Twilight of the hero in the tour de france

International Review for the Sociology of Sport

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 348-363

  Wieting, Stephen G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

cycling; doping; heroes; Tour de France

Indexed keywords

EID: 84998044294     PISSN: 10126902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/101269000035003007     Document Type: Article

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