A Race for Madmen

A History of the Tour de France

Chris Sidwells

• Publisher: Collins
• Year: 2011
• eBook ISBN:
  9780007441518
• Print ISBN:
  9780007511006

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Contents
• 1. A Tour is Born
• 2. Growing Pains
• 3. Into the Hills
• 4. The Yellow Jersey
• 5. The First Italian
• 6. The Rise of Nationalism
• 7. The Tour at War
• 8. Il Campionissimo
• 9. The First Hat-Trick
• 10. Maître Jacques
• 11. The Return of National Teams
• 12. Wind and Wildfire
• 13. The Badger
• 14. Born in the USA
• 15. The First to Five in a Row
• 16. The Day the Tour Nearly Ended
• 17. First There Were Seven, Now There Are None
• 18. Another Tour, Another Controversy
• 19. Armstrong’s Comeback and Beyond
• 20. Steakgate and the Landis E-mails
• 21. Arise, Sir Bradley
• Picture Section
• List of Searchable Terms
• Acknowledgements
• About the Author
• Copyright
• About the Publisher