Tour de France: The History, the Legend, the Riders

An all-encompassing history of the Tour de France that brings the story up to date with all the action from the 2011 raceIn 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 colorful 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, this definitive account of this extraordinary competition has been named one of the top-five sports books of the year by both the" Independent" and the" Times."