PositiveThe Wall Street JournalBicycle racing’s connection to World War I is less well documented [than World War II]. Hence the significance of Adin Dobkin’s Sprinting Through No Man’s Land ... In a telling aside, Mr. Dobkin, a journalist who has written for the Atlantic and the Paris Review, notes that the newspaper that organized the Tour \'had at least managed to secure extra sugar ration cards\' for the riders ... The book picks up pace when, toward the end, the riders enter the Zones Rouges ... This is an epic tale, a timely reminder of the Tour’s umbilical connection with the communities through which it passes.
