The Tour de France is one of the most grueling, exciting events on the world's sporting calendar. No other event quite matches le Tour for the amount of individual and team effort expanded over its course. This book offers a unique visual journey through the first century of le Tour and with it, the changing face of France. The images in the book cover all aspects of the life of le Tour, from roadside spectators to competitors, marshalls, and the majestic scenery of a beautiful country.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Great photos, short on content.,
By Mad Dog "maddog6969" (TimbuckThree, Tennessee) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Le Tour: A Century of the Tour de France (Hardcover)
If you want a Tour book to go on the coffee table, this would be a good choice. It's got great photos ranging across the lifetime of the Tour and has enough written history to clue you into the major players from each era. But as a history book, it is too short on content to be taken seriously.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
A Very Good Pictorial History.,
This review is from: Le Tour: A Century of the Tour de France (Hardcover)
This book consists primarily of photographs, in chronological order, of the great race. But what photographs! This may be one of the best histories of the race, in pictures, alongside A.S.O's centennial history of the race in 2003. Similar in style to Philippe Brunel's classic, "An Intimate Portrait of the Tour de France" (not all of the pictures are of the racers during the race), except that the later photos are in color.(My Listmania blurb on the book was in error, this is a good photographic history of the race, now an overview -- I was thinking of a different book.)
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It cost just 10 French francs to enter the first Tour de France, which left the Cafe 'Le Reveil Matin' in Montgeron, in the suburbs of Paris, at 16 minutes past 3 in the afternoon of July 1, 1903. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Tour de France, Eddy Merckx, Gino Bartali, Lucien Petit-Breton, Parc des Princes, Bernard Hinault, Henri Desgrange, Mont Ventoux, Louison Bobet, Fausto Coppi, Jacques Anquetil, Lance Armstrong, Antonin Magne, Charly Gaul, Col du Tourmalet, Federico Bahamontes, The Frenchman, Felice Gimondi, Henri Pelissier, Laurent Fignon, Maurice Garin New!
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It cost just 10 French francs to enter the first Tour de France, which left the Cafe 'Le Reveil Matin' in Montgeron, in the suburbs of Paris, at 16 minutes past 3 in the afternoon of July 1, 1903. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
yellow jersey Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Tour de France, Eddy Merckx, Gino Bartali, Lucien Petit-Breton, Parc des Princes, Bernard Hinault, Henri Desgrange, Mont Ventoux, Louison Bobet, Fausto Coppi, Jacques Anquetil, Lance Armstrong, Antonin Magne, Charly Gaul, Col du Tourmalet, Federico Bahamontes, The Frenchman, Felice Gimondi, Henri Pelissier, Laurent Fignon, Maurice Garin New!
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