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Graham Watson's Tour De France Travel Guide: The Complete Insider's Guide to Following the World's Greatest Race: The Complete Insider's Guide to the Tour!

Graham Watson's Tour De France Travel Guide: The Complete Insider's Guide to Following the World's Greatest Race: The Complete Insider's Guide to the Tour!

by G R A H A M W A T S O N (Author)

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    Illustrated 2009

    $4.33
Synopsis

Graham Watson's Tour de France Travel Guide lets cycling fans experience all the excitement of the Tour while negotiating its many daily obstacles with the confidence of a local. As cycling's leading photographer, Graham Watson has been in the right place at the right time during every stage of every Tour de France since 1977. No one knows how to get around the Tour like Graham. Graham shares his 31 years of Tour de France experience in this beautifully illustrated guidebook. Featuring over 200 of his award-winning photographs along with full-color maps, travel tips, checklists, and travel resources, this book presents a fresh and unique strategy for getting around the Tour's many opportunities for frustration to find a front-row seat for all the action. Learn where to eat, where to sleep, how to get around, how to see and photograph the race, and how to enjoy the greatest show on two wheels.

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Format: Illustrated
 Pages: 340
 Edition: Illustrated
 Publisher: VeloPress
Published: 01 May 2009
ISBN 10: 1934030384
ISBN 13: 9781934030387

Media Reviews
If you're heading to the Tour, or simply a cycling holiday in France, veteran cycling photographer Graham Watson's guide will prove to be a huge help, and entertaining too...Beyond its roots as a travel guide, Graham's book reveals photographic tips, includes 200 of his historic images, and provides the historical context that also makes this a great supplement for following the race at home, on TV or online. -- VeloNews magazine Surprisingly fresh and immediate, even funny at times. Graham really captures the reality of following the race. A book of random details could easily miss the bigger picture, the enormity of the event. His in-between-the-lines insights are what make this book a gem. -- RedKitePrayer.com Finally there is a practical guide for the traveller wishing to experience the Tour de France close up and personal. Graham Watson's Tour de France Travel Guide distills his 31 years of experience following la Grande Boucle into a compact but comprehensive volume that no fan of the Tour will want to be without. The final chapter is the piece de resistance as Graham Watson, the celebrated photographer, reveals how you too can photograph the Tour de France. I suspect that this book will be the most expensive one you will ever buy since I defy anyone after reading Graham Watson's joyful-fan-prose to not want to book a flight to France. -- Pezcyclingnews.com Graham Watson's Tour de France Travel Guide is engagingly and accessibly written and conveys the writer's evident enthusiasm for the delights of French cuisine, landscape, and winemaking even as it explains how to get along with recalcitrant French waiters or choose wine in a way that will impress them. This book is not just a guide to the Tour de France, it is worth reading as a guide to France itself, with a bunch of cycle racing thrown in for good measure. -- RoadCyclingUK.com Engaging and informative. Watson's intimate knowledge of France is equal to his impressive creative talent and skills in photographing the Tour. -- BikeRadar.com After 31 years on the job, cycling photographer Graham Watson knows a few things: how to photograph a bike race, how to get around France, and how to track down a nice meal. -- PodiumCafe.com Even if you are not planning to visit the Tour next year, Graham Watson's Tour de France Travel Guide should prove to be an incredible travel resource for years to come. This book will leave you saying some day, some day and dreaming of the time that you will travel to see the grandest of the Grand Tours. -- BikeWorldNews.com More than just a another traveler's guide book, Graham Watson's Tour de France Travel Guide is an intimate, all-encompassing guide to both the country and le Tour. Whether or not your trip actually materializes, devotees of the Tour will appreciate an escape from the dreary woes of the world (including cycling's doping issues) with this colorful and nostalgic journey through summertime France. -- DailyPeloton.com Graham Watson is the only photographer ever pointed out by the commentary team while a race is in progress. This is a gem of a book and reveals a side to Watson that most of us probably didn't know existed--he's a very impressive and accomplished writer. -- TheWashingMachinePost.net
Author Bio
GRAHAM WATSON, renowned for his stunning views of competitive cycling, is the sport's premier photographer. He has produced several volumes of his gorgeous photographs, including 20 Years of Cycling Photography.