The official Tour de France centennial, 1903-2003.
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson; Distributed in the United States of America by Sterling Pub. Co.; Orion Publishing Group, Limited
Published: 2003
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 359
Subjects: Bicycle racing -- France -- History.
Other titles: Equipe (Paris, France)
Description: The Tour de France is the world's largest annual sporting event with worldwide audience figures only exceeded by the Olympics and the football World Cup. Drawing on photography and journalism from L'Equipe's archives, this book chronicles the first 100 years of the Tour and captures its spirit.
Notes: "Translated from 100 ans de Tour de France"--Colophon.
"Created by journalists and correspondents of ... L'équipe"--Colophon.
"Foreword by Lance Armstrong"--Jacket.