Read Le Tour - Books Library

Le Tour

Geoffrey Wheatcroft

4.9/5 (17835 ratings)

Description:When Henri Desgrange began a new bicycle road race in 1903, he saw it as little more than a temporary publicity stunt to promote his newspaper. The sixty cyclists who left Paris to ride through the night to Lyons that first July had little idea they were pioneers of the most famous of all bike races, which would reach its centenary as one of the greatest sporting events on earth. The races of the early twentieth century -- as with the late -- were marred by cheating and chicanery, but before long the Tour became a national institution. Along the way the event opened a window both inwards upon French culture, inspiring a whole new kind of journalism, ruthless civic rivalries and any number of popular songs, and also outwards upon European politics. Geoffrey Wheatcroft's masterful history of the Tour de France's first hundred years is not just a hugely entertaining canter through some great Tour stories; nor is it merely a homage to the riders whose names -- Coppi, Simpson, Mercx, Armstrong -- are synonymous with the event's folly and glory; focusing too on the race's role in French cultural life it provides a unique and fascinating insight into Europe's twentieth century.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Le Tour. To get started finding Le Tour, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Pages: 424

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: —

Release: 2003

ISBN: b6gTAQAAIAAJ

Description: When Henri Desgrange began a new bicycle road race in 1903, he saw it as little more than a temporary publicity stunt to promote his newspaper. The sixty cyclists who left Paris to ride through the night to Lyons that first July had little idea they were pioneers of the most famous of all bike races, which would reach its centenary as one of the greatest sporting events on earth. The races of the early twentieth century -- as with the late -- were marred by cheating and chicanery, but before long the Tour became a national institution. Along the way the event opened a window both inwards upon French culture, inspiring a whole new kind of journalism, ruthless civic rivalries and any number of popular songs, and also outwards upon European politics. Geoffrey Wheatcroft's masterful history of the Tour de France's first hundred years is not just a hugely entertaining canter through some great Tour stories; nor is it merely a homage to the riders whose names -- Coppi, Simpson, Mercx, Armstrong -- are synonymous with the event's folly and glory; focusing too on the race's role in French cultural life it provides a unique and fascinating insight into Europe's twentieth century.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Le Tour. To get started finding Le Tour, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Special Offer | $0.00

Special Offer! | $0.00

Le Tour

Le Tour

More Books

Churchill's Shadow: The Life and Afterlife of Winston Churchill

Churchill's Shadow: The Life and Afterlife of Winston Churchill

Le Tour: A History of the Tour de France, 1903 -- 2003

Le Tour: A History of the Tour de France, 1903 -- 2003

The Strange Death of Tory England

The Strange Death of Tory England

The Controversy of Zion: Jewish Nationalism, the Jewish State, and the Unresolved Jewish Dilemma by Geoffrey Wheatcroft (1996-07-15) [Hardcover] [Jan 01, 1754] Geoffrey Wheatcroft

The Controversy of Zion: Jewish Nationalism, the Jewish State, and the Unresolved Jewish Dilemma by Geoffrey Wheatcroft (1996-07-15) [Hardcover] [Jan 01, 1754] Geoffrey Wheatcroft

Le Tour A History of the Tour De France by Wheatcroft, Geoffrey ( AUTHOR ) Jun-18-2007 Paperback

Le Tour A History of the Tour De France by Wheatcroft, Geoffrey ( AUTHOR ) Jun-18-2007 Paperback

Bloody Panico!: or, Whatever Happened to The Tory Party

Bloody Panico!: or, Whatever Happened to The Tory Party

ABSENT FRIENDS by GEOFFREY WHEATCROFT (1989-01-01) Hardcover

ABSENT FRIENDS by GEOFFREY WHEATCROFT (1989-01-01) Hardcover

The Controversy of Zion: Jewish Nationalism, the Jewish State, and the Unresolved Jewish Dilemma by Geoffrey Wheatcroft (1996-07-15)

The Controversy of Zion: Jewish Nationalism, the Jewish State, and the Unresolved Jewish Dilemma by Geoffrey Wheatcroft (1996-07-15)

The Randlords (A Touchstone book) by Geoffrey Wheatcroft (1987-06-03)

The Randlords (A Touchstone book) by Geoffrey Wheatcroft (1987-06-03)