The Official Tour De France Centennial 1903 2003

Author : Lance Armstrong
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson Limited
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1841882399

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The Official Tour de France Centennial, 1903-2003 by Lance Armstrong Pdf

'The history of the Tour is a huge history, with fantastic, epic stories. I'm just one of the actors on the stage of TDF history. . . looking at the photos and history of the 100 years of the Tour I was able to learn this history'- Lance Armstrong (5-times winner)The Tour de France is the world's largest annual sporting event with worldwide audience figures only exceeded by the Olympics and the Football World Cup. Yet its first edition in 1903 was little more than an outlandish publicity stunt staged by L'Auto newspaper to increase its circulation throughout France. But by the end of the century, no single sporting event could compare for excitement, passion and adventure - not to mention sheer physical difficulty - and few could claim to have had such a fascinating and even turbulent history. Year by year, this book chronicles the first one hundred years of the Tour capturing its true spirit. It draws on an unprecedented wealth of photography and journalism from L'Equipe's archives.

Author : Hugh Dauncey,Geoff Hare
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0714682977

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The Tour de France, 1903-2003 by Hugh Dauncey,Geoff Hare Pdf

This book analyses the Tour de France over its long history both as France's most prestigious and famous sporting event and as a European and, increasingly, a world cycling competition. This study provides interdisciplinary and varied perspectives on the sporting, cultural, social, economic and political significance of the Tour within and outside France, giving a comprehensive and authoritative investigation of up-to-the minute thinking on what the Tour means, now and in the past, to competitors, to France, to the French public, to the cultural history of sport, and the sport of cycling itself.

Author : Bill Mallon,Jeroen Heijmans
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2011-09-09
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780810873698

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Historical Dictionary of Cycling by Bill Mallon,Jeroen Heijmans Pdf

The Historical Dictionary of Cycling takes a closer look at the sport, as well as discussing the use of bicycles as a means of fitness, touring, and commuting. This is done through a chronology, an introductory essay, appendixes, photos, a bibliography, and over 500 cross-referenced dictionary entries on cycling's two main disciplines—road and track—as well as brief overviews of the other forms of cycling. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about cycling.

Author : Bill McGann,Carol McGann
Publisher : Dog Ear Publishing
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2006-07
Category : Bicycle racing
ISBN : 9781598581805

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The Story of the Tour De France by Bill McGann,Carol McGann Pdf

Author : Matt Seaton
Publisher : Guardian Books
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2012-06-05
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780852653708

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Two Wheels by Matt Seaton Pdf

Cycling is going through a revolution. Over half a million of us take to our bicycles every day and, as a result, the public image of cycling has been transformed. No longer the preserve of the marginal and eccentric few, it's now considered cool to travel on two wheels. Guardian journalist Matt Seaton is one of cycling's greatest advocates. An out-and-out bike nut, he rides to work during the week, races at the weekend and has even been known to attend transport policy conferences in between. In this collection, Seaton not only explores a nation's rediscovered love of cycling, he also investigates the issues that affect all cyclists, from potholes and town planning to cycling etiquette and aesthetics. Whether you're a commuter or a competitive racer, a recreational rider or a cycle tourist, this book will prove irresistible - and enlightening - reading.

Author : Giles Belbin
Publisher : Aurum
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2017-03-02
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781781316870

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A Ride Through the Greatest Cycling Stories by Giles Belbin Pdf

Cycling's vast history is a fascinating mix of gripping sporting moments, inspired pursuits, and a whole host of heroes, hellions, and legend-makers. A Ride Through the Greatest Cycling Stories brings together the most important, memorable, and intriguing moments of cycling's illustrious past. From the death of the great Fausto Coppi through to the dominance of Sir Bradley Wiggins and the intrepid pursuits of iconic cyclists on the peaks of the Tour de France, cycling historian Giles Belbin brings together the most important, memorable, and intriguing moments of the sport’s illustrious past. With striking illustrations throughout, each inspired by the stories told, this is a sporting treasure trove of human virtue, vice and cycling trivia.

Author : Tim Harris
Publisher : Random House
Page : 955 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2009-06-30
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781409078104

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Sport by Tim Harris Pdf

Sport: Almost Everything You Ever Wanted to Know tells the history of sport. All sport. Ever. From ancient times to the 21st century. In eight themed parts, Tim Harris describes the triumphs and breakthroughs - as well as the cheating and skulduggery - that have created the modern world of sport. Dip into it, or read it cover to cover - there's a 'Oh - now I get it' moment on every page. Sport: it's unique, funny, amazingly comprehensive and packed with extraordinary anecdotes to turn any reader into a sporting expert.

