Book description
In this updated edition of the highly acclaimed Tour de
France, Graeme Fife sets the 2011 race in the context of the
event's remarkable history, stretching back to July 1903. Combining
meticulous research with a pacy narrative style, he penetrates the
mystique of the race and paints a colourful picture of the men whose
exploits have given the Tour an enduring universal appeal.
With tales of great solo rides, amazing fortitude, terrible
misfortune and triumph, Tour de France is the definitive
account of this extraordinary competition. Named one of the top-five
sports books of the year by both The Independent and The
Times, it is the essential guide to the Tour.
Graeme Fife is a full-time writer who has worked much in radio and
written a number of books, including
Inside the Peloton
and
The Beautiful Machine
. A keen cyclist, he has ridden all the celebrated
cols
of Tour legend.
