Blazing Saddles: The Cruel and Unusual History of the Tour De France - Rilegato

Rendell, Matt

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ISBN 10: 1847241557 ISBN 13: 9781847241559

Casa editrice: Quercus Publishing, 2007

Riassunto

Few sporting contests have roused such blind passions and filthy suspicions as the Tour de France. From Lance Armstrong's incredible comeback from cancer, to Tom Simpson's death on the slopes of Mont Ventoux, the Tour has been the stage for some of sport's most monumental triumphs and the scene of some of its darkest hours. Since Maurice Garin's inaugural victory in 1903, hundreds of thousands of kilometres have been covered in pursuit of the yellow jersey - cycling's holy grail - and few have been without incident or drama. And on 7 July 2007, the whole pedalling circus is descending on London! But, will the Great British Public be ready for an invasion of neck to thigh slippery lycra, gaudy Geiger-alien headwear, aerodynamic neoprene pixyboots, and Space Age carbon fibre bicycles weighing less than a dinky toy but costing more than a family car? Not without this book, they won't. It's a no-holds-barred look at the rivalries, characters and controversies that have given century-old race its unique colour. Matt Rendell's vivid and entertaining narrative combines the Tour's golden legends with tales from its dark side, capturing the true and often surreal spirit of the world's most arduous race.

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L'autore:

Matt Rendell is the UK's foremost cycling journalist and author. He has written and presented for the BBC, ITV and Channel 4, and was the editor of The Official Tour de France Centennial 1903-2003 which was a Sunday Times Top Ten Bestseller in hardback. He is also the author of Kings of the Mountains, A Significant Other and The Death of Marco Pantani, which is currently short-listed for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year. The National Sporting Club named Matt the 'Best New Sports Writer' of 2003.

Contenuti:

Prologue, or The Sporting Bumblebee Le Grand Depart: 1903 The First Annual Congress of Hardy Crotches; 1904 The Last Tour; 1905-6 Myths of Mountains; 1907-8 Argie-Bargie; 1909 Giant Haystacks; 1910 Over the Top; 1911 Domestique Bliss; 1912-4 Belgium Attacks! From One War to the Next: 1919 Bauge's Bright Idea; 1920-2 Tales of Torment; 1923-4 Chain Gang on Wheels; 1925 Living Dangerously; 1926 The Fabulous Buysse Boys; 1927-8 Two Tours de Frantz; 1929 Three Yellow Jerseys; 1930-4 Four for France; 1935-9 Disraeli Gears The Golden Age: 1947 A Marriage of Convenience; 1948 V for Vatican; 1949 A Rare Bird; 1950-1 Special K; 1952 The Greatest; 1953-5 Holey Trinity; 1956 A Win for a Nobody Anquetil and After: 1957 Boy Wonder; 1958 Supernatural!; 1959-60 Cat and Mouse; 1961-4 The Caravelle Prophecies; 1965 Afterglow; 1966 Big Brother; 1967 Image and Reality; 1968 Fifty Ways to Lose the Tour The Cannibal: 1969-74 The Greatest Belgian Ever; 1975-7 Eddy's Final Act The Years of the Badger: 1978-9 The Tetch Offensive; 1980 In Through the Out Door; 1981-2 The Killer Glance; 1983-4 Mister Merckx? Who he?; 1985-6 Not Dead Yet; 1987-8 In Absentia; 1989-90 Against the Odds The Modern EPOch: 1991-5 Chance the Gardener; 1996 Mr Sixty Per Cent; 1997 Wunderkind; 1998 Piracy The Winning Habit: 1999 Anything's Possible; 2000 “I Don't Speak French”; 2001 The Look; 2002 Take the “A” Train; 2003 Pride after a Fall; 2004 “I Can Destroy You”; 2005 Magnificent Seven; 2006 Meltdown A Word about the Statistics Acknowledgements

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• Editore: Quercus Publishing
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1847241557
• ISBN 13: 9781847241559
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 288