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      Table of Contents

       Title Page

       Copyright

       Cat

       Dedication

       Map

       Cat McCabe and the Tour De France

       Jules Le Grand and Team Systeme Vipere

       Rachel McEwen and Team Zucca Mv

       Ben York and Team Megapac

       Setting the Wheels in Motion

       Prologue Time Trial: Delaunay Le Beau, Saturday 3 July

       Stage 1: Delaunay Le Beau-Rouen. 195 kilometres

       Stage 2: Rouen-Vuillard. 260 kilometres

       Stage 3: Vuillard-Plumelec. 225 kilometres

       Stage 4: Plouay-Chardin. 248 kilometres

       Stage 5: Nantes-Pradier. 210 kilometres

       Stage 6: Pradier-Bordeaux. 215 kilometres

       Stage 7: Computaparc - Individual Time Trial. 54.5 kilometres

       Stage 8: Sauternes-Pau. 162 kilometres

       Stage 9: Pau-Luchon. 196.5 kilometres

       Stage 10: Luchon-Plateau de Boudin. 170 kilometres

       Stage 11: Tarascon sur Ariège-Le Cap D’Arp. 221 kilometres

       Repos

       Stage 12: Frontignan La Peyrade-Daumier. 196 kilometres

       Stage 13: Valadon-Grenoble. 186.5 kilometres

       Stage 14: Grenoble-L’Alpe D’Huez. 189 kilometres

       Stage 15: Vizille-Gilbertville. 204 kilometres

       Stage 16: Gilbertville-Aix-les-Bains. 149 kilometres

       Stage 17: Aix-les-Bains-Neuchâtel. 218.5 kilometres

       Stage 18: La Chaux de Fonds-Lautrec. 242 kilometres

       Repos: Transfer by road and rail. Lautrec-Disneyland-Paris

       Stage 19: Disneyland Paris, Individual Time Trial: 63 kilometres

       Stage 20: Disneyland-Paris. 149.5 kilometres

       Day 27. Monday

       October: Paris. The launch of next year’s Tour de France

       Acknowledgements

       Afterword

       Fen

       Dedication

       Prologue

       Chapter One

       Chapter Two

       Chapter Three

       Chapter Four

       Chapter Five

       Chapter Six