{"product_id":"9781877096549-secondhand-russell-mockridge-the-man-in-front","title":"Russell Mockridge: The Man in Front","description":"In September 1958, only minutes into a professional road race, Australia's best cyclist, Russell Mockridge, was dead, his head and body crushed under the wheels of a bus.\n\nThe death of the Olympic Gold medallist and Tour de France competitor was an embarrassment for cycling officials. Mockridge was 30 when he was killed and planning a new assault on European professional racing. On the 50th anniversary of his death Melbourne journalist Martin Curtis revisits the life and death of Russell Mockridge. He finds a literate, urbane, but shy man, an outsider in the rough-and-tumble world of professional cycling. He also investigates passionately held family views that the death was not properly investigated. This is a compelling account of a legendary Australian sportsman and one that will be of real interest to the growing number of cycling enthusiasts as well as a broad general readership.","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49217964966107,"sku":"9781877096549-SECONDHAND","price":12.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/7f25a0c6-dcdb-4d92-8e3a-24251f870eb1.jpg?v=1788435158","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/9781877096549-secondhand-russell-mockridge-the-man-in-front","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}