This artist’s book gathers the 67 photographs that make up the contact sheet #234 of the photographs taken by Jef Geys during the 1969 Tour de France, the year of Eddy Merckx’s first victory and the same day as the man’s first step on the moon.

Published following the touring exhibition Le Tour de France 1969 d’Eddy Merckx at Cneai, Pantin; CAPC musée d’art contemporain de Bordeaux; Bains-Douches d’Alençon; Centre d’art contemporain Passages, Troyes; IAC, Villeurbanne; and galerie Air de Paris between 2016 and 2018.