By bike & elsewhere - Jean Bobet

Born in 1930, he was university world champion in 1949 in Budapest, before beginning a career as a professional cyclist which took him to the roads of the greatest events.
He then turned to journalism, working for L'Équipe, Le Monde and Cinq colonnes à la une before heading the Sports department at RTL.
Author of several books on cycling, he received the Grand Prix de Littérature Sportive 2003 for his biography of Octave Lapize.

Bird's Step Editions

ISBN: 978-2-917971-05-5
– 120 pages.
Publisher price €12