Roule Britannia: A History of Britons in the Tour de France

William Fotheringham

Yellow Jersey, 2005 - Sports & Recreation - 290 pages

Roule Britannia celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of a Briton first completing the Tour de France, the half-century of cultural exchange, and British cycling's fight for recognition that followed. During those fifty years only two Tours would take place without at least one Briton on the start line, and more than fifty British cyclists have taken part. Through exclusive interviews with and profiles of all those who have competed, William Fotheringham gives us the definitive record of their achievement, from those first stumbling efforts and the death of Tom Simpson, to the golden era of Sean Yates and Robert Millar, right up to Chris Boardman, David Millar and the present day, when the issue of banned drug use has clouded the great race.

Contents

• The Sage of Mirfield: 28
• A Question of Nationality: 50
• Lost Illusions: 71

About the author

WILLIAM FOTHERINGHAM writes for the "Guardian" and "Observer" on cycling and rugby. A racing cyclist and launch editor of "procycling" and "Cycle Sport" magazines, he has reported on over twenty Tours de France. He is the number one bestselling author of "Merckx: Half Man, Half Bike" and is the critically lauded author of "Fallen Angel, Roule Britannia," and "Put Me Back on My Bike," which "Velo" magazine called 'The best cycling biography ever written'.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Roule Britannia: A History of Britons in the Tour de France; Yellow Jersey Cycling Classics Series
• Author: William Fotheringham
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Yellow Jersey, 2005
• ISBN: 0224074253, 9780224074254
• Length: 290 pages
• Subjects: Sports & Recreation / Cycling