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In 1868, on the gravel of the Parc de Saint-Cloud in Paris, the world witnessed the inaugural contests between new-fangled ‘velocipedes’. To the local’s chagrin, an Englishman, James Moore, was victorious, and when he went on to beat 118 other competitors in the first ever road race, between the French capital and Rouen, his place in cycling history was assured. It would be a long journey, however, to British triumphs in the Tour de France.In Great British Cycling, Ellis Bacon charts that century and a half of evolution that has led to the modern boom in bike riding and racing. As cycling clubs continued to spread across the country, there were nevertheless constant battles to get the sport authorized and accepted, while a lack of finance and equipment often hindered British cyclists’ attempts to be the best. Yet in every generation, men and women from these shores have found ways to ride their hearts out, and we have lined the roads in our millions to cheer them on.This is the fascinating and entertaining story of one of our nation’s favourite sports, told through a winning blend of reportage and personal anecdotes, with the glorious successes and sometimes tragic failures of the

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Author

Ellis Bacon

Publisher

Bantam Books (Transworld Publishers a division of the Random House Group)

Published

2015

Language

EN

ISBN

9780857502513

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Anthropology, Social_sciences