We Rode All Night: The Story of the 1926 Tour de France - Couverture souple

Cartman, Gareth

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1836804318 ISBN 13 : 9781836804314

Editeur : Pitch Publishing Ltd, 2026

Synopsis

We Rode All Night tells the incredible story of the 1926 Tour de France – the longest, toughest Tour ever ridden – through the voices of those who experienced it.

The eagerly awaited sequel to Gareth Cartman's first novel, We Rode All Day, this is a stunning portrait of loss, endurance and the indomitable human spirit.

June 1926: the 20th Tour de France. A brutal 5,745km race from Evian to Paris, a Tour that will test the limits of human endurance:

• Thunder and rain are lashing the Pyrenees and riders – muddied, bloodied and beaten – start to drop out of the race
• Men are found shivering in cabins as night falls, and race organiser Henri Desgrange has to make a call: does he leave them to their fate, turn a blind eye or mount a rescue operation?
• We ride with Lucien Buysse, grieving father and erstwhile domestique, two-time champion Ottavio Bottecchia, Andre Drobecq (the lanterne rouge of the Tour, riding to save his bike shop while his pregnant wife wires him funds to survive), tactician and future national team manager Marcel Bidot and Desgrange himself, losing control over the Tour he created

Pieced together from historical archives, interviews and autobiographies of the riders, this is a story of fathers and daughters, of sacrifice and salvation – of riding through the darkness until you find the light.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Gareth Cartman is a cycling writer and historian. We Rode All Night is his fourth book following We Rode All Day, Walko and Koblet & Kubler. He has also contributed to The Road Book cycling almanac as an essayist. He lives in Maidenhead, where he struggles over the foothills of the Chilterns on a regular basis. You will also find his name on the wall of the Ronde van Vlaanderen Museum, if you look hard enough.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Pitch Publishing Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1836804318
• ISBN 13: 9781836804314
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 256
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