Epic - Rated 
A great, great read. Cycling fans of today and us thirty somethings who first saw this boy in the mountains wont be able to put this down.
The last line of this book is a classic and sums up the whole read in one sentence. Dont be tempted to look!!!!
Excellent
"Strangely, the cyclists who seem to cope least well when the curtain falls on their careers are the climbers" - Rated 
Richard Moore's superb book, "In Search of Robert Millar", has provided me with the perfect come down after the thrills of this year's Tour de France. Any talk of Bradley Wiggins being the best ever British tour rider is premature: no one can seriously dispute the book's tagline, "Unravelling the mystery surrounding Britain's most successful Tour de France cyclist" -- unless, that is, they want to remove any qualification of Millar's achievements and nominate him simply as Britain's most successful road cyclist.
Millar's palmares includes king of the mountains in the Giro and the Tour, a 4th place finish in the 1984 Tour, and 2nd places in the Vuelta and the Giro, and victory in the Dauphiné Libéré.
The book is no hagiography. Millar is revealed as a complex and contradictory character; a man who defies any attempt to get close to him. He comes across as awkward, shy, and abrasive. Many people fail to get his sense of humour. Moore believes Millar had the ability and drive to win a grand tour but lacked the personality. Winning such a race requires the respect of your team and indeed of the peleton, political skills which Millar lacks; and Moore identifies this weakness as the main cause of the conspiracy which tricked him out of victory in the 1985 Vuelta. Millar eventually seemed happier as a super-domestique, a professional who would work for the team, but who remained capable of stealing stages.
Millar refuses to play the media game. He has often been rude to commentators and journalists. Yet he has also proved himself to be an articulate thinker and writer.
Since retiring from the sport Millar has again taken flight. Where is he now? What is he up to? Few people know. Email is the only way of reaching him, and in the book's epilogue Moore does at last make contact with Millar. He reprints their brief email exchange, ending his book with Millar's own words:
No more questions.
This is a satisfying, thoroughly researched, well written book. Certainly it asks and investigates difficult questions, but the answers aren't always forthcoming. The story continues ...
A Special Book--- A Special man - Rated
Just occasionally you find a book that sucks you in and holds you there and this is such a book. Written with great panache and genuine care it opens the window into the life of a true "Great" of cycling . I have great admiration for Robert Millar and hope many more people read this book and gain some insight into a special talent and someone who did it his way.
Excellent Read - Rated
The author, Richard Moore, explains his first encounter with Robert Millar at lunchtime, Saturday 21 July 1984, aged 11.
I first encountered Robert Millar, a year earlier, aged 14. Its a bit hazy, but it was on World of Sport hosted by Dickie Davis (him of the badger style hair). Millar won his first stage of the Tour de France that day and it was just all so removed from almost anything I'd seen on TV before. It started a cycling bug which I still have today.
For me, Robert Millar subsequently became someone I didn't particularly follow (he was too inconsistent and a bit weird) and I steered clear of this book until I read Richard Moores's book on Chris Hoy, which I found to be superb. So I gave this book a chance..
.. Found it difficult to put down, Richard Moore does a great job of writing a book that somehow fits perfectly with the enigma that I now know is Robert Millar. A book for cyclist and non-cyclist alike, this is a fascinating portrayal of what 'old-school' continental pro cycling was like. A tough world.............
The Enigma - Rated
A brilliant read , about a true legend IMHO. Couldn't put it down. The memories of the 80's and 90's Tour de France coverage on TV just came flooding back.
Cycling is a sport I like , but don't have a passion for - yet this book is one of the best sporting books I have ever read. A note about the author - articulate, succinct and very passionate about what the book was about and why it needed writing - Recommended!
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