Le Tour : a history of the Tour de France
Wheatcroft, Geoffrey2007
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When Henri Desgrange began a new bicycle road race in 1903, he saw it as no more than a temporary publicity stunt to promote his newspaper. However the Tour soon became a national institution. This book tells some of the great Tour stories and focuses on the race's role in French cultural life.
Main title:
Le Tour : a history of the Tour de France / Geoffrey Wheatcroft.
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Edition:
Updated ed.
Imprint:
London : Pocket, 2007.
Collation:
xiv, 396 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Previous ed.: London: Simon & Schuster, 2003.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781847390868 (pbk)
Language:
English
BRN:
9730
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