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9781847390868
When Henri Desgrange began a new bicycle road race in 1903, he saw it as no more than a temporary publicity stunt to promote his newspaper. However the Tour soon became a national institution. This book tells some of the great Tour stories and focuses on the race's role in French cultural life.Wheatcroft, Geoffrey is the author of 'Tour a History of the Tour Depa', published 2007 under ISBN 9781847390868 and ISBN 1847390862.
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