Slaying the Badger

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<p>Greg LeMond, 'L'Americain': fresh-faced, prodigious newcomer. This is supposed to be his year.</p><p>Bernard Hinault, 'The Badger': aggressive, headstrong, five-time winner of the Tour. He has pledged his unwavering support to his team mate, LeMond.</p><p>The team is everything in cycling, so the world watches, stunned, as LeMond and Hinault's explosive rivalry plays out over three high-octane weeks.<i>Slaying the Badger</i>relives the adrenaline and agony as LeMond battles to become the first American to win the Tour, with the Badger relentlessly on the attack.</p><p><b>Includes brand new material for the paperback.</b></p>

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Richard Moore is a freelance journalist and author. His first book,<i>In Search of Robert Millar</i>, won Best Biography at the 2008 British Sports Book Awards. His second book,<i>Heroes, Villains&Velodromes</i>, was long-listed for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year. He writes on cycling and sport and is a regular contributor to the<i>Guardian</i>, Sky Sports and<i>The Scotsman</i>. He is also a former racing cyclist who represented Scotland at the 1998 Commonwealth Games.

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