The EscapeWinner of the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award 2025 A Sunday Times Best Book of 2025 A Guardian Best Sports Book 2025 A unique memoir from British cycling's most fascinating competitor. In the summer of 2020, sportswriter David Walsh invited Pippa York began a series of journeys following the Tour de France. A nostalgic voyage through the world's most competitive bike race for Walsh it was the chance to get to know the Tour's most enigmatic

'The Ugly Duckling'

so you stop using one-off ingredients and kitchen waste is kept to a minimum

A mysterious dark force is at work

finds himself recruited to the cause

it's easy to see that

an impoverished Cornish girl

mathematical conundrums and a murder mystery

two neighbouring farmers

well-known judge

And she doesn't have time on her side

who went to Malaysia like many English but never came back

the two stars hate each other