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100 1  Duff, Alex,|eauthor. 
245 10 Le Fric :|bfamily, power and money : the business of the 
       Tour de France /|cAlex Duff. 
246 30 Family, power and money :|bthe business of the Tour de 
       France 
246 30 Business of the Tour de France 
264  1 London :|bConstable,|c2023. 
264  4 |c©2022. 
300    xx, 314 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :
       |billustrations (black and white, and colour) ;|c20 cm. 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
336    still image|bsti|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-302) and 
       index. 
505 0  Rise & fall of a 'Bastard': The Tour de France in the 
       newspaper era -- Squeezing the LeMond: The Tour de France 
       in the television era -- Chasing the breakaways: Tour de 
       France in the internet era. 
520    The fascinating and unknown story of the Tour de France's 
       ever-changing relationship with money and power - and the 
       enigmatic family behind it all. It started with a cash 
       drop by an English spy in occupied Paris in 1944. Reserved
       for Resistance groups during the war, the money reached 
       Emilien Amaury, an advertising executive, who was tasked 
       to help France return to a free press once liberated. He 
       soon launched a newspaper empire that - unbeknown to him -
       would own the rights to run what would become one of the 
       greatest sporting events in history. Le Tour, once a 
       struggling commercial phenomenon, began to rise in 
       popularity across much of western Europe in the glum years
       after the Second World War, lifting the mood of the hungry
       and despondent French. But with the increased interest in 
       the event, exacerbated by the creation of television and 
       the internet, came several cultural threats to national 
       heritage. Multiple attempts to wrest power and profits 
       from the latest generation of the Amaury family - who 
       still own the race and take tens of millions of euros home
       in dividends - have followed, but not without a fight. 
       Fast-paced and fastidiously researched, Le Fric 
       illustrates how moments off the bike at the Tour de France
       are every bit as gripping as the battle for the yellow 
       jersey. 
600 10 Amaury, Émilien,|d1909-1977. 
600 30 Amaury family. 
611 20 Tour de France (Bicycle race) 
650  0 Bicycle racing|zFrance|xHistory|y20th century. 
650  0 Bicycle racing|xEconomic aspects|zFrance|y20th century. 
650  0 Sports tournaments|xEconomic aspects|zFrance|y20th 
       century. 
650  0 Bicycle racing|xFinance. 
650  0 Bicycle racing|xManagement. 
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