Speed Read Tour de France: The History, Strategies and Intrigue Behind the World's Greatest Bicycle Race

by John Wilcockson

Book Overview

This beautifully designed and illustrated essential guide to the Tour de France from Motorbooks' Speed Read series will make you an instant expert on its history, its winners and rivalries, the tactics necessary to win it, and the technology of its bicycles.

Le Tour has sometimes been called "chess on wheels" because of the complicated strategies used by the race's 22 teams and 176 riders. This book--written by award-winning cycling...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0760364478
• ISBN13: 9780760364475
• Release Date: May 2019
• Publisher: Motorbooks International
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.5" x 8.9"