Chasing the Chimney Sweep: A joyride around the original Tour de France of 1903

by Selwyn Parker and Selwyn Parker

It was the original Tour de France that started it all off. Conceived by a cycling-mad newspaper editor as a stunt to save his paper, the Tour of 1903 was a brutally tough event of non-stop, day-and-night stages raced over punishing roads while pedalling the heavy iron bikes of the day. Little wonder that some of these huge-hearted racers went nearly mad with fatigue and others resorted to dirty tricks to get through the ordeal. And so the culture...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1087312248
• ISBN13: 9781087312248
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 242 Pages
• Weight: 0.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 8.0"