'My suitcase is always a bit heavy': The professional cyclists who read on tour

Off the bike, there are some pros who turn pages to relax

Cyclists reading
Romain Bardet peruses Gazzetta
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Cycling and great writing always seem to go together; the Tour de France and Giro d'Italia both emerged out of newspapers wanting to sell copies, and it is a sport that has produced so many great books, at a ratio of people who care about it to all time classics that must exceed most other sports.

From The Great Race by Geoffrey Nicholson to modern day hits like Slaying the Badger by Richard Moore, it is a sport which seems to produce top writing. 

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