Alex Duff is a distinguished sports business reporter. He worked for Bloomberg News for 15 years, covering the business of the Tour de France, Formula One, the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the World Cup, America's Cup and the Olympics. His first book Football's Secret Trade (Wiley & Sons, 2017) about the money trail behind the finances of the football transfer market was serialized in the New York Times and the Guardian and featured in the Daily Mail.
The compelling story moves effortlessly from the empty boulevards
of German-occupied Paris to the heart of the City of London, from a
quiet house in Tring, Herts, to the 21 lungbusting hairpin turns on
theascent to Alpe d'Huez. One of the best books you will read this
year.
*Daily Mail, Sports Books of the Year*
Le Fric lifts the veil on the obscure family who run the world's
most famous bicycle race, the Tour de France . . . Duff welds
together the sporting and business worlds in a way that is always
entertaining - like the race itself
*Sunday Times, Sports Books of the Year*
A rip-roaring read about war, money, politics and sport . . . The
300 pages flew by . . . Deftly covers the big stories and
personalities without getting sensational, it's a page-turner but
informative and well-sourced. Sports fans should enjoy it and
anyone with an interest in media history in France would do well to
read it too.
*Inner Ring*
Brilliant . . . a business history with the rhythm and suspense of
a mystery thriller and plenty of curious revelations you will
surely be repeating in conversation.
*Stelvio*
Rollicking
*Times Literary Supplement*
Le Fric brings new insight to the Tour de France . . . A welcome
attempt to unravel the secretive business model and ownership of
cycling's best-known event.
*Road.cc*
Sports book of the year
*De Tijd*
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