This book analyses the Tour de France over its long history both as France's most prestigious and famous sporting event and as a European and, increasingly, a w

How can the social sciences help us to understand the past, present and potential futures of cycling? This timely international and interdisciplinary collection

The nearly 150-year-old sport of cycling had its first competition in France in 1868. Soon afterward, the need arose for purpose-built cycling tracks because of

Geoffrey Wheatcroft's hugely entertaining and well researched history of the Tour de France is already established as the definitive account of cycling's greate