The Daily Telegraph book of the Tour de France

Federico Martín Bahamontes, the Eagle of Toledo, is rated by many as the greatest climber in cycling's history. The first Spaniard to win the Tour de France and a six-time champion of the race's gruelling 'King of the Mountains' classification, he became a national hero in a Spain struggling to rebuild after the atrocities and divisions of the Civil War.
Abstract: A man, a bike and the open road. What could be simpler?