Taking place over twenty-three days in July and across more than 2,100 miles of smooth blacktop, rough cobblestones, and punishing mountain terrain, the Tour de France is the most grueling sports event in the world. And in 2004, five-time champion Lance Armstrong set out to achieve what no other cyclist in the 100-year history of the race had ...
Preeminent cycling journalist Samuel Abt's distinctive voice has told the stories of countless champions and decisive turning points in the most famous international races since the late 1970s. In this collection of articles originally published in "The New York Times" and the "International Herald Tribune, " Sam profiles three decades of cycling, ...
Lance Armstrong inspires millions the world over, not just as a sports champion, but as a champion at life. His heroic survival from deadly cancer and his hard-fought triumphs in the bicycle race that is thought to be the most gruelling endurance test in sports are a tribute to the strength of the human spirit. Filled with never-before-seen ...
In Samuel Abt's decades of writing about road racing, he has covered the careers of such legends as Greg LeMond, Miguel Indurain, Sean Kelly, Mario Cipollini, Lance Armstrong, and many others. Organized chronologically, this collection covers the stars and their sport with the drama and insight readers have come to expect from the man widely ...
John Wilcockson''s World of Cycling is the fi rst book to fully encompass the sport of bicycle racing for more than 30 years. It includes interviews with Greg LeMond and Lance Armstrong. '
Marco Pantani, once Italy's most celebrated cyclist, died alone on Valentine's Day in a hotel, one month after his 34th birthday. It was a sad and shocking ending for this champion who had reached the highest levels of athletic achievement in 1998 when he won the Tour de France and Giro d'Italia in the same year.
Cycling's premier journalist covers the world's most famous bicycle competition, the Tour de France, looking at the course and the contestants and adding behind-the-scenes anecdotes and insights. 60 photos, 30 in color.
A riveting day-by-day account, brimming with both historica and geographic detail, of the 2004 Tour de France, written by a journalist "widely considered to be the best cycling writer in the US "- USA Today . In July 2004, Lance Armstrong will attempt to achieve what no other cyclist has ever done-win a sixth Tour de France. The most grueling ...
Beginning with coverage of Lance Armstrong's remarkable 1999 win, this report by cycling's premier journalist follows riders on their grueling three-week race through the beautiful, but extreme, terrain of the Tour de France. Wilcockson covers the contenders, course and significant events, adding behind-the-scenes anecdotes and insights. 24 color ...
Beginning with follow-up coverage of the drug scandals that rocked 1998's race, this book follows the 1999 Tour de France from start to finish. It gives an overview of the course and the contenders, and covers every stage of the race. It includes a course map, descriptions and anecdotes of events, a diary page, and a list of the finishers. A 16 ...
In this guide, Chris Carmichael -- the coauthor of "The Lance Armstrong Performance Program" and the man who coached Armstrong to his Tour de France triumphs -- explains training methods for athletes at any skill level. CTS offers a four-part approach -- foundation, preparation, specialization, and transition -- and features in-depth articles on ...
Adventure, danger, and romance are found by three women in the American West. Stories include "Applegate Landing" by Jean Conrad, "Beyond the Smoky Curtain" by Mary Harwell Saylor, and "Moon for a Candle" by Maryn Langer.
Gives a specialized perspective on the sport of cycling. Featuring vistas of never before published photographs by Graham Watson, as well as a unique sampling of his most famous landscape shots.
A great world capital is profiled in this guide to its culture, customs, and history as seen through the insightful eyes of eight sophisticated insiders on the London scene. Specialists in particular areas of London life provide illuminating essays about the city's architecture, arts and crafts, fashion and style, festivals and religion, food and ...
Ruth Graham breathes understated, simplicity to a fresh way of telling why Jesus came to earth. Breathtaking paintings by Richard Jesse Watson bring to life the story of a young boy whose imagination takes flight when an elderly woman tells him the story of God's love. Within this story are the creation, the fall, the flood, Passover and the ...
This is a photographic collaboration, featuring hundreds of full-colour photos by two of cycling's foremost race photographers, which recaps one of the most exciting years in cycling.
To mark the retirement of John F. A. Sawyer, Professor of Religious Studies in the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, colleagues and former students from around the world have contributed studies on his areas of interest: the study of Hebrew, the books of the Jewish Bible, and the culture and traditions of Judaism. The essayists consider not ...
This work is a study of the British Army's permanent presence on the continent of Europe. Each section begins with an overview and continues with one or more detailed orders of battle for the period.
A pictorial history of the world's top cycling race, which takes place amidst some of Europe's most beautiful scenery. The book covers the last ten years of the race, a period in which Bernard Hinault's stranglehold on the event was challenged by North and South America, Ireland and Spain.
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