A Race for Madmen: The Extraordinary History of the Tour de France

Chris Sidwells

Collins, 2010 - Sports & Recreation - 330 pages

No sporting event has had its past and present, its highs and lows so intricately entwined with those of a country like the Tour has with France.

About the author

Chris Sidwells is a freelance journalist, author and photographer who specialises in all aspects of the sport and pastime of cycling. His books have been translated into 17 languages and been bestsellers in their genre in the UK and abroad.Chris currently contributes both words and pictures to every issue of the two top English language cycling magazines, Cycling Weekly and Cycle Sport, as well as Men's Fitness and the Sunday Times.

Bibliographic information

• Title: A Race for Madmen: The Extraordinary History of the Tour de France
• Author: Chris Sidwells
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: Collins, 2010
• ISBN: 0007321414, 9780007321414
• Length: 330 pages
• Subjects: Sports & Recreation / Cycling; Sports & Recreation / General