"Is Winning Everything?"

Is Winning Everything? is a personal reflection on the exceptional career of legendary South African cyclist, Malcolm Lange. The 200-page full-colour book contains over 180 photographs, most of which are previously unpublished. Lange won a total of 409 major races in a career that spanned two decades, making him one of the most successful South African sportsmen ever and certainly one of the most prolific cycle race winners anywhere in the world.

Written in the first person with the assistance of premier cycling journalist, Sean Badenhorst, Is Winning Everything? takes the reader through Lange’s career with in depth descriptions of his early influences, his ability to win, his controversial omission from the 1996 Olympic Games team, his decision to refuse to race with the use of performance enhancing drugs and his recent retirement to run his own successful professional bike racing teams.

Throughout the book Lange offers advice on the concept of winning the way he sees it and has invited a variety of successful South Africans to give their views on winning in the book too, including some of the country’s leading businessmen with whom Lange has made acquaintance through his beloved sport of cycling. Is Winning Everything? is a question that’s answered in the book, but it’s not a straight-forward ‘yes’ or ‘no’ because cycling by nature is a sport of immense depth and complexity. Celebrated international cycling commentator, Phil Liggett has written the foreword of a book that’s easy to navigate, visually impactful and which offers insight into the life both on and off  the bike of one of South Africa’s most successful achievers.

Full title:            IS WINNING EVERYTHING? Success as defined by cycling legend Malcolm Lange
Authors:            Sean Badenhorst and Malcolm Lange
Publisher:          Fresh Media Solutions
Price:                R265 (R10 from each book sale goes to South African Institute for Drug-free Sport)
Available from:   Cycle Lab stores nationwide and online at www.teambonitas.co.za