Richard Moore is a freelance journalist and author. His first book, In Search of Robert Millar, won Best Biography at the 2008 British Sports Book Awards. He is the author of six books, three of which have been long-listed for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year. As a freelance journalist he has contributed to the Guardian, Esquire, the BBC and The Scotsman. He is also a former racing cyclist who represented Scotland at the 1998 Commonwealth Games.
"Moore entertainingly unravels the complexities of the
relationships within the peloton during a three-week stage race,
the sort of battle in which alliances can shift from one mountain
peak to another and your enemy's enemy can suddenly become your
most valued friend"
*Guardian*
"From the opening pages this is a book that grips. Combining great
insight, interviews and anecdotes with wonderfully vivid writing,
it is thoroughly researched and well written. Like the event
itself, the book is so engrossing, you don't want it to end"
*Scotland on Sunday*
"As a matter of some urgency, arm yourself first with Slaying the
Badger by Richard Moore and immerse yourself in the epic story of
the 1986 Tour and the two greatest riders of their era. ... The
race and the book builds towards a gripping page turning climax
which you don't want to end"
*Daily Telegraph*
"A gripping narrative of this psychological and physical three-week
war... It is good to be reminded that the race used to have
twice-a-day stages, that helmets didn't always obscure the riders
and that technology once had little place in the Tour"
*Wall Street Journal*
"Captivating... Slaying the Badger is a mixture of clear-eyed
journalistic analysis and unashamed nostalgia"
*Times Literary Supplement*
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