Bibliograph

Tour de France 100, the definitive history of the world's greatest race, Peter Cossins, Isabel Best, Chris Sidwells & Clare Griffith ; foreword by Bernard Hinault ; preface by Stephen Roche

Type

Label

Tour de France 100, the definitive history of the world's greatest race, Peter Cossins, Isabel Best, Chris Sidwells & Clare Griffith ; foreword by Bernard Hinault ; preface by Stephen Roche

Language

eng

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Tour de France 100

Oclc number

845602819

Responsibility statement

Peter Cossins, Isabel Best, Chris Sidwells & Clare Griffith ; foreword by Bernard Hinault ; preface by Stephen Roche

Sub title

the definitive history of the world's greatest race

Table Of Contents

Le Tour de France : the people's race : foreword / by Bernard Hinault -- Le Tour de France : cycling's biggest race : preface / by Stephen Roche -- 'We run on dynamite' : the men who made the Tour -- The 100 greatest stages. The first years of the Tour, 1903-1914 ; The 'dynamite' years, 1919-1929 ; Pre-WWII, 1930-1939 ; The Louison Bobet, Maître Jacques, and Eddy Merckx years, 1947-1975 ; The Bernard Hinault years : the last champion of the old school, 1965-1988 ; The Miguel Indurain phenomenon, 1989-1995 ; The Lance Armstrong era, 1996-2005 ; The Tour today, 2006-2013 -- The atlas of 100 Tours

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