To celebrate the 100th Tour de France anniversary in 2003, we’vefully updated and reissued Tour de France/Tour de Force inpaperback. Arranged chronologically and illustrated with hundredsof photographs dating back to the first race in 1903, Tour deFrance/Tour de Force offers a one-of-a-kind look at the Tour’shistory. Tour insider James Startt shares stories of ingenuity(when Francois Faber’s chain broke in the last kilometer of the1909 Tour, he simply ran his bike across the finish line), tragedy(Tom Simpson collapsing and dying on the climb up Mont Ventoux in1967), and triumph (Lance Armstrong’s first of four consecutivevictories after his battle with cancer—victories that created ahuge upsurge of interest in the sport). With an introduction bythree-time Tour winner Greg LeMond, Tour de France/Tour de Force isthe perfect way for fans everywhere to revel in the greatest bikerace on earth.