Waterstones The Secret Race
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Price: £10.99
Brand: Waterstones
Description: WINNER OF THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD On a fateful night in 2009, Tyler Hamilton and Daniel Coyle met for dinner in Boulder, Colorado. Over the next eighteen months, Hamilton would tell Coyle his story, and his sport's story, in explosive detail, never sparing himself in the process. In a way, he became as obsessed with telling the truth as he had been with winning the Tour de France just a few years before. The truth would set Tyler free, but would also be the most damning indictment yet of teammates like Lance Armstrong. The result of this determination is The Secret Race, a book that pulls back the curtain and takes us into the secret world of professional cycling like never before. A world populated by unbelievably driven - and some flawed - characters. A world where the competition used every means to get an edge, and the options were stark. A world where it often felt like there was no choice.
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Merchant: Waterstones
Product ID: 9780552169172
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ISBN: 9780552169172
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Author: R Carswell
Rating: 5
Review: A fascinating and detailed insight into this elite sport and Lance Armstrong in particular. I would highly recommend, even if you're not particularly a cycling fan.
Author: Mr. I. Roberts
Rating: 5
Review: Prior to Lance deciding not to defend his status and reading this book I was a great fan of Armstrong. A man that had defeated late stage cancer and go on to win the TDF multiple times - fantastic - something out of a Hollywood film! I wasn't stupid enough to believe that he had not dabbled in performance drugs but, because he had managed to escape getting caught so many times, I thought that unlike the rest of the pelaton in that era he was amongst the group taking the least. Based upon this book - how wrong I was - quite the opposite! Lance can be forgiven (not that his character would accept forgiveness) for taking drugs during that era because 98% of the pros were taking the same drugs and the race was not about the battle on the tarmac but who could out-play the drugs game and not only defeat the pesty anti-drug enforcers (calling between 7am and 10pm - often on arrangement!!!) but the rest of the cycling teams. It was unfortunately the time of massive performance drug taking that impacted not only cycling but numerous other world sports. Pro cycling was not alone at this time was due to the high endurance required embraced it. Was Lance still the fastest and did he win the TDF? Well, YES - He was the fastest drug taking cyclist of them all. Was this fair on those participating not taking drugs - NO - they are the true winners of the TDF but most ultimately came under pressure to use drugs in order to compete and retain a career. What Lance cannot be forgiven for is being - well - Lance! If had not seen the Lance DVD "Road to Roubaix" I would not have believed the character portrayed in the book above but after watching that DVD I saw not "my hero" but someone with a dark very mean selfish streak. This book has confirmed what I was beginning to think Lance was about - a manipulating villian who may have got dragged into the world of drug taking but who embraced it, abused it, and took no prisoners in order to gain monetary benefits. Ask yourself, if someone took drugs to simply win the TDF and became famous - that is one thing - but to do it SEVEN times? That is disturbing insight into a dark character. That said, Lance would make a brilliant corporate senior executive. The character he has shown in this sport is no different from the dark characters in the executive boardrooms across the world.
