Boy Racer

Mark Cavendish knows all about the exhilaration, speed and pure mayhem of the Tour de France. Written off as 'fat' and 'useless' in his youth, now aged 23 Cavendish has seemingly come from nowhere to become cycling's brightest star. His extraordinary, quadruple stage-win at last year's Tour proved him to be Britain's best ever cyclist. Some have called him cocky, but to anyone who doesn't like his style, Mark will simply shrug his shoulders and reply, 'I know I'm good. There's no point lying about it.' Peers say that they have never seen anyone with Cavendish's hunger for success and while this fearlessness - both in the saddle and on the record - has at times led to controversy, it has also earned him the respect of ever more fans. Boy Racer unveils the exotic, contradictory, hysterical and brutal world of professional cycling from the compellingly candid viewpoint of its new superstar.