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Tour de Lance: A Wild Ride Through Lance Armstrong's Comeback

Bill Strickland

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Published by Mainstream Publishing, part of Mainstream

Format: Paperback

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EAN: 9781780575445
Published: 7 Jun 2012

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Lance Armstrong’s surprise announcement in 2008 that he would return to cycling to raise global awareness about cancer prompted widespread speculation about performance-enhancing drugs, the validity of his past victories and his true motivations.

In Tour de Lance, Bill Strickland follows Armstrong’s 2009 return to racing from January’s Tour Down Under in Australia to the Tour de France in July and asks what drives someone to step back into the glare of the spotlight after walking away from adulation. Is it ego? Is it boredom? Why is it that we love a comeback?

Strickland’s second-to-none knowledge of the cycling world makes Tour de Lance a compelling look at both the sport’s complex dynamics and one of the most celebrated – and controversial – cyclists of our time.

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What the critics say

A masterly piece of reportage stuffed with expert insights into the Tour's Byzantine tactics
- Independent on Sunday

The definitive inside account of one of the great sporting comebacks of all time
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Like a scientist admiring a rare species, Strickland provides probably the most complete and exhaustive exposure of this extraordinary athlete
- Cycling Weekly

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About the Author

Bill Strickland is the editor-at-large for Bicycling Magazine, the world's largest cycling publication, and the author of Ten Points, We Might As Well Win, which he co-wrote with Johan Bruyneel, and The Quotable Cyclist.