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The Tour is won on the Alpe : Alpe d'Huez and the classic battles of the Tour de France
- Title
- The Tour is won on the Alpe : Alpe d'Huez and the classic battles of the Tour de France / Jean-Paul Vespini ; translated by David V. Herlihy ; translation edited by Mark Deterline.
- Author
- Vespini, Jean-Paul.
- Publication
- Boulder, Colo. : VeloPress ; [Berkeley, Calif.] : Distributed in the United States and Canada by Publishers Group West, ©2008.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | GV1049.2.T68 V4713 2008 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Deterline, Mark.
- Description
- xv, 208 pages : illustrations (some color), color map; 23 cm
- Uniform Title
- Tour se gagne à l'Alpe. English
- Alternative Title
- Tour se gagne à l'Alpe.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-208).
- Contents
- Foreword / Jean-Marie Leblanc -- Prologue: The Pinnacle -- 1. Birth of a Legend -- 2. 1952: Fausto Coppi Climbs to the Heavens -- 3. 1976: How Alpe d'Huez Became "Dutch Mountain" -- 4. 1977: Thevenet Can't Climb the Stairs -- 5. 1978: Pollentier, or the Story of a Toad's Trickery -- 6. 1979: Two Climbs for the Price of One -- 7. 1981: The Badger Denied -- 8. 1982: Beat Breu in the Footsteps of Charly Gaul -- 9. 1983: Fignon Makes His Debut -- 10. 1984: Hinault Agonistes -- 11. 1986: The Alpe's Greatest Duel -- 12. 1987: Delgado Sets Spain Afire -- 13. 1988: Steven Rooks Smiles at Last -- 14. 1989: Fignon's Exhausted Attack -- 15. 1990: LeMond and Bugno to the Line -- 16. 1991: The Beginning of the Indu-reign -- 17. 1992: Hampsten Sets His Pace -- 18. 1994: Pantani Sets a Record -- 19. 1995: Pantani and Indurain: The Face-Off -- 20. 1997: The Pirate, Alone at the Helm -- 21. 1999: Armstrong: Return of the Miracle Man -- 22. 2001: The Look -- 23. 2003: Armstrong Battles Bad Luck -- 24. 2004: Six-Shooter: Armstrong Aims at the Record -- 25. 2006: Landis in Armstrong's Footsteps -- App. A. The Ascents of Alpe d'Huez -- App. B. Statistics.
- ISBN
- 9781934030233
- 1934030236
- 9781931382922
- 1931382921
- 1931382875
- 9781931382878
- LCCN
- 2007050364
- OCLC
- ocn184982456
- 184982456
- SCSB-14290742
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library