John Deering

”Jos kilpailun startissa on mukana sata ajajaa, kilpailun jälkeen on kerrottavana sata tarinaa. Tarinani kertoo UCI:n sateenkaaripaidan pitämisestä kolme vuotta putkeen. Sellaisen tarinan voit kuulla vain minulta.” Peter Sagan teki vuosien 2015-2017 aikana mahdottomalta näyttäneen suorituksen: Hän voitti Kansainvälisen pyöräilyliiton maailmanmestaruuden kolme kertaa peräkkäin ja takasi itselleen paikan historian kirjoissa yhtenä kaikkien aikojen loistavimpana pyöräilijänä. Hän on myös voittanut Tour de Francen vihreän paidan kuudesti ja yli sata ammattilaiskilpailua, muun muassa Paris-Roubaix'n vuonna 2018. Hänet nimettiin vuoden 2016 pyöräilijäksi, ja hän voitti Velo d'Orin samana vuonna. Hän ajaa saksalaistalli BORA - Hansgrohessa. Mutta Peter ei ainoastaan voita. Hän viihdyttää. Jokainen satulassa vietetty hetki antaa hänelle mahdollisuuden ilmentää persoonallisuuttaan Mont Ventoux'n rinteiden ilman käsiä keulimisesta lehdis tötilaisuuksien äänekkäitä vaatimuksia esittävien lehtimiesten kiusaamiseen. Peter huokuu intohimoa lajiaan kohtaan ja herttaista halua tuoda hymy faniensa kasvoille. Mikä motivoi tätä Tourminatoriksi kutsuttua miestä? Mikä on hänen lähestymistapansa loppukiriin? Miten hän suhtautuu pääjoukon muihin ajajiin? Horjumattomalla rehellisyydellä ja luontaisella huumorilla. Saganin omaelämäkerta esittelee miehen, joka on tuonut valon ammattilaispyöräilyyn.

No bicycle repair was ever made easier by turning your bike upside down. White shorts are for other people. A helmet perched on the back of your head is perfect if you ride your bike backwards - These and a host of other handy pointers jostle for attention within this A - Z guide to being a cyclist. It's an essential manual and source of wisdom for those who would be kings of the road. Many pitfalls await the unwary middle-aged-man-in-Lycra, but fear not, for the Guide is here to steer you through choppy waters. No more passing out halfway up a hill. No more ridicule in the work place. No more hurty knee. And no more sock crimes. Pearls of wisdom are scattered throughout this book like rose petals before a princess on her wedding day. For instance, who could deny that life is too short to drink bad coffee? That a noisy bike is marginally more annoying than a whiney toddler? Or that style should ever be sacrificed for speed? Written by experts who know everything there is to know about cycling, yet never forget that there is nothing funnier than a rabbit playing a trumpet, How to be a Cyclist is mandatory reading for all bike riders.

The criminal justice system has been in a state of flux in recent decades, accompanied by growing levels of insecurity and intolerance of crime and offenders among the general population. Along with government policy and practice, these developments are seen as contributing to an increasingly punitive system that imprisons more than ever before and seeks to punish and manage offenders in the community, rather than to attempt their rehabilitation. For these reasons, along with a loss of faith in rehabilitation, the probation service is now described by many as having become a law enforcement agency, charged by government with the assessment and management of risk, the protection of the public and the management and punishment of offenders, rather than their transformation into pro-social citizens. This book explores the extent to which practitioners within the National Probation Service for England and Wales and the National Offender Management Service ascribe to the values, attitudes and beliefs associated with these macro and mezzo level changes and how much their practice has changed accordingly. By viewing examples of 'real' practice through the lens of the modernisation of public services, managerialism and theories of organisation change, the book considers how 'real' practice is likely to emerge as something unpredictable and perhaps different from the intentions of both government/management and practitioners.

Over the past 20 years, there have been many changes to probation governance in England and Wales aimed at controlling it from central government. However, the changes introduced under the Transforming Rehabilitation (TR) agenda, introduced in 2013, are unprecedented: the service has been divided and part-privatised and no longer exists as a unified public body. This topical book looks at the attitudes of probation practitioners and managers to the philosophy, values, and practicalities of TR. Based on a unique online survey of over 1300 respondents which found that they were unequivocally opposed to its broad aims and objectives, it provides unique insights into the values, attitudes and beliefs of probation staff and their delivery of services. Including broader discussion of the privatisation/marketisation debate, the context of privatisation of criminal justice services and questions of legitimacy and governance, this is essential reading for everyone interested in the future of the service.

The criminal justice system has been in a state of flux in recent decades, accompanied by growing levels of insecurity and intolerance of crime and offenders among the general population. Along with government policy and practice, these developments are seen as contributing to an increasingly punitive system that imprisons more than ever before and seeks to punish and manage offenders in the community, rather than to attempt their rehabilitation. For these reasons, along with a loss of faith in rehabilitation, the probation service is now described by many as having become a law enforcement agency, charged by government with the assessment and management of risk, the protection of the public and the management and punishment of offenders, rather than their transformation into pro-social citizens. This book explores the extent to which practitioners within the National Probation Service for England and Wales and the National Offender Management Service ascribe to the values, attitudes and beliefs associated with these macro and mezzo level changes and how much their practice has changed accordingly. By viewing examples of 'real' practice through the lens of the modernisation of public services, managerialism and theories of organisation change, the book considers how 'real' practice is likely to emerge as something unpredictable and perhaps different from the intentions of both government/management and practitioners.