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Find yourself confused, nodding along when a rouleur relates how le biscuit was effrité (crumbled)? How today they're feeling Angers (past caring)?

Fear no more, for Boulting''s Velosaurus will illuminate, enlighten and, frankly, mislead.

In his Velosaurus, ITV Tour de France commentator and cycling writer Ned Boulting provides the ultimate lexicon of nonsense terminology surrounding the esteemed Tour de France. Featuring essential vocabulary like Alpe (an Alp), panache (riding with doomed flamboyance, conscious of the need to renew one's contract), moutarde (any race that ends, begins or passes through the city of Dijon) and maillot (a jumper, obviously), Boulting's Velosaurus is the ideal companion to all things peloton for linguistically-challenged fans of non-automotive two-wheeled sport.

''Deserves to be on any Tour de France fan's shelf.'' Cycle

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It’s a “dip in and smile” book that deserves to be on any Tour de France fan’s shelf. * Cycle *

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      Publisher: Vintage Publishing
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 20/10/2016
      ISBN13: 9780224100649, 978-0224100649
      ISBN10: 0224100645

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Find yourself confused, nodding along when a rouleur relates how le biscuit was effrité (crumbled)? How today they're feeling Angers (past caring)?

      Fear no more, for Boulting''s Velosaurus will illuminate, enlighten and, frankly, mislead.

      In his Velosaurus, ITV Tour de France commentator and cycling writer Ned Boulting provides the ultimate lexicon of nonsense terminology surrounding the esteemed Tour de France. Featuring essential vocabulary like Alpe (an Alp), panache (riding with doomed flamboyance, conscious of the need to renew one's contract), moutarde (any race that ends, begins or passes through the city of Dijon) and maillot (a jumper, obviously), Boulting's Velosaurus is the ideal companion to all things peloton for linguistically-challenged fans of non-automotive two-wheeled sport.

      ''Deserves to be on any Tour de France fan's shelf.'' Cycle

      Trade Review
      It’s a “dip in and smile” book that deserves to be on any Tour de France fan’s shelf. * Cycle *

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