On the eve of the 2016 Olympic Games, the biggest moment of her life, Lizzie Armitstead`s career was thrown into turmoil. After being cleared to ride the Games at the final hour following a successful court appeal to overturn an alleged missed drugs test, the ensuing leak & backlash threatened to engulf her. Now, for the first time, she tells her story, & reveals how she went from World Champion & darling of Team GB road cycling, to one of the most scrutinised athletes in British sport
- how it happened, why it happened, & how Lizzie cleared her name & came out fighting. In Steadfast Lizzie Armitstead takes the reader to the heart of the most demanding of endurance sports & the challenges faced by one of its most gifted competitors: from sexism & the fight for equality, to doping & the incredible sacrifices required to self-coach herself to world titles. From the rolling hills of Yorkshire through to the treacherous climbs of the Vista Circuit in Rio de Janeiro
- through setbacks, life lessons & ups & downs of a professional life in cycling
- Steadfast is an intense & inspiring story of sporting triumph.