In Pursuit of the Yellow Jersey: Bicycle Racing in the Year of the Tortured Tour

by Samuel Abt, James Startt (Photographer)

In this book, writer Samuel Abt and writer/photographer James Startt follow the world's premier professional bicycle racing event, the Tour de France and the events leading up to it. The book comprises 192 pages of text with black and white photographs and a 16-page full-color photo insert.

Genres: Cycling

192 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 1999

About the author

Samuel Raphael Abt was an American sports journalist and author who covered professional cycling for 31 years, publishing articles in the New York Times and International Herald Tribune, among others. He devoted much time to chronicling the careers of English-speaking riders, especially Lance Armstrong and Greg LeMond.