Le Tour: A History of the Tour de FranceSimon and Schuster, 20 jun 2013 - 416 pagina's 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. |
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PICARDY | |
Braves Belges 19191924 | |
Convicts of the Road 19251929 | |
GASCONY | |
French Renaissance 19301934 | |
Raisons Politiques 19351939 | |
Bobet Divides France 19521957 | |
Anquetils Apotheosis 19581962 | |
Merckx Devours the Field 19681973 | |
BRITTANY | |
lnduréin in Excelsis 19881994 | |
Tour de Farce 19951998 | |
Shame and Redemption 20062012 | |
Some Tour Words | |
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Veelvoorkomende woorden en zinsdelen
21 stages Alavoine Alps Anquetil Armstrong Aucouturier Bahamontes Bartali Belgian Belgium Best Youngest bicycle bike racing Bobet Bordeaux Bottecchia British Brittany Buysse century Champs-Elysées climb Competitive prize Coppi crash cycling cyclists Desgrange directeur sportif doping Eddy Merckx escape Faber Fignon finish Frantz French rider Frs Winner Galibier Garrigou Giro Green Jersey Grenoble Henri Pélissier Hinault Indurain International Challenge Italian Jean July kilometres l’Alpe d’Huez Lance Armstrong Lanterne rouge Lapize later Le Vésinet Leducq LeMond longest Luchon Maes Magne maillot maillot jaune Merckx mf_3 mf_5 minutes ahead Mont Ventoux Mountains prize never Ocafia Parc des Princes Paris Pélissier peloton Petit-Breton podium Poulidor prize money Prologue punctured Pyrenees ridden riding road Robic rode shortest sport sprint Team prize team time trial team-mate Thévenet Tour de France Tourmalet Ullrich victory Vietto Virenque Wiggins win the Tour won the stage year’s yellow jersey Zoetemelk