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A review by bkp
The Secret Race by Tyler Hamilton
4.0
I had started reading this book before the beginning of the Tour de France this year, partly to understand more about this sport that I am not so secretly a fan of, and partly to remind myself that, despite the turmoil and craziness caused by the doping, it would still be okay to enjoy the Tour.
It turned out to be an excellent book, in many ways. Hamilton and his collaborator tell an honest story, and you can clearly see the mental steps Hamilton took to get from clean to not clean. During the read, I even was able to use some of the material in the book during an interview with National Track Cycling Champion Sky Christopherson, and his wife Tamara, on their work with the U.S. Olympic Women's Cycling Team for the London 2012 games. They acknowledged that this was one of the better books about the influx of doping in cycling as well.
If you know cycling, this is a good, even tale that revisits what was going on in the sport in the 2000s and beyond. Non-cyclists will get a story about choices and fame, and the paths that should not be taken.
It turned out to be an excellent book, in many ways. Hamilton and his collaborator tell an honest story, and you can clearly see the mental steps Hamilton took to get from clean to not clean. During the read, I even was able to use some of the material in the book during an interview with National Track Cycling Champion Sky Christopherson, and his wife Tamara, on their work with the U.S. Olympic Women's Cycling Team for the London 2012 games. They acknowledged that this was one of the better books about the influx of doping in cycling as well.
If you know cycling, this is a good, even tale that revisits what was going on in the sport in the 2000s and beyond. Non-cyclists will get a story about choices and fame, and the paths that should not be taken.