{"product_id":"riding-through-the-storm-geoff-thomas-9781841885476","title":"Riding Through the Storm: My Fight Back to Fitness on the Tour de France","description":"\u003cp\u003eGeoff Thomas's heroic battle to overcome leukaemia, and then take on the toughest sporting challenge: to ride the Tour de France\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A wonderfully compelling read' INDEPENDENT\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'RIDING THROUGH THE STORM details movingly and eloquently how Thomas fought cancer and then took on the Tour de France to prove how alive he was ... All human life graces Thomas' outstanding book' DAILY TELEGRAPH\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Geoff Thomas struggled to play a friendly game of tennis while on holiday in Mallorca in May 2003, he thought little of it. Recently retired as a footballer, he believed it was a sign of ageing and perhaps a pulled muscle. But when the pain wouldn't go away, his wife Julie persuaded him to go to a doctor. He was diagnosed as having leukaemia. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRIDING THROUGH THE STORM focuses on his journey round the Tour de France in the summer of 2005, riding the 2,240-mile course in the 21 days it takes Lance Armstrong and all the top cyclists, despite never having cycled much before. Despite the odds against him achieving it, he rode the course and raised nearly  200,000 for charity. As he rides, he looks back on his successful career as a footballer, and the bone-marrow transplant that saved his life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is a powerful, moving and inspirational story of extraordinary achievement.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Geoff Thomas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1841885479\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781841885476\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Seven Dials\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/24\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Geoff Thomas","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48445790716159,"sku":"9781841885476","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7c57e501-56ce-4f50-8586-f39b2021acaf.jpg?v=1777220668","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/riding-through-the-storm-geoff-thomas-9781841885476","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}