Yellow Jersey Lanterne Rouge: The Last Man in the Tour de France

Wer sich für Radrennen allgemein, und den TdF speziell, begeistert, sollte dieses Buch unbedingt lesen. Ich habe es jetzt nochmal gelesen, wegen einer OP in der Klinik, während der TdF 2021 im Fernseher lief. Exzellentes Buch für jeden, der Radfahren als Sport liebt. Es vertieft das Verständniss ungemein.

Unlike Etape, which is a book for die-hard Tour de France and cycling fans, this book is a little more suited for people who casually follow the Tour every July and do not pay as much attention to the sport the rest of the year. Mr. Leonard gives a great history of the Tour and some of its most exciting figures, including those who have finished last in this amazing race. The stories are fun to read about, the interviews are full of good questions, and he explains some of the cycling lingo in the book that makes it easy for people who do not understand cycling can read. Fantastic book on a fantastic subject.

great!!

Hors norm, super interressant, et bien écrit avec un réspet et sympathie pour les athlètes, et des surprises aussi...à recommender

Max is a new author for me. But I am happy to add this to my huge (!) cycling book collection. I've bought a lot of 2nd or even 3rd rate books in the past couple of years as everyone seems to want to publish about cycling. But Max has produced a first rate book. Well written and a book that I found it difficult to put down. So I used my bike lights under the duvet whilst the Mrs tried to sleep! Just one little niggle, if I may. I loved the list of all the Lanterne Rouges since that first Tour. It is a fun list and a great foil to to those books endlessly listing the winners of each Tour! I'm looking forward to your next book! How about one on the Paris-Nice - that seems to be missing from the publishers' palmares! I'd also like to see one on the great British classic of days gone by: Folkestone/Dover-London, London-Holyhead and so on. Max is the guy to write that one whilst some of the protagonists are still alive.