He was hooked and has since dedicated twenty-five years to becoming the preeminent photographer of European bicycle racing. This book contains rich color photographs of more than just The Race. Watson documents everything, from road hazards (with a wonderful photograph of Miguel Morras negotiating through a massive flock of sheep on a criterium race in France in 1996) to the peloton winding its way beneath a hilltop village in Italy’s Maritime Alps during the Giro d’Italia. Some of his most dramatic photos document mud-caked racers on the one-day Paris-Roubaix race held, usually, in the rain every April. But the Tour looms large in this collection, as do the fans, the landscapes of the Tour and the cycling life in general.