More importantly, in this era of doubt, the mountains won't test positive - solid as the millennia of rock upon which their roads were laid, guaranteed to never let you down.” Some Twitter praise for The Breakaway: "Enjoyed your book." Cameron McNeish "Love your writing." Mike Kilpatrick "Enjoyed the book, actually made me get on a bike for the first time in weeks." deuxvitesses "Totally engrossed in your book.Loving every word, especially your epiphany." Helene Barrette "Just read an extract of your book - looks like one to add to my holiday reading list." The Beautiful Ride About The Author Rolf Rae-Hansen is a freelance writer and keen cyclist, currently living in Edinburgh, Scotland. They feature in races (and the headlines) year in year out they never lose form, can't retire. those are the sport of cycling's true legends. Tourmalet, Ventoux, Galibier, Stelvio, d'Huez. In essence, the climbs that Drew and I had tackled were the very same routes ridden one hundred years ago, the same arduous ascents cyclists will be slogging their way up in another hundred years to come. The paint on tarmac will fade to be replaced in a continual cycle of renewal but the names printed white onto brown summit signs will never desert me - always there, for all of us, and future generations too. “Not only had I an insatiable desire for the mountains, I also had a newfound respect, a realisation that from now on the names I would champion would be those from the parcours and not the peloton. With themes both personal and universal, The Breakaway is a book for cyclists and non-cyclists, a story of (mis)adventure, friendship and overcoming grief. Through moments of laughter, sadness and exhilaration, Rolf Rae-Hansen documents the highs and lows of tackling the biggest names in cycling, from the Stelvio to Alpe d’Huez, to Mont Ventoux and the Tourmalet. As they ticked off the climbs one by one, their friendship was tested to, and then beyond, destruction. Just days into their adventure and it became clear that these two distinctly amateur cyclists had bitten off more mountain than they could comfortably chew. Author Rolf Rae-Hansen and his best friend did just that, and to Alpe D and the Tourmalet they added another 33 of cycling’s most feared and revered mountain passes.
Not many cyclists ever get round to turning that notion into reality.
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