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JGHE SYMPOSIUM: Teaching Sports Geography

Pedagogic opportunities of sports mega-events: teaching geographies of place through the example of the Tour de France cycle race

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Pages 11-21 | Received 27 Jul 2022, Accepted 08 Apr 2023, Published online: 03 Sep 2023

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