Tour de France 100: A Photographic History of the World's Greatest Race

The Tour de France first staged in 1903 is the worlds greatest sports spectacle packed with heart-stopping drama legendary rivalries bitter tragedy and outright farce. In its 100 runningsthe race was interrupted twice by warit has cast its spotlight on some of the greatest athletes of all time who fought their way across Frances magnificent landscape in pursuit of victory and the yellow jersey worn by the Tours overall leader. In Tour de France 100 award-winning journalist Richard Moore celebrates all that is great fantastic amusing outrageous and overwhelming in the Tour through illuminating text and a cascade of defining images from the races extraordinary history. Vividly reproduced photos abound of heroes of the race from pioneers like Octave Lapize and Eugne Christophefirst to wear the yellow jerseyto legendary warriors like Eddy Merckx and Miguel Indurain. The great battlesFausto Coppi versus Gino Bartali Greg LeMond versus Bernard Hinaultare richly told as is the shocking death of Tom Simpson and the controversial disgrace of Lance Armstrong. And the high drama of the modern era represented by super-sprinter Mark Cavendish and the droll Bradley Wiggins is fully covered as well. There is nothing else that compares to the Tour and Tour de France 100 is a superb celebration as well as a keepsake of the Tours 100th edition that will be treasured by all cyclists and bike racing fans.