Книга: Chris Sidwells «Tour Climbs: The Complete Guide to Every Mountain Stage on the Tour de France»

Производитель: "Collins"

The first book to cover in detail every major climb ever used in the Tour de France, including detail on the actual route (with maps and profile), length, height, list of winners and route descriptions of how to emulate the King of the Mountains and get from the bottom to the top. Every year the Tour de France is said to only really start when it reaches the first mountain stages: the drama of the race only really begins as the climbers take over in the Pyrenees, Vosges or Alps. The Tour is also the most famous classic in cycling and draws huge audiences to the TV and internet coverage (the official web site holds the world record for number of hits excluding search engines). But the route of the Tour is not just for professionals. A growing number of people now take their bikes and actually do a stage of the Tour (the Etap - for amateurs, which this year attracted 8, 000 people to climb one of the hardest mountain stages in the Tour) or spend a week doing some of the more notorious... ISBN:978-0-00-751230-0

Издательство: "Collins" (2013)

ISBN: 978-0-00-751230-0