Bernard Hinault and the fall and rise of French cycling
Fotheringham, William2015
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Bernard Hinault is one of the greatest cyclists of all time. He is a five-time winner of the Tour de France and the only man to have won each of the Grand Tours on more than one occasion. Three decades on from his retirement, he remains the last Frenchman to win the Tour de France. His victory in 1985 marks the turning point when the nation who had dominated the first eight decades of the race they had invented suddenly found they were no longer able to win it. In this book, William Fotheringham finally gets to the bottom of this fascinating character and explores the reasons why the nation that considers itself cycling's home has found it so hard to produce another champion.
Main title:
Bernard Hinault and the fall and rise of French cycling / William Fotheringham.
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Imprint:
London : Yellow Jersey Press, 2015.
Collation:
x, 370 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 23 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780224092043 (hbk)
Language:
English
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BRN:
1278314