23 Days in July
23 Days in July: Inside The Tour De France and Lance Armstrong's Record-Breaking Victory John Wilcockson, Graham Watson (Illustrator)
Publisher: Da Capo Press
ISBN: 0306814552
DDC: 796.620944
Edition: Paperback; 2005-05-30
Summary:
A riveting day-by-day account of the 2004 Tour de France "filled with
expert detail and rich with history, as Wilcockson knows the Tour as
well as any journalist alive." -ESPN.com Taking place over
twenty-three days in July and across more than 2,100 miles of smooth
blacktop, rough cobblestones, and punishing mountain terrain, the
Tour de France is the most grueling sports event in the world. And in
2004, five-time champion Lance Armstrong set out to achieve what no
other cyclist in the 100-year history of the race had ever done: win
a sixth Tour de France. Armstrong had four serious challengers who
wanted nothing more than to deny the man the French call Le Boss from
achieving his goal. The major threat among them was the only other
former Tour de France champion in last year's race, Germany's Jan
Ullrich - The Kaiser. But when the race was over, Lance Armstrong
once again wore the yellow jersey of victory. "With unabashed ease
Wilcockson chronicles Lance Armstrong's unprecedented sixth straight
victory.... Scandals and intense rivalries are also a part of the
Tour's appeal, and Wilcockson weaves them all together in an
entertaining account of the race - 20 stages, and 2,107 miles of
madness and magic." -Sports Illustrated
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