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Tour de France: The Complete Illustrated History Marguerite Lazell

Tour de France: The Complete Illustrated History By Marguerite Lazell

Tour de France: The Complete Illustrated History by Marguerite Lazell


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Tour de France: The Complete History of the World's Greatest Cycle Race plots the evolution of this great event, covering every Tour up to the milestone 100th running of the race in 2013.

Tour de France: The Complete Illustrated History Summary

Tour de France: The Complete Illustrated History by Marguerite Lazell

Tour de France: The Complete History of the World's Greatest Cycle Race plots the evolution of this great event, covering every Tour up to the milestone 100th running of the race in 2013. It features legends such as Jacques Anquetil, Eddie Merckx, Miguel Indurain, seven-time winner Lance Armstrong and the new generation of riders such as Alberto Contador and British heroes Bradley Wiggins and Mark Cavendish. Covering every aspect of the Tour from its beginnings and early heroes to its incredible feats of endurance and fierce rivalries, this is the complete history of one of the world's greatest sporting events.

About Marguerite Lazell

Marguerite Lazell has covered five Tours de France and the Olympic Games in Sydney and Athens as a journalist, along with numerous World Championships and World Cup events. A keen club cyclist, she has competed up to national level in both cycling and duathlon. She lives in West Sussex.

Table of Contents

How the Tour Began (1903-1914); The Years of Living Dangerously (1919-1939); When the Italians Ruled the Tour (1947-1952); The Making of a New French Hero (1953-1956); Anquetil: Master of the Peloton (1957-1960); Merckx: The Belgian Cannibal (1969-1974); Thevenet: The Giant Slayer (1974-1977); Hinault, Lemond and Fignon (1978-1990); Indurain Joins the Greats (1991-1996); The Great Doping Scandal (1997-1998); Armstrong: The Record Breaker (1999-2005); New Champions Emerge (2006-2012); Records; Index.

Additional information

GOR006469912
9781780972909
1780972903
Tour de France: The Complete Illustrated History by Marguerite Lazell
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Welbeck Publishing Group
20130411
232
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