My Mother just sent me a book about 4 New Zealanders who toured France around the route of the first TdF 1903

Chasing the Chimney Sweep - A joyride around the first Tour de France by Selwyn Parker, Penguin 2006

Pleasant and light this book really captures the French countryside and people. I did my own little one-month tour 25 years ago "toute seule, avec ma bicyclette et une tente " and the book brought back so many memories