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Informationen zum Autor Serge Laget was eight years old when! on holiday in the South of France! he watched the Tour de France go by. He was hooked and has followed the Tour ever since! covering it as a journalist for L'Equipe since 1987. He has written many books on cycling! including Le Cyclisme! La Saga du Tour de France and La Belle Epoque du Cyclisme. He lives in Paris. Luke Edwardes-Evans is a freelance writer who regularly contributes articles to Cycling Weekly. He is the co-author (with Serge Laget) of Carlton Books' best-selling Official Treasures of the Tour de France. He lives in Tonbridge! in Kent! a short hop from France. Klappentext Happy 100th race, Tour de France! The deluxe "Official Treasures" series celebrates the grand occasion with a brand-new boxed edition. It gives fans of this 2,200-mile event--considered the greatest test of endurance in the sporting world an authoritative account of each major era up to and including the 2012 Tour, plus 40 items of historic memorabilia packaged into six folders. The removable facsimiles include souvenir brochures, period newspapers, posters, stickers, and postcards and correspondence from leading cyclists." Zusammenfassung A celebration of the 100th edition of one of the world's most famed annual events. This is an account of each major era in the sport up to and including the 2012 Tour and items of memorabilia from the past 109 years. Inhaltsverzeichnis Cycle Racing before the Tour; First Edition (1903); Early Years (1904-09); Into the High Mountains (1910-14); 1920s (1919-29); 1930s; Wartime hiatus; Italian Dominance (1948-52); Bobet Era (1953-56); Anquetil Era (1957-68); Merckx Era (1969-74); Thevenet Era (1975-77); Hinault Era (1978-85); LeMond Era (1983-90); Indurain Era (1991-98); Armstrong Era (1999-2005); Era of Zero Tolerance (2006-2008); Generations Collide (2009-2012); The 100th Edition; The Yellow Jersey; King of the Mountains; The Green Jersey; The White Jersey; Other Tour Jerseys; Father of the Tour; The Great Climbs; Just About the Bikes; Time Trials; Sponsored Teams; Publicity Caravan; Stories Behind the Treasures. ...
