War stories from a winner : introduction / Greg LeMond -- A bunch of guys pedaling in their underwear : preface / Samuel Abt -- 1903-1914 : the pioneer years -- Maurice Garin : not bad for chimney sweep -- 1907-1908 : Petit-Breton, a tour-styled hero -- 1910 : ain't no mountain high enough...sort of -- 1913-1920 : Thys's triple -- Henri Pélissier and Co. -- 1924-1925 : Ottavio Bottecchia's shooting star -- 1927-1929 : Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes -- 1930-1939 : the tour turns nationalistic -- René Vietto : they called him the king' -- Post-World War II and beyond -- 1950-1951 : Swiss interlude -- Simply Louison : from baker's son to French icon -- Jacques Anquetil : a career in overdrive -- 1964 : showdown at Puy de Dôme -- 1967 : death in the afternoon -- Raymond Poulidor : one for the losers -- Eddy Merckx ; the man who ate men -- 1969-1975 : the Merckx years -- Bernard Hinault : they didn't call him the Badger' for nothing.
1978-1985 : the Hinault years -- Greg LeMond : racing bikes his way -- 1986-1990 : the LeMond years-American leads foreign influence in French race -- Miguel Indurain : El Tranquilo -- 1991-1996 : the Indurain years -- Toward the centennial : Pantani, Ullrich, Armstrong, and beyond -- The tour gets cleansed by the Texas flood -- evolution of the Tour de France bike -- Drugs in sports : the not-so-straight dope -- Tour results from 1903-present.
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