Le Tour : a history of the Tour De France, 1903-2003
Wheatcroft, Geoffrey2004
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When Henri Desgrange began a new bicycle road race in 1903, he had little idea that the 60 cyclists who left Paris to ride through the night to Lyons were pioneers of the most famous of all bike races, which would reach its centenary as one of the greatest sporting events on earth.
Main title:
Le Tour : a history of the Tour De France, 1903-2003 / Geoffrey Wheatcroft.
Author:
Edition:
[New] ed.
Imprint:
London : Pocket, 2004.
Collation:
xv, 389 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Previous ed.: London: Simon & Schuster, 2003.Includes index.
ISBN:
9780743449922 (pbk)
Dewey class:
796.620944A796.620944WHE
Language:
English
BRN:
373448