Tour de France: A Visual History of the World’s Gr

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Tour de France: A Visual History of the World’s Greatest Bicycle Race (updated and rev.)

This book celebrates the 100th birthday in 2003 of

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By James Stuart (au); Greg Lemond (in); Samuel Abt (pf)
Year: 2003
Pages: 158
Binding Paperback
ISBN 811839060

Product Code: 1422390020

Description

This book celebrates the 100th birthday in 2003 of the legendary Tour de France bicycle race -- & the world’s biggest annual sporting event. Arranged chronologically & illus. with hundreds of wonderfully evocative photos dating back to the Tour’s beginning in 1903, this book documents the great victories & the harrowing disasters, the glory & the agony of this amazing competition. From the astounding stories of the cyclists who looped around France on rudimentary two-wheelers to the modern tactics & winning moves employed in recent races, the drama of the Tour comes to life here. Features full race results from 1903 through 2002. Special sections on the evolution of the Tour de France bike & the controversial issue of performance-enhancing drugs.

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