Cat

Cat
Freya North

NEW on ebook for the first time with NEW author afterword.She’s in for the ride of her life.Her career is stuck in a rut.Her love life has been a tangle.But fortune favours the brave…When journalist Cat McCabe lands a job reporting on the Tour de France she’s confident it might give her stuttering career the boost it needs and provide a welcome distraction from a messy break-up. Or so she hopes.She quickly realizes Le Tour is not just all about the bikes. Large bulges, huge egos, lashings of Lycra and plenty of sexy shenanigans play their part and, soon enough, her own life starts to mirror the high peaks and perilous lows of the race as she battles for more than just a scoop.Whatever happens, it’s going to be the ride of her life.With sex, drugs, large bulges and larger egos, the soap opera that is the Tour de France unfolds, with Cat’s life frequently mirroring the peaks and perils of the race.

FREYA NORTH

Cat

Copyright

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, organizations, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental and beyond the intent of either the author or the publisher.

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First published in Great Britain by

William Heinemann 1999

Copyright © Freya North 1999

Afterword © Freya North 2012

Freya North asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work

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Source ISBN: 9780007462230

Ebook Edition © June 2012 ISBN: 9780007462247

Version: 2017-11-28

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Table of Contents

Title Page (#u2d3c5e1f-b92e-5127-bccb-e328680ef699)

Copyright (#ue6206483-3fae-5a96-a698-7d3972969780)

Dedication (#u2c08dab0-3d58-5690-bc1c-f9c3a77661f5)

Map (#u74e7b9b9-a685-5eaf-9359-4d37e9b80121)

Cat McCabe and the Tour De France (#ua965ba1d-ad2d-51d6-96b7-c3dbacf15564)

Jules Le Grand and Team Systeme Vipere (#u697d27a3-10c5-5400-9375-43d7bd41ee3b)

Rachel McEwen and Team Zucca Mv (#ud04c4a0d-cf9a-5cb3-b7d8-4ad6a86915dd)

Ben York and Team Megapac (#u6cbc86bf-ed44-519b-93ee-4a716b414921)

Setting the Wheels in Motion (#u6495e3a6-60cc-5d2b-bd27-a9ce6ef5c1c4)

Prologue Time Trial: Delaunay Le Beau, Saturday 3 July (#u1b122d01-06e9-556c-9247-042bbda36fe5)

Stage 1: Delaunay Le Beau-Rouen. 195 kilometres (#litres_trial_promo)

Stage 2: Rouen-Vuillard. 260 kilometres (#litres_trial_promo)

Stage 3: Vuillard-Plumelec. 225 kilometres (#litres_trial_promo)

Stage 4: Plouay-Chardin. 248 kilometres (#litres_trial_promo)

Stage 5: Nantes-Pradier. 210 kilometres (#litres_trial_promo)

Stage 6: Pradier-Bordeaux. 215 kilometres (#litres_trial_promo)

Stage 7: Computaparc - Individual Time Trial. 54.5 kilometres (#litres_trial_promo)

Stage 8: Sauternes-Pau. 162 kilometres (#litres_trial_promo)

Stage 9: Pau-Luchon. 196.5 kilometres (#litres_trial_promo)

Stage 10: Luchon-Plateau de Boudin. 170 kilometres (#litres_trial_promo)

Stage 11: Tarascon sur Ariège-Le Cap D’Arp. 221 kilometres (#litres_trial_promo)

Repos (#litres_trial_promo)

Stage 12: Frontignan La Peyrade-Daumier. 196 kilometres (#litres_trial_promo)

Stage 13: Valadon-Grenoble. 186.5 kilometres (#litres_trial_promo)

Stage 14: Grenoble-L’Alpe D’Huez. 189 kilometres (#litres_trial_promo)

Stage 15: Vizille-Gilbertville. 204 kilometres (#litres_trial_promo)

Stage 16: Gilbertville-Aix-les-Bains. 149 kilometres (#litres_trial_promo)