FREYA NORTH
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Published by HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd 1 London Bridge Street London SE1 9GF
First published in Great Britain by
William Heinemann 1999
Copyright © Freya North 1999
Afterword © Freya North 2012
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Source ISBN: 9780007462230
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Table of Contents
Cat McCabe and the Tour De France
Jules Le Grand and Team Systeme Vipere
Rachel McEwen and Team Zucca Mv
Prologue Time Trial: Delaunay Le Beau, Saturday 3 July
Stage 1: Delaunay Le Beau-Rouen. 195 kilometres
Stage 2: Rouen-Vuillard. 260 kilometres
Stage 3: Vuillard-Plumelec. 225 kilometres
Stage 4: Plouay-Chardin. 248 kilometres
Stage 5: Nantes-Pradier. 210 kilometres
Stage 6: Pradier-Bordeaux. 215 kilometres
Stage 7: Computaparc - Individual Time Trial. 54.5 kilometres
Stage 8: Sauternes-Pau. 162 kilometres
Stage 9: Pau-Luchon. 196.5 kilometres
Stage 10: Luchon-Plateau de Boudin. 170 kilometres
Stage 11: Tarascon sur Ariège-Le Cap D’Arp. 221 kilometres
Stage 12: Frontignan La Peyrade-Daumier. 196 kilometres
Stage 13: Valadon-Grenoble. 186.5 kilometres
Stage 14: Grenoble-L’Alpe D’Huez. 189 kilometres
Stage 15: Vizille-Gilbertville. 204 kilometres
Stage 16: Gilbertville-Aix-les-Bains. 149 kilometres
Stage 17: Aix-les-Bains-Neuchâtel. 218.5 kilometres
Stage 18: La Chaux de Fonds-Lautrec. 242 kilometres
Repos: Transfer by road and rail. Lautrec-Disneyland-Paris
Stage 19: Disneyland Paris, Individual Time Trial: 63 kilometres
Stage 20: Disneyland-Paris. 149.5 kilometres
October: Paris. The launch of next year’s Tour de France
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