About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 30. Chapters: Jeannie Longo, Paul Curran, Mark Bell, Erik Breukink, Juan Curuchet, Paul Kimmage, Steve Bauer, Martin Earley, Davis Phinney, Rebecca Twigg, Alexi Grewal, Connie Carpenter-Phinney, Ron Kiefel, Raul Alcala, Jean-Paul van Poppel, Marco Giovannetti, Maria Canins, Inga Thompson, Eros Poli, Brian Fowler, Brian Holm, Dean Woods, Curt Harnett, Rolf Golz, Graeme Miller, Pierre Harvey, Chris Carmichael, Dag Otto Lauritzen, Francisco Antequera, Jorgen V. Pedersen, Louis Garneau, Carlos Jaramillo, Michael Turtur, Cath Swinnerton, Silvio Martinello, Nico Verhoeven, Andrew Weaver, Alex Stieda, David Weller, Alberto Volpi, Steve Hegg, Roger Ilegems, Gene Samuel, Michael Grenda, David Grylls, Mark Gorski, Roberta Bonanomi, Sandra Schumacher, Alfred Achermann, Atle Kvalsvoll, Nelson Vails, Uwe Messerschmidt, Twan Poels, Leonard Nitz, Genevieve Brunet, Ute Enzenauer, Jose Youshimatz, Stephen Cox, Dan Frost, Manuel Jorge Dominguez, Unni Larsen, Clarence Knickman, Marcos Mazzaron, Richard Trinkler, Roger Sumich, Laurent Vial, Kevin Nichols, Enrique Campos, Benno Wiss, Fredy Schmidtke, Jorg Muller, Luis Rosendo Ramos, Patrick McDonough, Cecile Odin, Fabrice Colas, Tsutomu Sakamoto, Andreas Kappes, Hans Daams, Nestor Mora. Excerpt: Jeannie Longo (born 31 October 1958 in Annecy, Haute-Savoie) is a French racing cyclist, multiple (59 times) French champion and 13 times world champion. Longo is still active in cycling as of 2011 and is widely considered one of the greatest female cyclists of all time. She is famous for her competitive nature and her longevity in a sport where some of her competitors were not yet born during her first Olympic competition in 1984. She was selected to compete for France in the 2008 Olympics, her seventh Olympic Games. She has stated that this will be her final participation in the Olympics. In the Women's roa...