The Book about Tour de France, written by authors of this web page
The page you are just visiting is a kind of online Annex of a book publication,
which was written by the authors of this webpage. The book is divided into three
main chapters, one of which is an extensive statistical and cartographic annex,
mapping the 100 years of the Tour de France.
Tour de France: geographical approach to the history of sport event
authors: Vladimír Bačík, Michal Klobučník publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing ISBN-13: 978-3659486678 Paperback, 244 pages
The Tour de France, a three weeks´ bicycle race has a unique position in the sports world. The main
purpose of the study is not only in offering an answer to the questions “Who“ or “When“, but mainly “Where“.
The analysis was focused on the spatial dimension of Tour de France considering the aspect of localization and
evaluation of different stage centers as well as the most important mountain ascents included in the competition
itinerary in its history. Important part is also summation of the main results and basic statistics of the 100
editions of “La Grande Boucle” with an emphasis on some characteristics not yet accentuated. The focus is on
important persons of the history of the race and on different nations in the form of partial successes of
performers and countries in individual historical decades. Integral part of the book is a comprehensive
cartographic-statistical annex based on data organized in a database structure. This publication should
contribute to the overall orientation in this field for the researchers engaged in geography of sports and sport history.
If you want to use something from our page in your paper, web, post..., please cite this:
BAČÍK, V., KLOBUČNÍK, M. (2014): Tour de France: geographical approach to the history of sport event, LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 244 p.
BAČÍK, V., KLOBUČNÍK, M., (2013): History of Tour de France from the Geographical Point of View, Sport Science Review, vol. XXII, no. 3-4, 2013, p. 255 - 277, DOI: 10.2478/ssr-2013-0013
Here we would like to express our respect and thanks to all participants and organizers of this prestige event, as well as to highlight the possibilities of geography and bring a new look at this phenomenon