Le Tour: A History of the Tour De France - Brossura

'Wheatcroft documents cycling's blue riband within the mileu of world and European history and with the spirit and endeavour of an honest Johnny-come-lately cycling enthusiast' IRISH TIMES
'A canter through some great Tour stories, and also gives a fascinating insight into how the Tour pervaded the culture of a nation' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
‘Don’t pick on the Tour: this is a golden age for corruption in so many sports’
Comment piece
Guardian 9/7

‘Tour de Farce’
Article by Geoffrey
Observer Sport Monthly July issue

‘Le Tour camouflages Geoffrey Wheatcroft’s fine understanding of the intricacies and intrigue of the most obsessional sporting event known to mankind. He accompanies a century of rippling calves, multi-bike pile-ups, performance-enhancing drugs and untimely death, with sideways glances at what else is going on in the real world...this is a clever book; the narrative of the Tour is as remorseless, as unending, as up and down, and as accident prone as the grinding race itself’
Financial Times Magazine 7/7

‘First published in 2003 to celebrate the Tour de France’s centenary, Yo, Blair! Author Geoffrey Wheatcroft has updated Le Tour to include its 2007 London leg and the latter half of the Armstrong winning streak’
Observer 1/7