Fifty years ago, ten Britons crossed the Channel and made history. For the first time, a team of British cyclists took part in the Tour de France, the most gruelling event in all of sport. Only two of those riders completed that 1955 race; only one British newspaper bothered to send a correspondent. Today, the Tour has become part of the British sporting calendar. Men such as Tom Simpson, Robert Millar and Chris Boardman have written their names into the record books alongside the sport's acknowledged greats. In Roule Britannia, William Fotheringham, acclaimed biographer of Tom Simson, gives us the definitive account of British cycling's achievements in the Tour, through exclusive interviews with and profiles of all those who have completed the event. From Brian Robinson to David Millar, Roule Britannia celebrates a nation's half-century-long affair with the greatest race of all...
- ISBN10 0224074261
- ISBN13 9780224074261
- Publish Date 1 June 2006 (first published 30 June 2005)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 1 July 2011
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Vintage Publishing
- Imprint Yellow Jersey Press
- Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
- Pages 304
- Language English