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This was a very interesting listen. I knew Lance and others doped but I assumed it was a little bit and only occasionally. This book details the systematic doping of many drugs (and transfusions) done by almost all of the top riders, including a ton of inside information about US Postal.
One of the greatest sports books and saddest stories ever put to paper. An indictment of an entire sport!
dark
emotional
informative
medium-paced
It’s likely that anyone who feels that the issue of doping is black and white would be hard-pressed to not let a little grey seep in after reading this book.
This was an interesting read. I felt like it gave us as honest a glimpse into the doping culture within the cycling world as possible. I liked that Tyler Hamilton had a co-writer who is not a cyclist. Daniel Coyle's insights, usually found in the form of footnotes, added some dimension that I'm not sure the story would have had if only Hamilton had told it. There were moments of defensiveness, justification on Hamilton's part, but how could there not be? I feel like he gave us an accurate peek into a subculture that almost surely extends to sports outside of cycling, and the consequences of getting caught up in that culture.
Everything you would want to know about American riders competing in Europe in the late 90's through 2006. Very eye opening in that it pulls back the curtain on this sport and what it takes to win at the highest levels. The physical and mental toll racing takes on these competitors is unbelievable. Well worth reading.
adventurous
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
It was a good read. I liked this book especially how it talked about the inside workings of cycling and also how there was systematic "cheating", although I don't blame Tyler Hamilton because there was the pressure to succeed and also the authorities didn't do much to clamp down on the suspected "cheating". I just think its interesting the length that cyclists / teams would go into to improve their performance. The only drawback of this book is that it didn't go far enough in discussion about Lance Armstrong, but then again the events surrounding Lance Armstrong only happened recently. Maybe that's a chapter for the updated version later. Overall, a good read.
A friend let me borrow this, and was quite enthusiastic about it. I might have made it half way through. I think that once I got the basic idea of what was going on (all the doping in the sport), I just didn't need to read the details of each and every blood transfusion, secret mission to secure hormones, etc.