The Official History of the Tour de France - Serge Laget, Luke Edwardes-Evans, Andy McGrath

The Official History of the Tour de France (Edwardes-Evans Luke)(Paperback)

The Official History of the Tour de France is a celebration of one of the greatest annual sporting events, and the premier competition in world cycling. Through more than 300 photographs, rarely-seen documents and items of memorabilia, this book covers more than a century of fascinating stories on

The Official History of the Tour de France - Serge Laget, Luke Edwardes-Evans, Andy McGrath

The Official History of the Tour de France - fully revised and updated for 2023 - is a celebration of one of the greatest annual sporting events, and the premier competition in world cycling.Through more than 300 photographs, rarely seen documents and items of memorabilia, this book covers more

Official Tour de France Bike Maintenance Book - How To Prep Your Bike Like The Pros (Edwardes-Evans Luke)(Pevná vazba)

This book goes exclusively behind the scenes with the finest professional cycling mechanics during the most gruelling and high-pressure bike race in the world. Includes maintenance tips for modern and classic

Official Tour de France Road Cycling Training Guide (Knott Paul)(Pevná vazba)

The Official Tour de France Road Cycling Training Guide taps into the minds of riders, coaches and experts who have raced the Tour first hand. This insightful handbook gives amateur cyclists the insider knowledge on how to adapt their training, nutrition and mental preparation for potentially their

Official Encyclopedia of the Yellow Jersey - 100 Years of the Yellow Jersey (Maillot Jaune) (Galametz Frederique)(Pevná vazba)

The ultimate guide to the history of the Tour de France and its

Ventoux - Sacrifice and Suffering on the Giant of Provence (Whittle Jeremy)(Paperback / softback)

A revealing insider account of the 2012 Tour de France, when Bradley Wiggins made history by becoming the first Briton to win the

101 Damnations: Dispatches from the 101st Tour de France (Boulting Ned)(Paperback)

A funny and irreverant look behind the scenes at the 2014 Tour de France, which starts in Yorkshire, from the author of How I Won the Yellow Jumper. In 2014 Ned Boulting reports on his dozen-th Tour de France, an event in which blokes do amazing things on bikes, and, we're oft told, the biggest

Sprinting Through No Man's Land: Endurance, Tragedy, and Rebirth in the 1919 Tour de France (Dobkin Adin)(Paperback)

The inspiring, heart-pumping true story of soldiers turned cyclists and the historic 1919 Tour de France that helped to restore a war-torn country and its people.On June 29, 1919, one day after the Treaty of Versailles brought about the end of World War I, nearly seventy cyclists embarked on the

Sprinting Through No Man's Land: Endurance, Tragedy, and Rebirth in the 1919 Tour de France (Dobkin Adin)(Pevná vazba)

The inspiring, heart-pumping true story of soldiers turned cyclists and the historic 1919 Tour de France that helped to restore a war-torn country and its people.On June 29, 1919, one day after the Treaty of Versailles brought about the end of World War I, nearly seventy cyclists embarked on the

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (Gibbon Edward)(Paperback)

Edward Gibbon's six-volume History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (1776-88) is among the most magnificent and ambitious narratives in European literature. Its subject is the fate of one of the world's greatest civilizations over thirteen centuries - its rulers, wars and society, and

The Story of the Tour de France, Volume 2: 1976-2018: How a Newspaper Promotion Became the Greatest Sporting Event in the World (McGann Bill)(Paperback)

Volume 1 of The Story of the Tour de France concluded with Bernard Th venet's dramatic victory over Eddy Merckx in the 1975 Tour. Volume two opens with super-climber Lucien van Impe's taking advantage of a course made for the riders with wings. His win was followed by the dominating presence of

Butcher, Blacksmith, Acrobat, Sweep - The Tale of the First Tour de France (Cossins Peter)(Paperback / softback)

From the winner of the Telegraph Sports Book Awards Cycling Book of the Year 2018The first Tour de France in 1903 was a colourful affair full of adventure, mishaps and audacious attempts at

History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (Gibbon Edward)(Paperback / softback)

Edward Gibbon's six-volume History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (1776-88) is among the most magnificent and ambitious narratives in European literature. Its subject is the fate of one of the world's greatest civilizations over thirteen centuries - its rulers, wars and society, and

Etape - The Untold Stories of the Tour De France's Defining Stages (Moore Richard)(Paperback / softback)

In ETAPE, critically acclaimed author Richard Moore will take readers on a virtual Tour de France, with each chapter focusing on a single rider in a single stage that came to define the Tour's

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: Volume 2 (Gibbon Edward)(Paperback)

Edward Gibbon's six-volume History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (1776-88) is among the most magnificent and ambitious narratives in European literature. Its subject is the fate of one of the world's greatest civilizations over thirteen centuries - its rulers, wars and society, and

Anquetil, Alone: The Legend of the Controversial Tour de France Champion (Fournel Paul)(Paperback)

French Revolutions - Cycling the Tour de France (Moore Tim)(Paperback / softback)

'Bill Bryson on two wheels' IndependentSelf-confessed loafer Tim Moore, seduced by the speed and glamour of the biggest annual sporting event in the world, sets out to cycle the Tour de

Riis - Stages of Light and Dark (Riis Bjarne)(Paperback / softback)

The sensational autobiography of the controversial Tour de France winner and Team Saxobank owner/manager, Bjarne

Serge Gainsbourg's Histoire de Melody Nelson (Anderson Darran)(Paperback)

Outside his native France, the view of Serge Gainsbourg was once of a one-hit wonder lothario. This has been slowly replaced by an awareness of how talented and innovative a songwriter he was. Gainsbourg was an eclectic, protean figure; a Dadaist, po te maudit, Pop-Artist, libertine and anti-hero

The Fascist Turn in the Dance of Serge Lifar: Interwar French Ballet and the German Occupation (Franko Mark)(Paperback)

Ukrainian dancer and choreographer Serge Lifar (1905-86) is recognized both as the modernizer of French ballet in the twentieth century and as the keeper of the flame of the classical tradition upon which the glory of French ballet was founded. Having migrated to France from Russia in 1923 to join

The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (Gibbon Edward)(Paperback)

An abridged edition of Edward Gibbon's THE HISTORY OF THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE, which compresses thirteen turbulent centuries into a single epic narrative. Famously sceptical about Christianity, unexpectedly sympathetic to the barbarian invaders and the Byzantine Empire, constantly

In Defence of History (Evans Richard J.)(Paperback)

The classic explanation of the craft of history and the vital worth of historians to civilizationIn this volume, English historian Richard Evans offers a defence of the importance of his craft. At a time when fact and historical truth are under unprecedented assault, Evans shows us why history is

Tour de France Champions: An A-Z (Belbin Giles)(Paperback)

The Tour de France has long been cycling's most famous and important race; from Maurice Garin's win in 1903 through to today's British domination of the race, the roads and mountains of France have played host to an annual celebration of sporting endeavour. In this new book, cycling writer Giles

Tomorrow, We Ride (Bobet Jean)(Paperback / softback)

An account of the lives of the Bobet brothers - Louison, triple Tour de France winner and Jean who gave up an academic career to ride in the service of his brother. This story brings alive the romance of the great races and star riders of those post war days whose exploits lifted the public spirit