World’s Ultimate Cycling Races: 300 of the Greatest Cycling Events

From the Tour de France to the biggest and best sportives, riders can choosetheir own adventures from among the world's greatest bike rides and best cycling races to watch or rideFrom Europe to Asia, via North America and Africa, this bookhighlights the must-rideraces and "gran fondos" whereriders can really testtheir legs against both the terrain andtheir fellow riders.Options includecheering on the world's top professionals from the roadside as they take on the Tour Down Under, heading into the Alps to watch the sport's greatest riders tackle the Tour de France, conquering theU.S. on the Race Across America, or mountain bikingone's way through South Africa on the Cape Epic. Types of races covered include pro stage race (across the Dolomites at the Giro d'Italia), road (the Etape du Tour of the Tour de France), mountain bike (Valparaiso, Chile), night (the London Nocturne), pro one-day race (take on the cobbles of Paris-Roubaix), cyclo-cross (Yorkshire's Three Peaks), long distance (cycle across Africa), and track (the Good Friday Track Meet at Herne Hill Velodrome). The author compiled the list with contributions from some of the world's leading cyclists, including 2012 Milan-San Remo winner Simon Gerrans and 2012 Tour of the Mediterranean champion Jonathan Tiernan-Locke."

Ellis Bacon is a cycling journalist whohas written on the sport forsuch publications as the ＂Observer＂ and the ＂Times＂ as well as being a regular contributor to ＂Cycle Sport＂ and ＂Cycling Weekly.＂ He has translated a number of books including the English version of Danish Tour de France winner and Saxo Bank manager Bjarne Riis’s autobiography. Phil Liggett commentates on the Tour de Franceand bike races for several channels including NBCSports, and iswidely regarded as the voice of world cycling. ＂