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Racing Through the Dark: Crash. Burn. Coming Clean. Coming Back.
Millar was one of the last British cyclists to go through the older system of being an amateur, before turning pro and being a domestique and main rider for the European teams. He is an immensely talented rider, and if British cycling had been in existence when he started I don’t think that he would have had all the problems with dope and drugs, that ended up with him being banned for two years.For all that he has done, he is now a major ambassador for anti doping. In the book he talks of the omerta that exists in the teams, and between the teams and the UCI, even now. It will take a decade to clean the sport of cycling up, especially after the fallout from the Armstrong saga, but cycling is changing.Really good book, a must read for all cycling fans.
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