Tour de France: The Legend, The History, The Riders

Mainstream, 1999-2015

Cover of the updated 2015 Mainstream edition

Cover of the first (1999) Mainstream edition, with a foreword by Chris Boardman

Accepted as the definitive guide to one of Europe’s greatest sporting institutions, Tour de France has run through some 19 print runs in the UK alone, from 1999 to 2015 (so far). Tracing the historical and geographical twists and turns of the Tour, the book blends rigorous historical research, personal anecdote, and a keen cyclist’s insight in a joyous celebration of a legend that, clearly, cannot be put down.

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