<DIV>Etape is the French word for “stage”, and it refers to the daily drama of the world’s greatest bike race, the Tour de France. In Etape (“ay TOP”), critically acclaimed sportswriter Richard Moore selects the greatest stages of the modern Tour de France, from 1971 through 2012, to create a fantasy Tour de France, a dream team of the very best days in bike racing history.<BR><BR>From Chris Boardman’s Prologue superbike to Eddy Merckx in Marseille to Armstrong’s mournful stage for a fallen rider in 2003, Etape assembles the greatest days of modern Tour history into a Tour de France of incredible victory, glorious failure, shocking revelation, and beautiful memories. Drawing heavily from interviews with these living riders, Moore recreates each day vividly for a thoughtful and engaging look at cycling’s modern era.</div>