Hamilton, Sue L.
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 STAArmstrong, Lance.
Summary: Seven-time Tour de France winner and cancer-survivor Lance Armstrong offers a first-person photo-journal of his 2009 comeback season, during which he helped promote a global cancer-awareness campaign, in a book with behind-the-scenes photos and stunning four-color shots of racing action.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2009
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 796.62 ArmstrongParker, Selwyn
Summary: "In the middle of the hottest French summer for years, New Zealand writer and amateur cyclist Selwyn Parker sets off with his partner Margaret and Kiwi friends Jo and Greg on a bizarre quest: a 2400-kilometre cycling journey around France to retrace the route of the very first cycling Tour de France in 1903"--P. [4] of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.62 PARDobkin, 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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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.62 DOBFotheringham, William.
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
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HINAULT, BERNARD FOTLeonard, Max
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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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.6 LEODe Visé, Daniel
Summary: In July 1986, Greg LeMond stunned the sporting world by becoming the first American to win the Tour de France, the world's pre-eminent bicycle race, defeating French cycling legend Bernard Hinault. Nine months later, LeMond lay in a hospital bed, his life in peril after a hunting accident, his career as a bicycle racer seemingly over. And yet, barely two years after this crisis, LeMond mounted...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LEMOND, GREG DEVLandis, Floyd.
Summary: Winning the 2006 Tour de France should have been the culmination of a life's dream for Floyd Landis, but three days later, he was accused of using banned performance-enhancing drugs. Released by his team and threatened with the removal of his title, Landis went from winning the most prestigious race of his career to being unfairly labeled as a cheater, a liar, and a doper. This book is at once...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Spotlight Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LANDIS, FLOYD LANAlbergotti, Reed.
Summary: "The first in-depth look at Lance Armstrong's doping scandal, the phenomenal business success built on the back of fraud, and the greatest conspiracy in the history of sports. Lance Armstrong won a record-smashing seven Tours de France after staring down cancer, and in the process became an international symbol of resilience and courage. In a sport constantly dogged by blood-doping scandals, he...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ARMSTRONG, LANCE ALBMacur, 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 MACSummary: An Irish sports journalist becomes convinced that Lance Armstrong's performances during his Tour de France victories are fueled by banned substances. With this conviction, he starts hunting for evidence that will expose Armstrong.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD PRO RATED RCossins, Peter
Summary: The first Tour de France was a far cry from the polished international sporting event we see on television today. Organized by the financially free falling L'Auto magazine, the desperate editors thought that organizing a grand cycling tour was the only thing that could save their publication. But in 1903, cyclists weren't enthusiastic about what was pitched to them as a heroic race through...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nation Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.6 COSMoore, Tim
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.62 MOOHamilton, Tyler.
Summary: A once top-ranked cyclist chronicles his downfall after testing positive for doping after winning gold at the 2004 Olympics while also addressing the practice's pervasiveness in the sport and his relationship with Lance Armstrong.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HAMILTON, TYLER HAMFotheringham, Alasdair
Summary: The Tour de France is always one of the sporting calendar's most spectacular and dramatic events. But the 1998 Tour provided drama like no other. As the opening stages in Ireland unfolded, the Festina team's soigneur Willy Voet was arrested on the French-Belgian border with a car-load of drugs. Raid after police raid followed, with arrest after arrest hammering the Tour. In protest, there were...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.6 FOTBruyneel, Johan.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.62 BRUFroome, Chris
Summary: The margin of victory was stunning: four minutes and twenty seconds. The style was breathtaking: three stage wins, including a mesmerizing climb on the iconic Mont Ventoux. But the full story behind Chris Froome and his unforgettable triumph at the 100th Tour de France in 2013, which culminated under the lights of the Champs-Elysees, is even more remarkable.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2014