Author : Matt Rendell
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2012-11-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781780225449

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The Death of Marco Pantani by Matt Rendell Pdf

The intimate biography of the charismatic Tour de France winner Marco Pantani, now updated to include the 2014 and 2015 investigation into Pantani's death. National Sporting Club Book of the Year Shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award 'An exhaustively detailed and beautiful book . . . a fitting, ambivalent tribute - to the man, and to the dark heart of the sport he loved' Independent On Valentine's day 2004, Marco Pantani was found dead in a cheap hotel. It defied belief: Pantani, having won the rare double of the Giro d'Italia and the Tour de France in 1998, was regarded as the only cyclist capable of challenging Lance Armstrong's dominance. Only later did it emerge that Pantani had been addicted to cocaine since 1999. Drawing on his personal encounters with Pantani, as well as exclusive access to his psychoanalysts, and interviews with his family and friends, Matt Rendell has produced the definitive account of an iconic sporting figure.

Author : Mary Beth Allen
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2005-03-30
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780313068577

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Sports, Exercise, and Fitness by Mary Beth Allen Pdf

For reference librarians and researchers seeking information on sports and fitness, this guide is an important first stop. For collection development specialists, it is an invaluable selection guide. Allen describes and evaluates over 1,000 information sources on the complete spectrum of sports: from basketball, football, and hockey to figure skating, table tennis, and weight training. Focusing on English-language works published between 1990 and the present, the guide thoroughly covers traditional reference sources, such as encyclopedias and bibliographies, along with instructional sources in print formats, online databases, and Web sites. To enable users in search of information on specific sports or fitness activities, chapters are organized thematically, according to broad- type aquatic sports, nautical sports, precision and accuracy, racket sports, ice and snow sports, ball sports, cycling, and so on, with subcategories for such individual sports as soccer, golf, and yoga. Within these categories, works are further organized by type: reference, instructional, and Web sites.

Author : Matt Rendell
Publisher : Quercus Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Bicycle racing
ISBN : 1847243827

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Blazing Saddles by Matt Rendell Pdf

Few sporting contests have roused such blind passions and filthy suspicions as the Tour de France. From Lance Armstrong's incredible comeback from cancer, to Tom Simpson's death on the slopes of Mont Ventoux, the Tour has been the stage for some of sport's most monumental triumphs and the scene of some of its darkest hours. Since Maurice Garin's inaugural victory in 1903, hundreds of thousands of kilometres have been covered in pursuit of the yellow jersey - cycling's holy grail - and few have been without incident or drama. Blazing Saddles is a no-holds-barred look at the wheeling and dealing, the rivalries and controversies that have given the century-old race its unique colour. Matt Rendell's vivid and entertaining narrative chronologically combines the Tour's golden legends with tales from its dark side, capturing the capture the indomitable, inimitable spirit of the world's greatest race.

Author : Matt Rendell
Publisher : Phoenix Press (CA)
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2005-05-05
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0753818744

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A Significant Other by Matt Rendell Pdf

Provides an insider's view of the 2003 Tour de France and of Lance Armstrong's fifth win at the celebrated race, from the perspective of Armstrong's right-hand rider, Colombian Victor Hugo Peña, who served as Armstrong's domestique, a rider who assists another by riding in from of the team leader to create an aerodynamic wind tunnel.

Author : Bob Roll,Dan Koeppel
Publisher : Workman Publishing
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 076113798X

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Tour de France Companion 2005 by Bob Roll,Dan Koeppel Pdf

An in-depth guide to the Tour de France includes information on all aspects of the cycling race, from the strategy and history to the code of behavior, and includes a color insert celebrating Lance Armstrong's six historic victories.

Author : Geoffrey Wheatcroft
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 556 pages
File Size : 47,7 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 : Tim Harris
Publisher : Random House
Page : 881 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2009-11-10
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781409086918

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Players by Tim Harris Pdf

It may be natural to play games, but the sports we love aren't natural at all. Each and every one of them has been invented, tweaked, pushed and pulled to come up with better rules, cleverer tactics and more effective techniques. There are no prizes for guessing who invented the Cruyff Turn or the Fosbury Flop - but who invented the header or the sliding tackle? The dive pass or the scrum? The lob or the smash? The sand wedge or the tee? The googly or the flipper? This book introduces 250 men, women and animals, each of whom has transformed at least one major sport. Famous or infamous, remembered or forgotten, god-like or god-awful, the game was never the same after them. In making his selection, Tim Harris, author of Sport, has drawn on years of passion, argument and research to produce a list that is at once personal and authoritative, provocative and challenging: the rogues, rulers and revolutionaries who shaped the games we play today.

Author : Christopher S. Thompson
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 47,9 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.