The Yellow Jersey Companion To The Tour De France
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The Yellow Jersey Companion To The Tour De France
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Author : Les Woodland
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2007
The Yellow Jersey Companion To The Tour De France written by Les Woodland and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Cyclists categories.
The Yellow Jersey Companion to the Tour de France might just tell you everything you've ever wanted to know about the world's greatest sporting event. We won't just give you the name of every stage winner; every mountain and the first to top them; the age of each overall winner; a complete list of all the stage finishes since the race began - we'll tell you all the unknown stories too. We'll tell you about the rider forced to crawl along the finish line in search of his glass eye; the exhausted man who hitched a ride on the back of a donkey; the Tour star denied his yellow jersey hours after he'd won it, and the journeyman competitor who never got to wear his because someone drove away with it. On our alphabetical ride through the Tour's one-hundred-year history we'll share with you the inside stories of the great stars - Jacques Anquetil, Fausto Coppi, Bernard Hinault, Miguel Indurain, Eddy Merckx, Greg LeMond, and Lance Armstrong to name a few; we'll outline the arcane and so often cruel rules that have helped make this race into the sporting world's most gruelling spectacle and we'll even reveal the answer to a question that has troubled many Tour junkies over the years - who really was the first maillot jaune. A work of unparalleled reference and a joy to read, The Yellow Jersey Companion to the Tour de France is a literary gift from cycling heaven.
The Complete Book Of The Tour De France 2015 Edition
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Author : Feargal McKay
language : en
Publisher: Aurum Press Limited
Release Date : 2015-04-01
The Complete Book Of The Tour De France 2015 Edition written by Feargal McKay and has been published by Aurum Press Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-04-01 with Sports & Recreation categories.
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.
Yellow Jersey Companion To The Tour De France 2003 Double
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Author : Les Woodland
language : en
Publisher: Yellow Jersey
Release Date : 2003-06-01
Yellow Jersey Companion To The Tour De France 2003 Double written by Les Woodland and has been published by Yellow Jersey this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-06-01 with categories.
Tour De France Companion 2005
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Author : Bob Roll
language : en
Publisher: Workman Publishing
Release Date : 2005
Tour De France Companion 2005 written by Bob Roll and has been published by Workman Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Sports & Recreation categories.
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.
Selling The Yellow Jersey
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Author : Eric Reed
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2015-01-07
Selling The Yellow Jersey written by Eric Reed and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-01-07 with Sports & Recreation categories.
Yellow Livestrong wristbands were taken off across America in early 2013 when Lance Armstrong confessed to Oprah Winfrey that he had doped during the seven Tour de France races he won. But the foreign cycling world, which always viewed Armstrong with suspicion, had already moved on. The bellwether events of the year were Chris Froome’s victory in the Tour and the ousting of Pat McQuaid as director of the Union Cycliste Internationale. Even without Armstrong, the Tour will roll on— its gigantic entourage includes more than 200 racers, 450 journalists, 260 cameramen, 2,400 support vehicles carrying 4,500 people, and a seven-mile-long publicity caravan. It remains one of the most-watched annual sporting events on television and a global commercial juggernaut. In Selling the Yellow Jersey, Eric Reed examines the Tour’s development in France as well as the event’s global athletic, cultural, and commercial influences. The race is the crown jewel of French cycling, and at first the newspapers that owned the Tour were loath to open up their monopoly on coverage to state-owned television. However, the opportunity for huge payoffs prevailed, and France tapped into global networks of spectatorship, media, business, athletes, and exchanges of expertise and personnel. In the process, the Tour helped endow world cycling with a particularly French character, culture, and structure, while providing proof that globalization was not merely a form of Americanization, imposed on a victimized world. Selling the Yellow Jersey explores the behind-the-scenes growth of the Tour, while simultaneously chronicling France’s role as a dynamic force in the global arena.
The Yellow Jersey
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Author : Ralph Hurne
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1996
The Yellow Jersey written by Ralph Hurne and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Fiction categories.
A novel of the Tour de France, in which an average rider has a moment of glory and hope.
Le Tour A History Of The Tour De France
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Author : Geoffrey Wheatcroft
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2013-06-20
Le Tour A History Of The Tour De France written by Geoffrey Wheatcroft and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-06-20 with Sports & Recreation categories.
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.
Vive Le Tour
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Author : Nick Brownlee
language : en
Publisher: Portico
Release Date : 2013-07-23
Vive Le Tour written by Nick Brownlee and has been published by Portico this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-07-23 with Sports & Recreation categories.
The Observer, July 1, 2007 "A quirky and inventive collection of history, statistics and random trivia, Brownlee's book would be perfect for whipping out of the back pocket of your cycling jersey to settle arguments or impress your friends." The Guardian, 30 June, 2007 "an accessible if at first unprepossessing blend of history-lite, helpful explanation and bizarre factoids." The Tour De France is one of the most revered, thrilling sporting events in the world, not to mention one of the most physically exhausting. Every year top cyclists from around the globe break speed records and push themselves harder and faster in pursuit of the legendary yellow jersey. Vive le Tour! is the ultimate guide to the competition's heroes, cheats, controversy, extreme terrain, triumphs and tragedy – on and off the trail. Now fully revised and updated, this edition reflects the huge interest generated in the Tour thanks to the recent success of British cyclists, the high-profile launch of Team Sky in 2010 and the fact that the event once again returns to freeview TV (ITV 4). Vive Le Tour! is your essential companion to this awe-inspiring event, with a wealth of tales and trivia drawn from the Tour's century-long history.
Tour De France Champions
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Author : Giles Belbin
language : en
Publisher: The History Press
Release Date : 2020-07-03
Tour De France Champions written by Giles Belbin and has been published by The History Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-07-03 with Sports & Recreation categories.
The Tour de France is a race like no other, so perhaps it's no surprise that it attracts racers like no other. The winner of the second Tour actually came fifth – but the four racers before him were disqualified for cheating. The 1932 champion credits his win with saving him from capture by the Nazis, as the soldiers recognised him from the podium. One of Britain's best cyclists of the modern era only got into European racing by forging an email. Tour de France Champions is a journey to the summit of cycling, looking at those who have taken on the roads and mountains of France to prevail above all others and win cycling's greatest prize. Giles Belbin presents the stories of all those who have claimed the original and greatest Grand Tour, the one race that still transcends the sport of cycling: the Tour de France.
Three Weeks Eight Seconds
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Author : Nige Tassell
language : en
Publisher: Arena Sport
Release Date : 2019-06-06
Three Weeks Eight Seconds written by Nige Tassell and has been published by Arena Sport this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-06-06 with Bicycle racing categories.
The 1989 Tour de France is arguably the greatest ever. It saw American rider Greg LeMond overturn a 50-second deficit to France's Laurent Fignon on the final stage on the Champs Elysees to snatch the title by a mere eight seconds. After three weeks and more than 2,000 miles in the saddle, these few seconds remain the smallest margin of victory in the race's 100+ year history.But as dramatic as that Sunday afternoon on the streets of Paris was, the race wasn't just about that one time-trial. During the previous fortnight, the leader's yellow jersey had swapped back and forth between LeMond and Fignon in a titanic struggle for supremacy, a battle with more twists and turns than the maziest Alpine mountain pass. At no point during the entire three weeks were LeMond and Fignon separated by more than 53 seconds.In Three Weeks, Eight Seconds, Nige Tassell brings one of cycling's most astonishing stories to life, examining that extraordinary race in all its multi-faceted glory with fresh interviews and new perspectives and laying bare that towering heights of adrenaline, agony, excitement, torment and triumph that it produced.