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Graeme Fife's Tour de France tells tales of great solo rides, amazing fortitude, terrible misfortune and triumph over the odds from the race's remarkable history, which began in July 1903. Within a few years, the Tour was taking the riders across the mountains of the Alps and Pyrenees, and they had to carry out their own repairs, find their own food and drink, and ride without support - a far cry from today's sophisticated organisation.

Combining meticulous research with a pacey narrative style, Fife paints a colourful and memorable picture of the men whose exploits have given the Tour an enduring universal appeal. Named as one of the top five sports books of the year by both The Independent and The Times, this new edition of Tour de France has been fully revised and updated to include all the drama of the 2008 race.

Reviews of Tour de France:

"A complex picture of what one of the world's great sporting events feels like from the inside"
- The Independent
"A complex picture of what one of the world's great sporting events feels like from the inside"
- The Independent
"Fife . . . has an infectious enthusiasm for the Tour and it shows in every sentence. This is a difficult book to put down"
- Cycle Sport
"Fife has a keen eye for detail"
- Sunday Times
"This is a beast of a book which teems with energy"
- The Herald

Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 9781845963224
Publication date: 06/11/2008
448 pages / paperback