Masters of the Pave - Softcover

SERGENT, Pascal

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9074128777 ISBN 13: 9789074128773

Publisher: Editions de Eecloonaar, 2002

Synopsis

Best Cycling Books Masters of the Pavé: A History of Strongmen Written by Pascal Sergent,Translated by William L. Westbrook,Softcover Paris-Roubaix, a History of Strongmen...The "Queen of the Classics" is indisputably a history of strongmen. To begin with, it is the history of two men, the creators of the race, Theo Vienne and Maurice Perez, and the history of their ambition, their know-how, their perceptiveness, and their visionary spirit. Over the course of several months in the springtime of 1896, they invented a competition originally intended as preparation for Bordeaux-Paris. However, their race rapidly came into its own, liberating itself from this subservient role.This work is about the history of the other men, some 67 champions whose names today are permanently inscribed in the chronicle of this classic. The objective of this book is not to retrace the many eventful moments of a race already recounted elsewhere, but rather to follow down the paths of fate of those who have conquered the cobbles and in so doing, become Masters of the Pavé.Among those is a certain Roger De Vlaeminck, an amazing Flandrian on the cobblestones who flew over them as if he knew where each was individually laid. "Mr. Paris-Roubaix" accepted an invitation to write the preface of this work. This history is also his, a true History of Strongmen.Pascal Sergent, a specialist in the history of cycling, is the author of approximately a dozen works on this theme. His last book, "Charles Crupelandt, Champion in the Mist," was awarded the French book prize, the Prix Louis-Nucera.

About this edition

• Publisher: Editions de Eecloonaar
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 9074128777
• ISBN 13: 9789074128773
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 159