Steven L. Sheffield
May 10th 05, 12:42 PM
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4-8809641-8568702?v=glance&s=books
"Lance Armstrong's War: One Man's Battle Against Fate, Fame, Love, Death,
Scandal, and a Few Other Rivals on the Road to the Tour de France", by
Daniel Coyle
Book Description
Lance Armstrong's War is the extraordinary story of greatness pushed to its
limits, a vivid, behind-the-scenes portrait of Armstrong -- perhaps the most
accomplished athlete of our time -- as he faces his biggest test: a historic
sixth straight victory in the Tour de France, the toughest sporting event on
the planet.
Made newly vulnerable by age, fate, fame, doping allegations, and an
unprecedented army of challengers, Armstrong fights on all fronts to do what
he does like no one else: exert his will to win. That will, which has
famously lifted him beyond his humble Texas roots, beyond cancer, and to
unparalleled heights of success, is revealed by acclaimed journalist Daniel
Coyle in new and startling dimensions.
We see how Armstrong rebuilds after his near-loss in the 2003 Tour,
discovering new strategies to cope with his aging body. How he fills the
holes in his life after his painful divorce from his wife, Kristin, and the
ensuing time apart from his three young children. How he manages the
exceedingly difficult trick of being Lance Armstrong -- a combination of
world-class athlete, celebrity, regular guy, and, for many Americans,
secular saint.
But a saint's life it's not. To function at his peak, Armstrong requires
what his friends artfully call "stimulus" -- and if it's lacking, he won't
hesitate to create some. We see Armstrong operating at the turbulent center
of a fast-orbiting cast of swaggering Belgian tough guys, controversial
Italian sports doctors, piranha-toothed lawyers, and jittery corporations,
not to mention a certain female rock star. We see the subtle mind games he
plays with himself and with rivals Tyler Hamilton, Jan Ullrich, and Iban
Mayo. We see him through the eyes of his teammates, competitors, and
friends, and explore his powerful relationship with his mother, Linda. We
see what happens three weeks before the Tour, when he's faced with a double
challenge: a blowout defeat in an important race and the release of a
controversial book seeking to link him to performance-enhancing drugs. And
finally we see it all culminate in the Tour de France, where Armstrong will
rise to new and unexpected levels of domination.
Along the way, Lance Armstrong's War journeys through the little-known
landscape of professional bike racing, a Darwinian world of unsurpassed
beauty and brutality, a world teeming with underdogs, gurus, groupies, and
wholly original characters, where athletes do not so much choose the sport
as the sport chooses them.
Over the season, Armstrong and these characters collide in raw and sometimes
violent theater. From the first training camps to the triumphal ride into
Paris, Lance Armstrong's War provides a hugely insightful look into the
often-inspiring, always surprising core of this remarkable man and the world
that shapes him.
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--
Steven L. Sheffield
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4-8809641-8568702?v=glance&s=books
"Lance Armstrong's War: One Man's Battle Against Fate, Fame, Love, Death,
Scandal, and a Few Other Rivals on the Road to the Tour de France", by
Daniel Coyle
Book Description
Lance Armstrong's War is the extraordinary story of greatness pushed to its
limits, a vivid, behind-the-scenes portrait of Armstrong -- perhaps the most
accomplished athlete of our time -- as he faces his biggest test: a historic
sixth straight victory in the Tour de France, the toughest sporting event on
the planet.
Made newly vulnerable by age, fate, fame, doping allegations, and an
unprecedented army of challengers, Armstrong fights on all fronts to do what
he does like no one else: exert his will to win. That will, which has
famously lifted him beyond his humble Texas roots, beyond cancer, and to
unparalleled heights of success, is revealed by acclaimed journalist Daniel
Coyle in new and startling dimensions.
We see how Armstrong rebuilds after his near-loss in the 2003 Tour,
discovering new strategies to cope with his aging body. How he fills the
holes in his life after his painful divorce from his wife, Kristin, and the
ensuing time apart from his three young children. How he manages the
exceedingly difficult trick of being Lance Armstrong -- a combination of
world-class athlete, celebrity, regular guy, and, for many Americans,
secular saint.
But a saint's life it's not. To function at his peak, Armstrong requires
what his friends artfully call "stimulus" -- and if it's lacking, he won't
hesitate to create some. We see Armstrong operating at the turbulent center
of a fast-orbiting cast of swaggering Belgian tough guys, controversial
Italian sports doctors, piranha-toothed lawyers, and jittery corporations,
not to mention a certain female rock star. We see the subtle mind games he
plays with himself and with rivals Tyler Hamilton, Jan Ullrich, and Iban
Mayo. We see him through the eyes of his teammates, competitors, and
friends, and explore his powerful relationship with his mother, Linda. We
see what happens three weeks before the Tour, when he's faced with a double
challenge: a blowout defeat in an important race and the release of a
controversial book seeking to link him to performance-enhancing drugs. And
finally we see it all culminate in the Tour de France, where Armstrong will
rise to new and unexpected levels of domination.
Along the way, Lance Armstrong's War journeys through the little-known
landscape of professional bike racing, a Darwinian world of unsurpassed
beauty and brutality, a world teeming with underdogs, gurus, groupies, and
wholly original characters, where athletes do not so much choose the sport
as the sport chooses them.
Over the season, Armstrong and these characters collide in raw and sometimes
violent theater. From the first training camps to the triumphal ride into
Paris, Lance Armstrong's War provides a hugely insightful look into the
often-inspiring, always surprising core of this remarkable man and the world
that shapes him.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0060734973/ref=ase_veluninc/10
4-8809641-8568702?v=glance&s=books
--
Steven L. Sheffield
stevens at veloworks dot com
bellum pax est libertas servitus est ignoratio vis est
ess ay ell tea ell ay kay ee sea eye tee why you ti ay aitch
aitch tee tea pea colon [for word] slash [four ward] slash double-you
double-yew double-ewe dot veloworks dot com [foreword] slash