Overview

In this updated edition of the highly acclaimed Tour de France, Graeme Fife sets the 2009 race in the context of the event s remarkable history, which began in July 1903. Combining meticulous research with a pacey 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. ith tales of great solo rides, amazing fortitude, terrible misfortune and triumph, Tour de France is the definitive account of this extraordinary competition and has been named one of the top-five sports books of the year by both The Independent and The Times.

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This is a beast of a book which teems with energy The Herald A complex picture of what one of the world's great sporting events feels like from the inside The Independent Fife has a keen eye for detail Sunday Times Fife ... has an infectious enthusiasm for the Tour and it shows in every sentence. This is a difficult book to put down Cycle Sport

This is a beast of a book which teems with energy The Herald Fife ... has an infectious enthusiasm for the Tour and it shows in every sentence. This is a difficult book to put down Cycle Sport A complex picture of what one of the world's great sporting events feels like from the inside The Independent Fife has a keen eye for detail Sunday Times

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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.

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