Bernard Hinault and the fall and rise of French cycling /
by Fotheringham, William.
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BookPublisher: London : Yellow Jersey Press, 2015Description: 320 pages.ISBN: 9780224100298 (pbk.) :; 0224100297 (pbk.) :; 9780224092043 (hbk).Classification number: 920 HINSubject(s): Hinault, Bernard, 1954- | Tour de France (Bicycle race) -- History | Cyclists -- France -- Biography | Bicycle racing -- France -- History | Biography | BiographySummary: 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.
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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.
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