Introduction by Michael Blann • The Art of Mountains, Susannah Osborne • The French Alps • The Pyrenees & Mont Ventoux • Switzerland • Spain • The Spanish Islands & Portugal • The Italian Alps & The Dolomites • Essays interwoven throughout
An expanded edition of the popular landscape and photography book, celebrating the most majestic mountains and historic cycling climbs for enthusiasts and participants around the world
Professional photographer and keen amateur cyclist Michael Blann
spent his formative years racing his bike and dreaming of riding in
the Tour de France. Aged nineteen, he left England for Australia to
ride in a well-respected amateur team, during which he competed in
the nine-day Golden West Tour in Queensland. This experience left
him with the realization that a pro contract was out of reach.
Returning to the UK, he enrolled in art college and eventually
moved into advertising. This book brings together Blann's two great
passions - cycling and photography - and evolved from a desire to
produce a definitive record of the immense, immovable landforms
that have set the stage for the most intense, nail-biting dramas
the cycling world has ever seen. Limited-edition prints are
available at www.michaelblann.com.
Andrew Diprose is Group Creative Director at WIRED magazine in
London and a keen cyclist. He lectures regularly on art direction,
photography and illustration. He is also the co-founder, publisher
and art director of cycling independent title The Ride Journal.
Susannah Osborne is a journalist and has written for numerous
newspapers and magazines on the subjects of travel, fitness and
adventure sport. She has cycled since her late teens, first as a
means to get around her native North Devon, and later as an active
member of the women's road and criterium racing scene in the UK.
She worked and cycled with Michael Blann for several years before
teaming up with him on this book, which appeals to her love of
storytelling and her long-standing fascination with dramatic
landscapes.
'A tribute to nature's beauty and man's dogged determination' -
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'[A] spectacular portrait of some of the most beautiful and
challenging scenery in the world ... offer[s] cycling aficionados
plenty of bucket list inspiration' - Elle Decoration
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