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 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 reader to the heart of the most demanding of endurance sports and the challenges faced by one of its most gifted competitors: 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. Lizzie Armitstead (Author)
Lizzie Armitstead is World, Commonwealth and National racing champion, and Olympic silver medalist.
The intense, captivating and utterly exhilarating autobiography from Britain's most inspiring sportswoman Co-wirtten with experienced writer and highly respected author William Fotheringham, co-writer of Bradley Wiggins' bestseller My Time An Olympic silver medallist at the London Olympics in 2012, Lizzie also competed at the Rio Olympics in August 2016. Lizzie has over 118k followers on Twitter and 54k followers on Instagram With raw candor, Lizzie reflects on a unique career in cycling and talks openly about the issues facing female participation at the top of the sport
