Download or read book Golden Stages of the Tour de France written by Richard Allchin and published by . This book was released on 2013-06-14 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Tour de France began as a newspaper publicity stunt designed to down a rival sports paper: now, 100 years later, it is the jewel in the crown of professional cycling and one of the world's greatest sporting events. This book examines particular stages of Le Tour in order to unearth just what makes it such a compelling spectacle.