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A thorough stage-by-stage account of the most contested Tour ever: 1978.

Tour de France: The 75th Anniversary Bicycle Race

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The story of the Tour de France, one of sport’s most amazing events, is told in both words and images in this impressively vibrant pop-up history. Invoking the sense of freedom and adventure that cycling brings to people of all ages, this visual chronicle uses eight intricate, colorful 3-D scenes to illustrate the unique traditions, strategies, and heroism of the annual quest for the yellow jersey. Pop-up scenes tracing the development of the bicycle through history, a revolving wheel explaining the roles of various team members and racing officials, and a map of France that tracks the Tour s progress all encourage readers to embark on a journey of discovery.

Pop-up Tour de France: The World’s Greatest Bike Race

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With the popularity of Lance Armstrong and the Tour outstripping our knowledge of bicycle racing, here is THE TOUR DE FRANCE, a fully illustrated primer that explains the strategies, ground rules, history, personalities, techniques and technology behind one of the world’s most spectacular and brutal sporting events. It’s all clear: How teams work together. How their bikes are different from our bikes. What it takes to be a racer – the rare combination of slow-and fast-twitch muscles, a huge cardiovascular system, and an extraordinary toughness that allows you to endure more pain that your rivals. The jerseys: yellow, green, polka-dot, white, and the “combativity prize” to the rider who tries the hardest (look for the red race number.) The complicated timing structure, including why it’s so difficult to finish a tour – every rider must finish within ten percent or so of the fastest guy every single day, or head for home. Even what happens when the leader needs to make a rest stop – no, contenders don’t zoom off into the sunset. Includes a glossary, stats, historic timeline, 2004 tour map, and more.

The Tour de France Companion: A Nuts, Bolts & Spokes Guide to the Greatest Race in the World

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A counting book
for the youngest —
filled with motion,
excitement, and
suspense. Twelve
riders compete
in a bicycle race.
Who will win?
(A word to the wise:
Keep your eye
on Number 9!)

Bicycle Race

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A practical and detailed reference.

Using bright, colorful photographs and non-technical text, this book examines every aspect of competition cycling. It features everything racers need to know about their sport’s equipment, fitness, training, nutrition, the mental game, event rules, winning strategies and much more. All the information is geared to the specific facets of these sports.

The cycle racing sports profiled are: – Road Racing: From basic skills like learning to ride in a group, cornering and climbing to advanced skills like breaking away, sprinting and team tactics – Time Trials: Complex rules, requirements and equipment. All forms of time trial are explained – beginner, short- and long-distance trials, hill climbs and team trials – Mountain Bike Racing: The fastest-growing area of cycle racing is also one of the toughest. Where to ride, how to find a club, equipment and specifically tailored exercises – Track Racing: Where to find it, how to do it and how to improve – Cyclo-Cross: A running-cycling sport that requires as much conditioning as running a marathon. Features a specific training regimen for tackling this grueling event.

The training and fitness regimens are detailed and specific to each sport. Quick reference charts list interval programs for developing explosive power, aerobic power, intensity threshold, lactic acid tolerance and muscle power. Also covered are treating joint and soft tissue injuries, common problems and self-help, safety equipment and stretching.

Packed with the latest and most practical advice, Cycle Racing will help aspiring participants get a solid start in all types of cycling competition.

Cycle Racing: How to Train, Race and Win

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This digital document is an article from Fairfield County Business Journal, published by Westfair Communications, Inc. on April 30, 2001. The length of the article is 1186 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Bicycle race helps peddle valley tourism.
Author: Dan Strempel
Publication: Fairfield County Business Journal (Magazine/Journal)
Date: April 30, 2001
Publisher: Westfair Communications, Inc.
Volume: 40 Issue: 18 Page: 1

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Bicycle race helps peddle valley tourism.: An article from: Fairfield County Business Journal

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Solo Cycling: How to Train and Race Bicycle Time Trials

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Standing and watching the runners go by at the crowded Chicago Marathon, in downtown Boston, or at IronMan Kona, you’ll see a hundred of these hats go by in an hour. This original Headsweats technical hat style can be seen almost everywhere; from the supermarket, charity walk, golf course, tennis court, construction site or favorite fishing hole.

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The Tour de France. It’s probably the world’s greatest and certainly toughest professional sporting event. There is much more to the Tour than the daily stage victories and dope charges. This book takes a close look behind the scenes of the Tour and brings up many fascinating stories from the race’s 100-year history, as well as the events that preceded the Tour itself. The Unknown Tour de France makes fascinating reading for everyone interested in bicycle racing and professional sports in general. You’ll hear about the great champions of the early days, and some of later years, who molded the public image of the Tour the way it has become known. You’ll read about the beginnings of road racing and the men who started and promoted this great venture. Find out about the ‘foreign legion’, the early English-speaking riders, and the way some of them later placed their mark on the Tour. This edition replaces the previous edition ISBN 97818924266, which is no longer available.

The Unknown Tour De France: The Many Faces of the World’s Biggest Bicycle Race

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For three weeks each July, millions of fans from around the world descend upon the French countryside to cheer on the “forats de la route,” or slaves of the road-the riders competing in the Tour de France. Covering over 2000 miles in 21 days, the cyclists make a grand circuit of the country, crossing over both the Alps and the Pyrenees mountains before racing to the finish line along the Champs Elyses in Paris. Now almost a century old, the legendary bicycle race-the world’s largest annual sporting event-has a rich and colorful past. Tour de France/Tour de Force offers a one-of-a-kind look back at the Tour’s history and its heroes. Arranged chronologically and illustrated with hundreds of wonderfully evocative photographs dating back to the Tour’s beginning in 1903, it documents the great victories and the harrowing disasters, the glory and the agony of this amazing competition. From the astounding stories of early cyclists who looped around France on rudimentary two-wheelers to contemporary chapters emphasizing the tactics and winning moves employed in recent races, the drama of the Tour comes to life in these pages.

Featuring race results from 1903 all the way through to 1999, plus an introduction by three-time Tour winner Greg LeMond, and special sections on the evolution of the Tour de France bike and the controversial issue of performance-enhancing drugs, Tour de France/Tour de Force is the consummate guide to this truly extraordinary event in the world of sport.Amazon.com Review
When the Tour de France was first held, it was only six stages long. Each of those stages, however, was a grueling ultramarathon averaging 400 kilometers for a total Tour length of 2,400 kilometers. The largest margin of victory in the history of the Tour–2 hours, 48 minutes–comes from this race. From 1903 to 1999, Tour de France/Tour de Force covers the history of the world’s greatest cycling race in words and pictures. All the great riders are profiled: Lucien Petit-Breton, “King” Rene Vietto (who never won), Eddy “the Cannibal” Merckx, Bernard “the Badger” Hinault, Greg LeMond, Miguel Indurain, and of course, Lance Armstrong. Tour de Force also traces the event’s evolution; for example, Pyrenees climbs were added in 1910, ensuring that versatile riders would come to dominate.

Author James Startt shares stories of ingenuity (when Francois Faber’s chain broke in the last kilometer of the 1909 Tour, he simply ran his bike across the finish line), tragedy (Tom Simpson collapsing and dying on the climb up Mont Ventoux in 1967), and triumph (Lance Armstrong’s 1999 Tour victory). Lavishly illustrated, Tour de France/Tour de Force is essential reading for cyclists and cycling fans alike. –M. Stein

Tour de France/Tour de Force: A Visual History of the Worlds Greatest Bicycle Race

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