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TexasProgresive

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2. "The Yellow Jersey" by Ralph Hurne

Reply to hermetic (Original post)

Sun May 8, 2016, 02:28 PM

May 2016

This is a classic novel of a 37 year old man who ends up in the Tour de France. That alone is against all odds. He has a history of being a Don Juan, but then he meets Bobby a 19 year old New Zealander on her gap year in Belgium. I haven't gotten to the part where he enters Le Tour but I know it's coming.

If you've ever watched bicycle racing on TV and was a bit lost as to the tactics this book can help. It's not just one person on a self powered machine powering him/herself over the finish line first. Hurne weaves the intricacies of various types of racing seamlessly into the story.

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