The Secret Race: Inside the Hidden World of the Tour de France

The Secret Race: Inside the Hidden World of the Tour de France

â€œThe holy grail for disillusioned cycling fans . . . The bookâ€™s power is in the collective details, all strung together in a story that is told with such clear-eyed conviction that you never doubt its veracity. . . . The Secret Race isnâ€™t just a game changer for the Lance Armstrong myth. Itâ€™s the game ender.â€â€”Outside
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERÂ â€¢ WINNER OF THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD

The Secret Race is the book that rocked the world of professional cyclingâ€”and exposed, at long last, the doping culture surrounding the sport and its most iconic rider, Lance Armstrong. Former Olympic gold medalist Tyler Hamilton was once one of the worldâ€™s top-ranked cyclistsâ€”and a member of Lance Armstrongâ€™s inner circle. Over the course of two years, New York Times bestselling author Daniel Coyle conducted more than two hundred hours of interviews with Hamilton and spoke with numerous teammates, rivals, and friends. The result is an explosive page-turner of a book that takes us deep inside a shadowy, fascinating, and surreal world of unscrupulous doctors, anything-goes team directors, and athletes so relentlessly driven to win that they would do almost anything to gain an edge. For the first time, Hamilton recounts his own battle with depression and tells the story of his complicated relationship with Lance Armstrong. This edition features a new Afterword, in which the authors reflect on the developments within the sport, and involving Armstrong, over the past year. The Secret Race is a courageous, groundbreaking act of witness from a man who is as determined to reveal the hard truth about his sport as he once was to win the Tour de France.
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With a new Afterword by the authors.
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â€œLoaded with bombshells and revelations.â€â€”VeloNews

â€œ[An] often harrowing story . . . the broadest, most accessible look at cyclingâ€™s drug problems to date.â€â€”The New York Times
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â€œ â€˜If I cheated, how did I get away with it?â€™ That question, posed to SI by Lance Armstrong five years ago, has never been answered more definitively than it is in Tyler Hamiltonâ€™s new book.â€â€”Sports Illustrated
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â€œExplosive.â€â€”The Daily Telegraph (London)
Country USA
Manufacturer Bantam
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2012-09-05
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Bantam
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2012-09-05
Format	Kindle eBook

The Secret Race: Inside the Hidden World of the Tour de France

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