Le Tour

Le Tour

Author: Geoffrey Wheatcroft

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 420

ISBN-13: 0743449924

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When Henri Desgrange began a new bicycle road race in 1903, he saw it as little more than a temporary publicity stunt to promote his newspaper. The 60 cyclists who left Paris to ride through the night to Lyons that first July had little idea they were pioneers of the most famous of all bike races, which would reach its centenary as one of the greatest sporting events on earth. Geoffrey Wheatcroft's masterly history of the Tour de France's first hundred years is not just a hugely entertaining canter through some great Tour stories; nor is it merely a homage to the riders whose names—Coppi, Simpson, Mercx, Armstrong—are synonymous with the event's folly and glory. Focusing too on the race's role in French cultural life, it provides a unique and fascinating insight into Europe's 20th century.


The Official History of The Tour De France

The Official History of The Tour De France

Author: Andy McGrath

Publisher: Welbeck

Published: 2021-10-19

Total Pages: 176

ISBN-13: 1802791523

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The Official History of the Tour de France is a celebration of one of the greatest annual sporting events, and the premier competition in world cycling. Through more than 300 photographs, rarely-seen documents and items of memorabilia, this book covers more than a century of fascinating stories on the Tour and its iconic yellow jersey. This revised and updated edition includes an authoritative narrative account of each major era, up to and including the thrilling 2020 Tour - a dramatic contest completed against all the odds - and a preview of the 2021 event. There are features on superstar cyclists and memorable moments from each period of the event's rich history, and a foreword from legendary Tour de France champion Stephen Roche, all of which combines to form the definitive illustrated book on the Tour.


Tour de France

Tour de France

Author: Christopher S. Thompson

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2008-03-08

Total Pages: 436

ISBN-13: 9780520934863

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In this highly original history of the world's most famous bicycle race, Christopher S. Thompson, mining previously neglected sources and writing with infectious enthusiasm for his subject, tells the compelling story of the Tour de France from its creation in 1903 to the present. Weaving the words of racers, politicians, Tour organizers, and a host of other commentators together with a wide-ranging analysis of the culture surrounding the event including posters, songs, novels, films, and media coverage Thompson links the history of the Tour to key moments and themes in French history. Examining the enduring popularity of Tour racers, Thompson explores how their public images have changed over the past century. A new preface explores the long-standing problem of doping in light of recent scandals.


Le Tour de France

Le Tour de France

Author: Luke Edwardes-Evans

Publisher: Carlton Books

Published: 2018-05

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781787390850

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Filled with features and fabulous images, this official celebration of the famed Tour de France is now updated to include the 2017 race Generally considered the greatest test of endurance in sports, the Tour de France covers more than 2,200 miles in just over three weeks, climbing high into both the Alps and Pyrenees before ending on Paris's iconic Champs- lys es. This updated edition, with brand-new features and stories, gives an authoritative account of each major era up to and including the 2017 Tour--when Britain's Chris Froome joined an elite club of four-time and three-in-a-row winners. In addition to more than 300 photographs, some dating back to the nineteenth century, there are features on the superstars, coverage of memorable moments in every era, thrilling action shots, and pictures of souvenir brochures, period newspapers, posters, stickers, postcards, and letters will engross every fan of the sport.


The Official Treasures: Le Tour de France

The Official Treasures: Le Tour de France

Author: Luke Edwardes-Evans

Publisher: Carlton Books

Published: 2012-05

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781780970875

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Comprising an authoritative narrative account of each major era in the history of the epic race, up to and including the 2007 Tour, this work also contains 40 facsimile items of sporting memorabilia integrated into its pages. The greatest endurance test in sports, the Tour de France covers more than 2,200 miles in just over three weeks, climbing high into the Alps and Pyrenees on a circular journey around France and into neighboring countries before ending on the Champs-Élysées. This official publication of the Tour's organizers presents an authoritative history of the sport, including 40 items of rare memorabilia such as personal letters from champions, logbook entries, regulations from 1910, and more!


The First Tour de France

The First Tour de France

Author: Peter Cossins

Publisher: Bold Type Books

Published: 2017-06-06

Total Pages: 384

ISBN-13: 1568589859

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From its inception, the 1903 Tour de France was a colorful affair. Full of adventure, mishaps and audacious attempts at cheating, it was a race to be remembered. Cyclists of the time weren't enthusiastic about participating in this "heroic" race on roads more suited to hooves than wheels, with bikes weighing up to thirty-five pounds, on a single fixed gear, for three full weeks. Assembling enough riders for the race meant paying unemployed amateurs from the suburbs of Paris, including a butcher, a chimney sweep and a circus acrobat. From Maurice "The White Bulldog" Garin, an Italian-born Frenchman whose parents were said to have swapped him for a round of cheese in order to smuggle him into France as a fourteen-year-old, to Hippolyte Aucouturier, who looked like a villain from a Buster Keaton movie with his jersey of horizontal stripes and handlebar moustache, the cyclists were a remarkable bunch. Starting in the Parisian suburb of Montgeron, the route took the intrepid cyclists through Lyon, over the hills to Marseille, then on to Toulouse, Bordeaux, and Nantes, ending with great fanfare at the Parc des Princes in Paris. There was no indication that this ramshackle cycling pack would draw crowds to throng France's rutted roads and cheer the first Tour heroes. But they did; and all thanks to a marketing ruse, cycling would never be the same again.


A Race for Madmen

A Race for Madmen

Author: Chris Sidwells

Publisher: HarperCollins UK

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 21

ISBN-13: 0007321414

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No sporting event has had its past and present, its highs and lows so intricately entwined with those of a country like the Tour has with France.


Le Tour de France 100

Le Tour de France 100

Author: Luke Edwardes-Evans

Publisher: Goodman Publishers

Published: 2013-04

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781780972664

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Happy 100th race, Tour de France The deluxe "Official Treasures" series celebrates the grand occasion with a brand-new boxed edition. It gives fans of this 2,200-mile event considered the greatest test of endurance in the sporting world an authoritative account of each major era up to and including the 2012 Tour, plus 40 items of historic memorabilia packaged into six folders. The removable facsimiles include souvenir brochures, period newspapers, posters, stickers, and postcards and correspondence from leading cyclists. An official publication of ASO, the organizers of the Tour de France, in tandem with the French sports newspaper "L'Equipe," this volume features a foreword by Bernard Hinault, a five-time champion and Tour ambassador."


Selling the Yellow Jersey

Selling the Yellow Jersey

Author: Eric Reed

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 2015-01-07

Total Pages: 284

ISBN-13: 022620653X

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Eric Reed examines the Tour de France's development as well as the event's global athletic, cultural, and commercial influences. He explores the behind-the-scenes growth of the Tour, while simultaneously chronicling France's role as a dynamic force in the global arena.


Tour de France 100

Tour de France 100

Author: Richard Moore

Publisher: VeloPress

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781937715069

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Presents a pictoral history of the Tour de France, highlighting the athletes, memorable races, and the scandals.