Read Field of Fire: The Tour de France of '87 and the Rise and Fall of ANC-Halfords

Field of Fire: The Tour de France of '87 and the Rise and Fall of ANC-Halfords

Jeff Connor

4.9/5 (21164 ratings)

Description:In 1987, a British-based team competed in the Tour de France for the first time in almost two decades. The ANC-Halfords squad were decimated by the punishing pace, the manager walked out during one of the Alpine stages, five of the nine riders and some of the staff never made it to Paris, and most of the personnel went unpaid. ANC were the definitive innocents abroad and it became one of the great sporting misadventures of all time.If that wasn't bad enough for ANC, a tabloid journalist travelled with them for the full three weeks. Jeff Connor's account of the Tour, Wide-Eyed and Legless, became a classic and was later voted number one in Cycle Sport's list of the best cycling books of all time.Now, 25 years on, Connor revisits the scene of the crime, tracks down the participants and discovers exactly how their fortunes were changed, some irrevocably, by the '87 Tour. Field of Fire tells a moving tale of sporting disillusionment, heartbreak, anger - and humour.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Field of Fire: The Tour de France of '87 and the Rise and Fall of ANC-Halfords. To get started finding Field of Fire: The Tour de France of '87 and the Rise and Fall of ANC-Halfords, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Pages: —

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: —

Release: —

ISBN: 1845961706

Description: In 1987, a British-based team competed in the Tour de France for the first time in almost two decades. The ANC-Halfords squad were decimated by the punishing pace, the manager walked out during one of the Alpine stages, five of the nine riders and some of the staff never made it to Paris, and most of the personnel went unpaid. ANC were the definitive innocents abroad and it became one of the great sporting misadventures of all time.If that wasn't bad enough for ANC, a tabloid journalist travelled with them for the full three weeks. Jeff Connor's account of the Tour, Wide-Eyed and Legless, became a classic and was later voted number one in Cycle Sport's list of the best cycling books of all time.Now, 25 years on, Connor revisits the scene of the crime, tracks down the participants and discovers exactly how their fortunes were changed, some irrevocably, by the '87 Tour. Field of Fire tells a moving tale of sporting disillusionment, heartbreak, anger - and humour.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Field of Fire: The Tour de France of '87 and the Rise and Fall of ANC-Halfords. To get started finding Field of Fire: The Tour de France of '87 and the Rise and Fall of ANC-Halfords, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Special Offer | $0.00

Special Offer! | $0.00

Field of Fire: The Tour de France of '87 and the Rise and Fall of ANC-Halfords

Field of Fire: The Tour de France of '87 and the Rise and Fall of ANC-Halfords

More Books

Wide-Eyed and Legless: Inside the Tour de France

Wide-Eyed and Legless: Inside the Tour de France

The Lost Babes: Manchester United and the Forgotten Victims of Munich

The Lost Babes: Manchester United and the Forgotten Victims of Munich

Pointless

Pointless

Dougal Haston: The Philosophy of Risk

Dougal Haston: The Philosophy of Risk

Looking for Lulu

Looking for Lulu

Imperfect Justice: Prosecuting Casey Anthony by Jeff Ashton (2012-08-28)

Imperfect Justice: Prosecuting Casey Anthony by Jeff Ashton (2012-08-28)

Il desiderio messo a nudo. Conversazioni con Jeff Koons

Il desiderio messo a nudo. Conversazioni con Jeff Koons

Once Were Lions

Once Were Lions

Strength Coach: A Call To Serve

Strength Coach: A Call To Serve