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Roule Britannia

3.86 ( 74 Ratings by Goodreads)
Roule Britannia

Roule Britannia

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3.86 (74 Ratings by Goodreads)
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Published: 30 June, 2005
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Fifty years ago, ten Britons crossed the Channel and made history. For the first time, a team of British cyclists took part in the Tour de France, the most gruelling event in all of sport. Only two of those riders completed that 1955 race; only one British newspaper bothered to send a correspondent. Today, the Tour has become part of the British sporting calendar. Men such as Tom Simpson, Robert Millar and Chris Boardman have written their names into the record books alongside the sport's acknowledged greats. In Roule Britannia, William Fotheringham, acclaimed biographer of Tom Simson, gives us the definitive account of British cycling's achievements in the Tour, through exclusive interviews with and profiles of all those who have completed the event. From Brian Robinson to David Millar, Roule Britannia celebrates a nation's half-century-long affair with the greatest race of all...
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Type Book
ISBN13 9780224074254
ISBN10 0224074253
Number Of Pages 304
Item Weight 458 g
Product Dimensions 138 x 34 x 214 mm
Publisher / Reseller Yellow Jersey Press
Format hardback
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'Brilliant...tells each story with passion and sensitivity', Sunday Times .'Painstakingly resarched...a fascinating insight', Independent .'Highly readable', Daily Mail

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Author's Bio

William Fotheringham writes for the Guardian and Observer on cycling and rugby. A former racing cyclist and launch editor of procycling and Cycle Sport magazines, he has reported on fifteen Tours de France. His biography of Tom Simpson, Put Me Back on My Bike, was acclaimed by Velo magazine as 'the best cycling biography ever written'.

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