The Complete Book Of The Tour De France 2015 Edition

Author : Feargal McKay
Publisher : Aurum Press Limited
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2015-04-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1781314349

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The Complete Book of the Tour de France 2015 edition by Feargal McKay Pdf

The Tour de France is the gretest public sporting spectacle on earth. For 101 editions - every year since 1903, except during the Great Wars - competitors have battled over thousands of miles of French countryside in pursuit of the coveted yellow jersey. The Complete Book of the Tour de France 2015 edition brings together every statistical record, every key moment, every stage and edition winner, every jersey ever won. This encyclopeadic companion provides a complete record since the founding race, and with it everything that anyone could ever need to know about the Tour de France. But this is much more than a dry compendium of names and numbers. It also contains a summary account of each edition of the Tour de France enriched with an extraordinary wealth of Tour de France lore and anecdote, bringing back to life the stories of riders whose names have not been uttered for over a century. This is the essential companion to the greatest cycling race on earth, and reading it you might feel that you had taken part in the race yourself.

Author : Christopher S. Thompson
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2006-07-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520247604

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The Tour de France by Christopher S. Thompson Pdf

A close-up history of the world's most famous bicycle race traces the evolution of the Tour de France from its inception in 1903 to the present day, bringing together the observations of tour organizers, racers, politicians, fans, and others to describe the event and its popularity, as well as current issues surrounding claims of doping by seven-time champion Lance Armstrong.

Author : Graeme Fife
Publisher : Random House
Page : 586 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2011-09-15
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781780572086

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Tour de France by Graeme Fife Pdf

In this updated edition of the highly acclaimed Tour de France, Graeme Fife sets the 2015 race in the context of the event's remarkable history, which stretches back to July 1903. Named one of the top 5 sports books of the year by both the Times and the Independent, this meticulously researched guide has a pacy narrative which paints an irresistible portrait of this extraordinary competition and a colourful picture of the men who have given the Tour its enduring universal appeal. Tour de France : The History, The Legend, The Riders is laced with tales of great solo performances, amazing fortitude, terrible misfortune and magnificent triumphs, and will include the stories behind the headlines of the 2015 race.

Author : Geoffrey Wheatcroft
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 556 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2013-06-20
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781471128950

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Le Tour: A History of the Tour de France by Geoffrey Wheatcroft Pdf

Geoffrey Wheatcroft's hugely entertaining and well researched history of the Tour de France is already established as the definitive account of cycling's greatest event. Since the book was last published in 2007, much has changed. Bradley Wiggins' historic victory in 2012 - the first Briton ever to secure the yellow jersey - brought him a knighthood and garnered more interest in the race than ever before. Yet the months after were dominated by an even bigger story, as Tour legend and seven-time winner Lance Armstrong was stripped of his titles and confessed on Oprah to doping in each of his victories. Suddenly, everything that we thought we knew had happened was no longer true. In this new and comprehensively revised edition of the book, Wheatcroft not only brings his story of the Tour fully up to date to mark the race's 100th running in 2013, he also reflects on the changes brought about by the scandals that have rocked the sport to its core. Yet for all the controversies of modern times, he vividly captures the essential glory and romance of the heroes who battle to conquer one of sport's greatest challenges.

Author : Peter Cossins
Publisher : Random House
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2017-06-08
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781473546790

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Butcher, Blacksmith, Acrobat, Sweep by Peter Cossins Pdf

From the winner of the Telegraph Sports Book Awards Cycling Book of the Year 2018 The first Tour de France in 1903 was a colourful affair full of adventure, mishaps and audacious attempts at cheating. Its riders included characters like Maurice Garin, an Italian-born Frenchman, said to have been swapped for a round of cheese by his parents in order to smuggle him into France to clean chimneys as a teenager, Hippolyte Aucouturier with his trademark handlebar moustache, and amateurs like Jean Dargassies, a blacksmith who had never raced before. Would this ramshackle pack of cyclists draw crowds to throng France's rutted roads and cheer the first Tour heroes? Surprisingly it did, and, all thanks to a marketing ruse dreamed up to revive struggling newspaper L'Auto, cycling would never be the same again. Peter Cossins takes us through the inaugural Tour de France, painting a nuanced portrait of France in the early 1900s, to see where the greatest sporting event of all began.

Author : Richard Moore
Publisher : VeloPress
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Tour de France (Bicycle race)
ISBN : 193771506X

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Tour de France 100 by Richard Moore Pdf

Presents a pictoral history of the Tour de France, highlighting the athletes, memorable races, and the scandals.

