Thomas Dekkers The Descent Book Review

My Epic Fall from Cycling Superstardom to Doping Dead End Dekker reveals a sordid way of life full of blood bags drugs prostitutes and money. Dekker comes across as brutally honest and doesnt do as so many have done and blame others for what happened to him Weaknesses.

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Dekkers rough edges have been sanded off.

Thomas dekkers the descent book review. DESCENT tells the story of a yearslong bender that exposes the brutal truth of his life as a professional cyclist. Ive read dope in sports not just cycling for many years and Thomas Dekker is just another cheat. In his tell-all book DESCENT.

As I went through the book I didnt warm to Dekker the person I just felt hes a manchild and he probably would agree. As I went through the book I didnt warm to Dekker the person I just felt hes a manchild and he probably would agree. As I went through the book I didnt warm to Dekker the person I just felt hes a manchild and he probably would agree.

Descent by Thomas Dekker and Thijs Zonneveld translated by David Doherty. Before long though Dekker found himself corrupted by money dazzled by fame and cracking under the relentless pressure to perform at a superhuman level. He names those who fell with him and those who aided in his downfall.

Reading the book was actually entertaining if not depressing at times. Read 121 reviews from the worlds largest community for readers. I dont believe you can be at the top without some help in cycling its such a punishing sport I still love it but Im cynical.

When Paul Kimmages Rough Ride was first published he was accused of spitting in the soup of dirtying the very milieu hed worked hard to join and profit from. My Epic Fall from Cycling Superstardom to Doping Dead End Dekker reveals a sordid way of life full of blood bags drugs prostitutes and money. Before long though Dekker found himself corrupted by money dazzled by fame and cracking under the relentless pressure to perform at a superhuman level.

My Epic Fall from Cycling Superstardom to Doping Dead End Dekker reveals a sordid way of life full of blood bags drugs prostitutes and money. Read honest and unbiased product reviews from our users. In The Descent Dekker tells his shocking story of hotel room blood bags shady rendezvous with dealers partying with prostitutes at the Tour de France and the consequences of prolific EPO use.

A recurring theme you will experience reading this book is that of whether you like Dekker. I dont believe you can be at the top without some help in cycling its such a punishing sport I still love it but Im cynical. In his tell-all book DESCENT.

The stories of him out late with teammates and of how he lost his true love because of his excesses make for good reading almost like a novel. To save you the trouble of falling into this trap with The Descent by Thomas Dekker the ex-Tour riding road rider and hour record attempter this review. I dont believe you can be at the top without some help in cycling its such a punishing sport I still love it but Im cynical.

Reviews of Thomas Dekkers DESCENT No one had more fun being bad than Thomas Dekker. This has become a well-thumbed book in the Cyclist office and one of the first points of discussion. Here Thomas Dekker does the same only by now the broth is unpalatable to begin with and if this is a new story it repeats familiar scenes whether.

As I went through the book I didnt warm to Dekker the person I just felt hes a manchild and he probably would agree. The Descent book. Ive read dope in sports not just cycling for many years and Thomas Dekker is just another cheat.

Ive been lionised by the public and th. I dont believe you can be at the top without some help in cycling its such a punishing sport I still love it but Im cynical. Ive read dope in sports not just cycling for many years and Thomas Dekker is just another cheat.

And Dekker is not alone. This is Dekkers journey from youthful idealism to a sordid path of excess and doping that lays bare pro-cyclings darkest secrets like never before. Ive read dope in sports not just cycling for many years and Thomas Dekker is just another cheat.

By this point Dekker has spent much of the book repeatedly explaining how his parents are dead normal northern Dutch in every sense of the word sober but deeply devoted and loving. In his new book DESCENT Dekker spares no one as he tells the story of a yearslong bender that exposes the brutal truth of his life as a professional cyclist. In his international bestseller DESCENT.

I have success money women. The Descent offers a depressingly familiar but nonetheless fascinating story of yet another professional rider leaving the sport after breaking the rules and crucially getting caught doing it. There isnt a lot about his actual races or training at least not in comparison to other sports memoirs especially cycling.

Descent Is Arguably The Most Shocking Doping Book Yet