French Revolutions - Cycling the Tour de France

Informationen zum Autor Tim Moore's books inlcude Do Not Pass Go , Spanish Steps , Nul Points , I Believe in Yesterday and You Are Awful (But I Like You) . He lives in London. Klappentext 'Bill Bryson on two wheels' Independent Self-confessed loafer Tim Moore, seduced by the speed and glamour of the biggest annual sporting event in the world, sets out to cycle the Tour de France. All 3,630km of it. A few weeks before the actual Tour de France, British writer Tim Moore sets out to cycle the course and offers a laugh-out-loud funny and highly entertaining account of how the great ride would feel when embarked on by an amateur. Racing old men on butchers' bikes and being chased by cows, Moore soon resorts to standard race tactics - cheating and drugs - in a hilarious and moving tale of true adventure. Zusammenfassung ‘Bill Bryson on two wheels’ IndependentSelf-confessed loafer Tim Moore, seduced by the speed and glamour of the biggest annual sporting event in the world, sets out to cycle the Tour de France.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Tim Moore, Moore Tim
• Verlag: Yellow Jersey
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 04.10.2012
• EAN: 9780224092111
• ISBN: 978-0-224-09211-1
• Seiten: 288
• Abmessung: 128 mm x 198 mm x 17 mm
• Themen: Belletristik > Comic, Cartoon, Humor, Satire; Ratgeber > Sport > Autosport, Motorradsport, Radsport, Flugsport; Reise > Reiseberichte, Reiseerzählungen > Europa; Reise > Reiseberichte, Reiseerzählungen > Welt, Arktis ,Antarktis; Sachbuch > Politik, Gesellschaft, Wirtschaft > Biographien, Autobiographien; France, TRAVEL / Essays & Travelogues, TRAVEL / Europe / France, TRAVEL / Special Interest / Bicycling, HUMOR / Topic / Travel, Humour, Travel writing, Sporting events and management, Sporting events & management, Cycle racing, Cycling: general and touring