Chris Sidwells - The Call of the Road: The History of Cycle Road Racing

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First published in Great Britain by William Collins in 2018

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Copyright Chris Sidwells 2018

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Source ISBN: 9780008220808

Ebook Edition 2019 ISBN: 9780008220785

Version: 2019-04-17

An intriguing read for almost any reader, not only those who are interested in cycling

Tuam Herald

[An] engaging and accessible account of the races history

Sunday Business Post

The Call of the Road is the definitive story of cycle road racing Sidwells dissects the seemingly ever-present question of doping, and brings the story of road racing completely up to date

The Sports Book Club

George Pilkington Mills (18671945), winner of the inaugural BordeauxParis race. Courtesy of Graces Guide to British Industrial History

French racing cyclist Maurice Garin, winner of the first Tour de France in 1903. Roger Viollet/Getty Images

Paul Deman (18891961) won the first Tour de Flanders race in 1913. Paul Fearn/Alamy

Team Omega Pharma Quick Step 2012 Matteo Trentin, holder of the Ruban Jaune. Tim de Waele/Corbis via Getty Images

The arrival of the 1929 Tour de France. From left to right: Maurice De Waele, winner of the Tour, Benot Faure and Jef Demuysere. Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images

Beryl Burton (19371996), star of womens cycling in the Fifties, Sixties and Seventies, and among the all-time greats of all womens sport. Popperfoto

World Champion Marianne Vos (left) of The Netherlands chats to Elizabeth (Lizzie) Deignan (right) of Great Britain at the start of the Prudential RideLondon Grand Prix Pro Womens Race in St Jamess Park on 9 August 2014 in London, England. Bryn Lennon/Getty Images

Former East German cyclist Gustav-Adolf Tve Schur poses with his racing bicycle from 1955, the model Friedensfahrt (Peace Race), during a visit to the production facilities of bicycle manufacturer Diamant bicycles in Hartmannsdorf, Germany, in 2010. DPA Picture Alliance Archive/Alamy

Peace Race 2004 in Meerane, Germany, where cyclists are seen climbing the so-called Steile Wand (Steep Wall). Christian Fischer/Bongarts/Getty Images

Charles Holland, pioneer racing cyclist and first British rider to enter the Tour de France in 1937. M&N/Alamy

British cyclist Brian Robinson on a mountain pass during the ninth stage of the Tour de France, between Brianon and Monaco, 15 July 1955. This was the first tour in which a British team participated. Bert Hardy/Picture Post/Hulton Archive/Getty Images

Cyclist Tom Simpson (19371967) competing in the 1966 Tour de France. Roger Viollet/Getty Images

Barry Hoban receives his trophy after winning the 18th stage of the Tour de France in Bordeaux in 1969. He cycled with the Mercier-Hutchinson team. Agence France Presse/Getty Images

Race leader Chris Froome of Great Britain and Team SKY in action on Stage Six of the 2016 Criterium du Dauphine, a 141-km stage from La Rochette to Meribel. Bryn Lennon/Getty Images

Trophy Baracchi 1967 with Jacques Anquetil and Bernard Guyot. Jean Tesseyre/Paris Match via Getty Images

Fabian Cancellara of Switzerland competes in the Cycling Road Mens Individual Time Trial on Day 5 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at Pontal in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Bryn Lennon/Getty Images

Mark Cavendish of Great Britain: 5th Tour Dubai 2018, Stage Three Arrival. Tim de Waele/Getty Images