Legends of the Tour: The hottest, toughest and fastest riders of this decade - Hardcover

Hinds, Alex

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1743790481 ISBN 13: 9781743790489

Verlag: Hardie Grant Books, 2015

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This book is a colourful, insightful and affectionate portrait of the Tour de France. A selection of cycling writers share their thoughts on different aspects of the tour: from it’s current crop of great riders, brilliant climbers, those older riders soon to retire or that have recently retired from the Tour to the young up-and-comers, then the contests and rivalries and the top British and Australians in the Tour. Packed with information and portraits it is a landmark volume, essential for all Tour de France fans. Lavishly designed and illustrated.

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Alex Hinds is a a television presenter, writer and commentator for Australia's free-to-air SBS TV and Cycling Central website, he is part of the Tour de France SBS TV broadcasting team. Ellis Bacon: An English journalist and author, Ellis contributes to a variety of cycling magazines and has written a number of books on the sport, which include Mapping Le Tour and co-editing the Cycling Anthology series. His latest book, Great British Cycling, traces the history of bike racing in Britain from 1868 to the present day.

Felix Lowe is an English cycling writer and author of 'Climbs and Punishment: Riding to Rome in the Footsteps of Hannibal', he has covered the major races in the pro calendar for Eurosport for the past decade. He is a contributor and 'Last Gasp' columnist at Cyclist, and writes for The Roar, Cycle Sport and The Telegraph. His Eurosport blog is the popular Blazin' Saddles.

Anthony Tan is a cycling analyst for SBS Television and its Cycling Central website, he is also a columnist for Bicycling Australia, and has contributed to VeloNews, Cyclingnews, Procycling and The Cycling Anthology. He is also a guest speaker on ABC's Grandstand radio show.

Daniel Friebe is an English writer on pro cycling since 2000, he is now Procycling's roving European editor and a veteran of 14 Tours de France. He is also author of four books on cycling and he collaborated with Mark Cavendish on his two bestselling biographies.

Reece Homfray: Reece is a full-time Australian sports journalist with News Corp and has a passion for cycling. He collaborated with Stuart O'Grady to produce Stuart's bestselling biography Battle Scars.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Hardie Grant Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2015
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1743790481
• ISBN 13: 9781743790489
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 224
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