The Monuments by Cossins, Peter -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title page Dedication Contents Introduction: The making of the Monuments Part I: Liège–Bastogne–Liège – ‘La Doyenne’ 1 A stuttering start 2 The emergence of La Doyenne 3 The greatest Classic ever? 4 Tougher than the rest Part II: Paris–Roubaix – The Hell of the North 5 Babies’ heads, bowler hats and barnums 6 The birth of a legend 7 Under attack from tarmac 8 The north falls in love with ‘Hell’ Part III: The Tour of Lombardy – The Race of the Falling Leaves 9 The birth of ‘the autumn criterium’ 10 Italian cycling’s golden age 11 ‘The most demanding race on the calendar’ 12 The forgotten Monument Part IV: Milan–Sanremo – ‘La Classicissima’ 13 Putting Sanremo on the map 14 ‘A crazy, passion-filled race’ 15 Feast and famine for Italy 16 ‘It builds up like a thriller’ Part V: The Tour of Flanders – Vlaanderens Mooiste 17 Emancipation for Flanders 18 The legend of the ‘Flandriens’ 19 The remaking of the Ronde 20 Bring on the bergs Endpiece: Truly Monumental Appendix Bibliography Acknowledgements List of Illustrations eCopyright

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