Author : Eric Reed
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2015-01-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9780226206530

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Selling the Yellow Jersey by Eric Reed Pdf

Eric Reed examines the Tour de France's development as well as the event's global athletic, cultural, and commercial influences. He explores the behind-the-scenes growth of the Tour, while simultaneously chronicling France's role as a dynamic force in the global arena.

Author : Tim Moore
Publisher : Random House
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2011-01-18
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781446414972

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French Revolutions by Tim Moore Pdf

Self-confessed loafer Time Moore, seduced by the speed and glamour of the biggest annual sporting even in the world, sets out to cycle the course of the Tour de France. All 3,630km of it. Racing old men on butchers' bikes and chased by cows, Moore soon resorts to standard race tactics - cheating and drugs - in a hilarious and moving tale of true adventure.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1910196126

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Le Tour de France by Anonim Pdf

Author : Andy McGrath,Luke Edwardes-Evans,Serge Laget
Publisher : Welbeck
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2021-10-19
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781802791525

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The Official History of The Tour De France by Andy McGrath,Luke Edwardes-Evans,Serge Laget Pdf

The Official History of the Tour de France is a celebration of one of the greatest annual sporting events, and the premier competition in world cycling. Through more than 300 photographs, rarely-seen documents and items of memorabilia, this book covers more than a century of fascinating stories on the Tour and its iconic yellow jersey. This revised and updated edition includes an authoritative narrative account of each major era, up to and including the thrilling 2020 Tour - a dramatic contest completed against all the odds - and a preview of the 2021 event. There are features on superstar cyclists and memorable moments from each period of the event's rich history, and a foreword from legendary Tour de France champion Stephen Roche, all of which combines to form the definitive illustrated book on the Tour.

Author : Max Leonard
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2015-06-15
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781605987873

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Lanterne Rouge by Max Leonard Pdf

Froome, Wiggins, Mercks—we know the winners of the Tour de France, but Lanterne Rouge tells the forgotten, often inspirational and occasionally absurd stories of the last-placed rider. We learn of stage winners and former yellow jerseys who tasted life at the other end of the bunch; the breakaway leader who stopped for a bottle of wine and then took a wrong turn; the doper whose drug cocktail accidentally slowed him down and the rider who was recognized as the most combative despite finishing at the back. Max Leonard flips the Tour de France on its head and examines what these stories tell us about ourselves, the 99% who don't win the trophy, and forces us to re-examine the meaning of success, failure and the very nature of sport.

Author : Graeme Fife
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2015-09-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1910948020

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Tour de France by Graeme Fife Pdf

In this updated edition of the highly acclaimed Tour de France, Graeme Fife sets the 2015 race in the context of the event's remarkable history, which stretches back to July 1903. Named one of the top 5 sports books of the year by both the Times and the Independent, this meticulously researched guide has a pacy narrative which paints an irresistible portrait of this extraordinary competition and a colourful picture of the men who have given the Tour its enduring universal appeal. Tour de France : The History, The Legend, The Riders is laced with tales of great solo performances, amazing fortitude, terrible misfortune and magnificent triumphs, and will include the stories behind the headlines of the 2015 race.

Author : Ellis Bacon
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2014-05-22
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780007585427

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Mapping Le Tour: The unofficial history of all 100 Tour de France races by Ellis Bacon Pdf

Recommended for viewing on colour device. Mapping Le Tour charts the course of every race route in cycling’s most prestigious event, including a special section on the 2014 Tour de France.

Author : Christopher S. Thompson
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2008-03-08
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0520934865

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Tour de France by Christopher S. Thompson Pdf

In this highly original history of the world's most famous bicycle race, Christopher S. Thompson, mining previously neglected sources and writing with infectious enthusiasm for his subject, tells the compelling story of the Tour de France from its creation in 1903 to the present. Weaving the words of racers, politicians, Tour organizers, and a host of other commentators together with a wide-ranging analysis of the culture surrounding the event including posters, songs, novels, films, and media coverage Thompson links the history of the Tour to key moments and themes in French history. Examining the enduring popularity of Tour racers, Thompson explores how their public images have changed over the past century. A new preface explores the long-standing problem of doping in light of recent scandals.

Author : Dave Shields
Publisher : DaveShields.com
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0974849200

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The Race by Dave Shields Pdf

The rocky of cycling! In this stunning novel the Tour de France serves as the perfect backdrop for a celebration of what is truly great about being human. The triumph leaves readers breathless.