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Summary: Looks at the notable cyclists and moments in the history of the Tour de France, and describes the rules, strategies, and dangers of competitive cycling.
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Publisher / Publication Date: ABDO Pub. 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 796.6 HAMCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J796.6 HAMStartt, James
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: OVS 796.62 STAMacur, Juliet.
Summary: Draws on interviews with more than one hundred people close to the famous athlete to chronicle fourteen critical years in his career, from his cancer recovery to his precipitous fall after revelations about his systemic doping became public.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ARMSTRONG, LANCE MACDobkin, Adin
Summary: "On June 29, 1919, one day after the Treaty of Versailles brought about the end of World War I, nearly seventy cyclists embarked on the thirteenth Tour de France. From Paris, the war-weary men rode down the western coast on a race that would trace the country's border, through seaside towns and mountains to the ghostly western front. Traversing a cratered postwar landscape, the cyclists faced...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little A 2021
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Summary: If you complete a bike race of over 3,000 miles in last place, overcoming mountain ranges and merciless weather, all while enduring physical and psychological agony, should you be branded the loser? What if your loss helped a teammate win? What if others lacked the determination to finish? What if you were trying to come in last? Froome, Wiggins, Mercks—we know the winners of the Tour de...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2015
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Summary: Bernard Hinault is one of the greatest cyclists of all time. He is a five-time winner of the Tour de France and the only man to have won each of the Grand Tours on more than one occasion. In The Badger, bestselling author William Fotheringham finally gets to the bottom of this fascinating character and explores the reasons why France, the nation that considers itself cycling’s home, has found...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chicago Review 2015