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Paperback. Pub Date:2012-09-13 336 English Harpersport The Golden Girl of British cycling opens up. for the first time. in searingly honest detail about what drives her to compete in a sport she no longer loves. Written with Donald McRae. 2 time winner of the William Hill Award. Between the Lines is THE Olympic autobiography.Victoria Pendleton MBE is not your typical female athlete.Admired as much by the weekly glossies as she is the newspaper back pages. she transcends her sport.In 2005 she became first British female to win Gold at the cycling World Championships in 40 years. She followed it up with gold medals at the Commonwealth Games in 2006 and another World Championship in 2007.Arriving in Beijing for the 2008 Olympic Games. Pendleton was on top of the world. She didnt disappoint.In an enthralling example of track cycling. Pendleton took...