Sean Yates: It’s All About the Bike: My Autobiography Audiobook (Free)

Before Bradley Wiggins, there is Sean Yates. Behind Bradley Wiggins, there is Sean Yates.

One of only five Britons to wear the yellow shirt in the Tour de France, Sean Yates burst onto the cycling scene as the rawest pure talent this country has ever seen. After turning professional at the age of 22, he quickly became referred to as a die-hard domestique, putting his body on the line for his teammates. Devastatingly fast, powerful and a fearless competitor, Yates earned a stage from the Tour, aswell as about Sean Yates: It’s ABOUT the Bicycle: My Autobiography the Vuelta a España, in 1988, and continued to don the sought after maillot jaune six years later.

Having put British cycling around the map as a rider, Yates was quickly in demand as a directeur sportif, using his tactical knowledge to inspire a new era of cyclists to achievement. And after Group Sky came contacting, Yates was the person to design the brilliant program that saw Sky demolish the opposition in 2012, and for Bradley Wiggins to become the 1st cyclist from these shores to earn the Tour.

Straight-talking, entertaining and revelatory, It’s All About the Bike is the story of a remarkable career told from the unique perspective of a guy who is immersed in the annals of the sport he loves.