Steadfast: My Story

by Lizzie Armitstead

On the eve of the 2016 Olympic Games, the biggest moment of her life, Lizzie Armitstead's career was throw n 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 and backlash threatened to engulf her. Now, for the first time, she tells her story, and reveals how she went from World Champion and darling of Team GB road cycling, to one of the most scrutinised athletes in British sport – how it happened, why it happened and how Lizzie cleared her name and came out fighting. In Steadfast Lizzie Armitstead takes the listener to the heart of the most demanding of endurance sports and the challenges faced by one of its most gifted from sexism and the fight for equality, to doping and 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 and ups and downs of a professional life in cycling – Steadfast is an intense and inspiring story of sporting triumph.

Audio CD

Published April 20, 2017

Reviews

[Mat Greener · Rating 4 out of 5]

An enjoyable read / listen of one of many great British riders this century. She highlights the stark disparity in funding of men's & women's professional sport& she has managed to succeed despite this. Some very early chapters are only for obsessive fans like who were her favourite teachers & best friends in school but virtually memoirs have similar in them.