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Le Tour 100: The definitive history of the world's greatest race - Hardcover

Cossins, Peter

 
9781844037421: Le Tour 100: The definitive history of the world's greatest race

Synopsis

Published to mark the 100th anniversary of the world's most prestigious cycle race - the Tour de France - this is the definitive guide.

Published to mark the 100th anniversary of what is widely recognized as the world's most grueling, fiercely contested and famous cycle race, this is a lavish and impressive guide. It contains comprehensive profiles of 100 of the Tour's most famous stages, each featuring unique, detailed computer-generated artworks of the route, along with key facts, figures and information that together produce a multitude of facts and stories. In other words, a complete and expert examination of the race through its most dramatic and striking moments.

The book also presents 300 fascinating photographs that capture historic events, along with a comprehensive directory listing every jersey winner, and a narrative front section that explores the more bizarre stories and myths surrounding the race.

A fitting celebration of a unique sporting event.

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About the Authors

Peter Cossins has been writing about cycling since 1993. A former editor of Procycling, he has also contributed to the Guardian, The Times, the Sunday Telegraph, the Sunday Express and the Sunday Herald. He has worked on every Tour during that time.

Isabel Best is a British writer living in Paris. She writes on French sport, food, culture and fashion and regularly contributes to the Financial Times, Procycling, Elle and the Independent on Sunday.

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