Tour de France: The History, The Legend, The Riders - Couverture souple

Fife, Graeme

 
9781845963224: Tour de France: The History, The Legend, The Riders

Synopsis

One of sport's toughest ordeals, the three-week Tour de France sees riders pitted against all kinds of terrain and weather in unrelenting competition with their rivals. In this updated edition, Fife sets the 2008 race in the context of the event’s remarkable history, which began in July 1903. Combining meticulous research with a fast-paced narrative style, Fife penetrates the mystique of the race and paints a colorful picture of the men whose exploits have given the Tour an enduring, universal appeal.

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À propos de l?auteur

Graeme Fife is a full-time writer who has worked much in radio and written a number of books, including Inside the Peloton and The Beautiful Machine. A keen cyclist, he has ridden all the celebrated cols of Tour legend.

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