Tour de FranceThe History, The Legend, The Riders by Graeme Fife

Tour de FranceThe History, The Legend, The Riders by Graeme Fife

In this updated edition of the highly acclaimed "Tour de France", Graeme Fife sets the 2011 race in the context of the event's remarkable history, stretching back to July 1903. Combining meticulous research with a pacy narrative style, he penetrates the mystique of the race and paints a colourful picture of the men whose exploits have given the Tour an enduring universal appeal. With tales of great solo rides, amazing fortitude, terrible misfortune and triumph, "Tour de France" is the definitive account of this extraordinary competition. Named one of the top-five sports books of the year by both "The Independent" and "The Times", it is the essential guide to the Tour.

"This is a beast of a book which teems with energy" The Herald "Fife.. has an infectious enthusiasm for the Tour and it shows in every sentence. This is a difficult book to put down" Cycle Sport "A complex picture of what one of the world's great sporting events feels like from the inside" The Independent "Fife has a keen eye for detail" Sunday Times

Graeme Fife is a full-time writer who has worked much in radio and written a number of books, including Inside the Peloton and The Beautiful Machine. A keen cyclist, he has ridden all the celebrated cols of Tour legend.

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ISBN 13	9781845967628
ISBN 10	1845967623
Title	Tour de FranceThe History, The Legend, The Riders
Author	Graeme Fife
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Transworld Publishers Ltd
Year published	2011-09-15
Number of pages	512
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