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Sep 17 2011

23 Days in July: Inside the Tour de France and Lance Armstrong’s Record-Breaking Victory

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Taking place over twenty-three days in July and across more than 2,100 miles of smooth blacktop, rough cobblestones, and punishing mountain terrain, the Tour de France is the most grueling sports event in the world. And in 2004, five-time champion Lance Armstrong set out to achieve what no other cyclist in the 100-year history of the race had ever done: win a sixth Tour de France.Armstrong had four serious challengers who wanted nothing more than to deny the man the French call Le Boss from achieving his goal. The major threat among them was the only other former Tour de France champion in last year’s race, Germany’s Jan Ullrich- The Kaiser. But when the race was over, Lance Armstrong once again wore the yellow jersey of victory.

23 Days in July: Inside the Tour de France and Lance Armstrong’s Record-Breaking Victory

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Apr 29 2011

Chasing Lance: The 2005 Tour de France and Lance Armstrong’s Ride of a Lifetime

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A unique combination of travelogue, humor, and insider cycling critique, “Chasing Lance” brings into focus the entire Tour de France experience. 8-page photo insert. 2 maps.

Chasing Lance: The 2005 Tour de France and Lance Armstrong’s Ride of a Lifetime

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Aug 17 2010

Tour de Lance: The Extraordinary Story of Lance Armstrong’s Fight to Reclaim the Tour de France

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Lance Armstrong is a worldwide icon, indisputably one of the greatest cyclists who has ever lived. After battling cancer and becoming an inspiration to millions, Armstrong won the Tour de France a record-breaking seven consecutive years before retiring from competition in 2005.

Four years later, at thirty-seven, Armstrong decided to come out of retirement and go for the win yet again. He was racing for no salary, in a season when his greatest rival–Tour de France, Tour of Italy, and Tour of Spain champion Alberto Contador–was on his own team. The twenty-five-year-old Spaniard had been handpicked by Armstrong’s own mentor, Johan Bruyneel, to be his successor. Now he would be his fiercest competition. Armstrong was about to suffer like never before–and, for the first time in recent memory, appear to be human on a bicycle.

After seven Tour victories–and beating cancer–did Lance Armstrong really need to prove anything? Beyond the thrill of another possible victory, what drove him to race again? What was he seeking–and would he find it?

Cycling insider Bill Strickland had unprecedented access to Armstrong, Johan Bruyneel, and the team. He takes readers behind the scenes during the 2009 racing season and along for the ride on the Tour de France with a dramatic mile-by-mile account. Offering a penetrating and candid glimpse into the man behind the myth, Tour de Lance goes beyond a single season or a single race to reveal the heart of the sport and the soul of the cyclist.

Tour de Lance: The Extraordinary Story of Lance Armstrong’s Fight to Reclaim the Tour de France

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