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If you complete a bike race of over 3,000 kilometres, overcoming mountain ranges and merciless weather conditions while enduring physical and psychological agony, in the slowest time, should you be branded the loser? What if your loss helped a teammate win? What if others lacked the determination to finish? What if you were trying to come last?

Lanterne Rouge flips the Tour de France on its head and examines what these stories tell us about ourselves, the 99% who don’t win the trophy, and forces us to re-examine the meaning of success, failure and the very nature of sport.

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Paperback: 272 pages
ISBN-13: 978-0224091992
“[A] lively account of largely forgotten men… It’s not easy to come up with an original angle on Le Tour, but with this rear view Leonard has managed the feat in style” (Simon Redfern Independent on Sunday)
“Brilliant… The stories of the lanternes rouges that Leonard picks out have real value, because the race’s rear view can tell you much more than the angle we’re all familiar with” (Michael Hutchinson Independent)