from also-ran to al ...more
My Time is volume II of Wiggins' memoirs, the majority devoted to the incredible sporting feats of 2012 and the work behind them. That said, this is no narcissistic hagiography. Rather Wiggins is at pains to illustrate how important his team and family have been in turning him from also-ran to al ...more
I found this an engaging read and liked the frankness. Particularly interesting was how, with the Sky team, he challenged some conventions in training strategy. Also how leadership did not come naturally to him.
This was really good. I've really taken to cycling recently and Brad's certainly one of the biggest names just now.bthis was a great recount on his fabulous year of 2012 where he won Olympic gold, tour de france and a few others on the way. Very enjoyabke read, only thing is it could give us a bit more about Brad's life away from the bikes. Maybe anothe biography will do that.
This is a good read, don't let the the stars put you off. There's only three for a reason and the reason is that this is just too short. Yes, it does only cover 2012 but given that the bulk of the book concentrates on the build-up to and the reading of the Tour the other major victories seem a little glossed over.
On the plus side is some really revealing thoughts on doping and, as you might expect, Brad tells it with real vehemence. For those who ride there is plenty of technical data and insigh ...more
On the plus side is some really revealing thoughts on doping and, as you might expect, Brad tells it with real vehemence. For those who ride there is plenty of technical data and insigh ...more
Great read and a fascinating insight into the mindset that makes a Tour De France winner and the politics that happens behinds the scenes of top flight teams.
An interesting insight and well worth the effort.
Being of quite a logical bent I found I didn't get along well with the lack of a coherent timeline and whilst I wouldn't say this spoiled it for me it did make it quite a challenge. I also thought there was quite a lack of precision in many of the descriptions - though that could well have been deliberate I guess so as not to give too much information away to other teams. So, probably as much criticism of my [in]ability to read it as in any parti ...more
Being of quite a logical bent I found I didn't get along well with the lack of a coherent timeline and whilst I wouldn't say this spoiled it for me it did make it quite a challenge. I also thought there was quite a lack of precision in many of the descriptions - though that could well have been deliberate I guess so as not to give too much information away to other teams. So, probably as much criticism of my [in]ability to read it as in any parti ...more
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Like so many people I've only been aware who Bradley Wiggins is since the summer of 2012. I never really watched the Tour De France but I did watch pretty much all of the Olympics and it was the cycling events during the Olympics that has now made me become a cycling fan and a Brad fan.
I found this book a great insight into Wiggins and the sport of cycling. For someone like me who is new to cycling I found the book easy to understand even when Brad was talking about the technical side of the spo ...more
I found this book a great insight into Wiggins and the sport of cycling. For someone like me who is new to cycling I found the book easy to understand even when Brad was talking about the technical side of the spo ...more
I enjoyed reading this book but it only scrapped into the 4 star catagory. I am a huge fan of Bradley Wiggins and cycling so it was always going to hold my interest but reviewing the book objectively I would say it seems a little rushed and unstructured. I guess, this is understandable considering the speed at which they had to get it to press.
In rating 'My Time' I also have to compare it to his previous autobiography 'In pursuit of Glory' which is a more detailed , structured book and one whic ...more
In rating 'My Time' I also have to compare it to his previous autobiography 'In pursuit of Glory' which is a more detailed , structured book and one whic ...more
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