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Le Tour

By: Jeremy Whittle
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: TBS The Book Service Ltd
ISBN: 0760316716
ISBN-13: 9780760316719
Released: 15 Jun 2003
RRP: £16.99
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Le Tour: A Century of the Tour De France. - By: Simon J P Connellan, 17 Jun 2003
Having followed the Tour de France for the last 15 years, I still wonder over the excitement, colour, endurance, personality & character of the world's largest travelling sporting event. This book cover alll the images of the last 100 years, from the very outset as an event to sell newspapers to what it has become today.

This book covers through its original black & white photography to colour images the characters, scenery & majesty of the event. I specificallly enjoyed the black & white images of some the unbelievable characters, from the actual riding, to the behind the scenes, especiallly the one of the great Fausto Coppi refusing to leave his bed after abandoning the tour in 1951.

I feel this book is not only for ardent cyling fans, but for everyone, a stunning historical album of Le Tour, a book to leave on a coffee table, beautifully produced, to review & to enjoy, but most off alll to show how crazy some of these guys are.

Worth every penny!