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New cycling book, Shoulder to Shoulder, features vintage photos of cycling's first superstar, Jacques Anquetil

Published December 4, 2015

BOULDER, Colo. (BRAIN) — A new cycling history book, Shoulder to Shoulder, presents more than 100 newly restored vintage cycling photographs from The Horton Collection that showcase cycling's first superstar, Jacques Anquetil, and other riders of the 1960s. Shoulder to Shoulder: Bicycle Racing in the Age of Anquetil is now available in bookstores, bike shops and online.

You can preview a selection of the book's photographs at velopress.com/shoulder.

Shoulder to Shoulder ushers readers into the zenith of Anquetil's career with a fully restored collection of rare and valuable photographs. 

The book includes more than 100 images-most unseen since their original publication in the magazines and newspapers of the day. Great names in these photos include Rik van Looy, Tom Simpson, Raymond Poulidor, Jan Janssen, Miguel Poblet, Rudi Altig, Federico Bahamontes, Jean Stablinski, Gastone Nencini, Jean Graczyk and many more.

The book includes an appendix of explanatory notes for each photo; a sewn, lay-flat binding; and premium acid-free paper.

The hardcover retails for $16.95.

Media, marketing and sales contact: Dave Trendler, VeloPress, dtrendler@competitorgroup.com.

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