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Tour de France: The History, the Legend, the Riders
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by Graeme Fife
Sales Rank: 2214072
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List Price: $19.95
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Features
Cover Type: Paperback with 368 pages
Published by: Mainstream Publishing November 22, 2005
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 1845960475
ISBN 13 Number: 978-1845960476
Book Dimensions:
9.1 x 6 x 1.3 inches
Weighs: 1.1 pounds
THE INDEPENDENT
"Fife has an infectious enthusiasm for the Tour and it shows in every sentence A difficult book to put down."
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Product Description
It is one of sport’s toughest ordeals and the ultimate test for professional cyclists. The Tour de France sees riders pitted against all kinds of terrain and weather, in unrelenting competition with their rivals for three weeks. This entertaining and highly-acclaimed book gives a compelling insight into the mystique of the race and the unique fascination it has always exercised on devoted bike fans and occasional enthusiasts alike. Graeme Fife’s Tour de France tells tales of great solo rides, amazing fortitude, terrible misfortune and triumph over the odds from the race’s remarkable history. Combining meticulous research with a pacy narrative style, Fife paints a colourful and memorable picture of the men whose exploits have give the Tour an enduring universal appeal.
Reader Reviews
This review is from: Tour de France: The History, the Legend, the Riders (Hardcover)
While I do not disagree with the people who find this book incomplete, perhaps unfair to Indurain, too flowery, or perhaps leaning too heavily on the author's own trips up the great climbs of the tour, I found it thoroughly enjoyable. Fife does have his own personal view of what good racing is, as anyone does, but I found it quite fun to see how tough these climbs are for the layman (he interupts his coverage of the history of the tour to bring you his own exploits on the col du telegraphe and Mont ventoux). I found the flowery language to be just a lot of fun, actually. And I found his treatment of the more ancient history of the tour to breathe life into the old photographs and old stories in a wonderful way. Perhaps this should not be your one book on cycling, but it is an excellent addition to your cycling library. You should certainly have tim krabbe's 'the rider', also, which is an absolutely fantastic book.
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