Rough Ride is a William Hill Sports Book of the Year, written by Irish journalist Paul Kimmage in 1990.

Rough Ride
AuthorPaul Kimmage
LanguageEnglish
SubjectCycling
GenreAutobiography
PublisherYellow Jersey Press
Publication date
1998
Pages312
ISBN978-0-224-08017-0 (Paperback)

It is an autobiography that charts the author's upbringing in Dublin and his obsession with road cycling, which started with his father being a top-level Irish amateur.[1] Paul Kimmage was Irish junior champion before riding for an amateur squad in Paris and becoming a professional with a French team, RMO, in 1986. He rode the Tour de France in 1986, 1987, and 1989.[2] His book tells of his disappointing experiences as a professional and he claims widespread use of performance-enhancing drugs. His claims led to ostracism by his peers.[3]

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  1. ^ "Paul Kimmage pays tribute to his late father Christy: He was tough, driven, hard and merciless". The Irish Independent. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Paul Kimmage - CyclingRanking.com". CyclingRanking.com. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  3. ^ January 2012, Cycling News 29 (29 January 2012). "McQuaid and Verbruggen seek damages from Kimmage". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 10 July 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)