Marlon Moncrieffe
Desire Discrimination Determination – Black Champions in Cycling
An interesting read about black cyclists with the title really saying the angle looked at. The stories are interesting from a cycling perspective but depressing due to the discrimination that black cyclists have to endure. Maybe things are slowly improving as a black Eritrean won the green jersey at this year's le Tour. Biniam Girmay also won three sprint stages. However, he is the exception at the moment at world tour level. The book was published in 2021 so I do wonder how much has changed in 3 years. To make it in cycling you need to be determined and the determination of those in this book seems to be above and beyond that for most who enter the sport due to the barriers in their way despite which many reach the top of their game but are often overlooked for the professional and country teams. Obviously hope that this improves for the sake of the sport, for those who want to compete and for us spectators who want to see the very best challenge for the top accolades. But most of all to allow anyone reach their potential without being stopped by bigoted behaviour.
