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Cleijne, Jan, 1977-
Subjects
Tour de France (Bicycle race) -- History -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Bicycle racing -- France -- History -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Cyclists -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Comic books, strips, etc. -- Netherlands.
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Cleijne, Jan, 1977-
Tour de France (Bicycle race) -- History -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Bicycle racing -- France -- History -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Cyclists -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Comic books, strips, etc. -- Netherlands.
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Legends of the
tour
/ Jan Cleijne.
by
Cleijne, Jan, 1977-
Head of Zeus, 2014.
Call #:
796.62 C624L
Subjects
Tour
de
France
(
Bicycle
race
)
--
History
--
Comic
books
,
strips
,
etc
.
Bicycle
racing
--
France
--
History
--
Comic
books
,
strips
,
etc
.
Cyclists
--
Biography
--
Comic
books
,
strips
,
etc
.
Comic
books
,
strips
,
etc
.
--
Netherlands.
ISBN:
9781781859995 (pbk.)
178185999X (pbk.)
Description:
160 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour)
Notes:
Translation of: Helden van
de
tour
.
Summary:
"Captures the essence of the
Tour
de
France
- the grit and the glory. Since Maurice Garin's inugural victory in 1903, hundreds of thousands of kilometers have been covered in pursuit of the yellow jersey and few of them have been without incident or drama. Here are the
Tour
's legends: Eugene Christophe welding his
bicycle
back together at the foot of the Pyrenees in 1913; Bartali V Coppi, 1949; Poulidor shoulder-to-shoulder with Anquetil on the Puy
de
Dome, 1964; Tommy Simpson's death on Ventoux, 1967; Lance Armstrong's domination and disgrace; finishing with Bradley Wiggins' and Chris Froome's victories back-to-back victories for Britain in 2012 and 2013. Jan Cleijne (born: 1977 in Roosendaal, the Netherlands) is an illustrator,
comic
strip maker and amateur racing cyclist. This is his first graphic novel"--Provided by publisher.
Genre:
Comic
books
,
strips
,
etc
.
Graphic non-fiction.
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