Tour de France: The Complete History of the World's Greatest Cycle Race
Author(s): 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 since 1903 and featuring legends such as Jacques Anquetil, Eddie Merckx and Miguel Indurain as well as British heroes Chris Froome, 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.
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Lovingly examines the evolution of the Tour ... many large color and b/w photos add to the appeal. -- Paula Rohrlick "Kliatt" (05/15/2003)
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.
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); ThZvenet: The Giant Slayer (1974-1977); Hinault, Lemond and Fignon (1978-1990); Indurain Joins the Greats (1991-1996); The Great Doping Scandal (1997-1998); Armstrong: Too Good to be True (1999-2005); New Champions Emerge (2006-2013); Records; Index.
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- : Carlton Books Ltd
- : Carlton Books Ltd
- : 31 March 2014
- : 233mm X 191mm
- : United Kingdom
- : 01 June 2014
- : books
Special Fields
- : 260 photographs
- : 240
- : 796.620944
- : 514
- : Hardback
- : Marguerite Lazell