The First Tour de France: Sixty Cyclists and Nineteen Days of Daring on the Road to Paris

by Peter Cossins

Book Overview

From its inception, the 1903 Tour de France was a colorful affair. Full of adventure, mishaps and audacious attempts at cheating, it was a race to be remembered.

Cyclists of the time weren't enthusiastic about participating in this "heroic" race on roads more suited to hooves than wheels, with bikes weighing up to thirty-five pounds, on a single fixed gear, for three full weeks. Assembling enough riders for the race meant paying unemployed...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1568589840
• ISBN13: 9781568589848
• Release Date: June 2017
• Publisher: Bold Type Books
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 5.9" x 8.4"