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Chased by Pandas

My Life in the Mysterious World of Cycling

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Chased by Pandas

By: Dan Martin
Narrated by: Matthew Biddulph
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About this listen

This is Dan Martin's long-awaited autobiography.

Known, thanks to his racing style and attitude, for being one of road cycling's last romantics, Dan has always shied away from revealing too much about himself and his story. Now, having retired at the end of the 2021 season aged 35 and no longer bound by the constraints of the racing circuit, Dan feels the time is right to tell his story in the same forthright and honest manner that he rode his bike.

This audiobook reflects Dan's generous and outspoken spirit, his resilience to pain, crashes, bad luck and, finally, his acceptance of destiny. Each chapter's title has a sub-title based on a typical cyclist's fear: the fear of losing a race, the fear of retiring from the sport, the fear of mountains or downhills, the fear of doping and, ultimately, the fear of death. Dan also discusses every aspect of the professional cyclist's life—food, discipline, money, dreams, friendship and betrayal. Dan is unashamed when it comes to exposing these dark feelings, his weaknesses and how he tried to deal with them, his attitude exemplifying Mark Twain's quote: 'Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear'.

Written with his long-time friend and best-selling author Pierre Carrey, this is the story of a rider who never sought to conform to modern cycling's norms and someone who, in many ways, embodies an age in cycling which has long since disappeared.

This is the celebration of a true cyclist's career, which will appeal to anyone who's embraced the weekend ride whilst dreaming of the mountains.

©2022 Dan Martin (P)2022 Quercus Editions Limited
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Critic reviews

'This is Dan Martin's long-awaited autobiography, full of 'the warmth, sharp insights and vivid colour of his 14-year career' (Guardian)

'[Chased by Pandas] is not a conventional study of wins, losses and conquering mountains but overcoming the mental challenges of a sport into which he was seemingly born' (The Times)

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This is a sound account of the life of a professional cyclist (as far as I know!) but the narration is hesitant, poorly paced and altogether sub-par. A shame really.

Solid content, poor narration.

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the narrator shows very little engagement with the subject matter. no attempt at correct pronunciation.

Great book, spoiled by narrator

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At first the actor’s delivery is baffling and it sounds like there have been many edits. But I perservered and eventually realised he takes long pauses around words in inverted commas. Imagine him making bunny fingers as he says them. It helps.

Geraint should be pronounced like Hair-Pint, not Her-Pint or Graint. Its a shame that Welsh pronounciation was not given as much respect as the French.

The panda narrative device is odd.

Bunny Fingers

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Dan Martin has given a great insight into the life of a pro cyclist and shows the sacrifices they make to make grade

A Glimpse into the lives of Pro Cycling

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I remember Dan and Tom as kids chasing MotoGP racers for autographs while his dad and I had a coffee in Motul hospitality. Dan’s story give an idea of the determination and drive air takes to become and remain a top class pro cyclist. I thought the narrator was a little awkward transmitting the story but it didn’t detract from the enjoyment. Little in the book of Dan’s life off the bike but that may have been a definite decision to keep some things private. In saying that there’s plenty of detail on the physical and mental struggles encountered in Dans racing career. The gene pool has n his makeup was undoubtedly a positive to draw on but hours and hours of training and discipline was Dan’s own hard work that took him to the top level. Top stuff

A glimpse of what it takes to be a pro cyclist!

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