The Monuments: The Grit and the Glory of Cycling's Greatest One-Day Races

by Peter Cossins

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The Tour de France may provide the most obvious fame and glory, but it is cycling's one-day tests that the professional riders really prize. Toughest, longest and dirtiest of all are the so-called "Monuments", the five legendary races that are the sport's equivalent of golf's majors or the grand slams in tennis. Milan-Sanremo, the Tour of Flanders, Paris--Roubaix, Li ge-Bastogne-Li ge and the Tour of Lombardy date back more than a century, and...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1408846810

ISBN13:9781408846810

Release Date:May 2014

Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Length:410 Pages

Weight:1.45 lbs.

Dimensions:1.4" x 6.0" x 9.1"

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