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Wheelmen: Lance Armstrong, The Tour De France, And The Greatest Sports Conspiracy Ever (2013)

by Reed Albergotti(Favorite Author)

3.97 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1592408486 (ISBN13: 9781592408481)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Gotham

review 1: I once so admired Lance Armstrong. I read his book, It's Not About the Bike, and followed the writings of his ex-wife Kristin in Runners World. In sharp contrast, this book is a sad revelation of a narcissistic, dishonest and scary individual who used bullying and intimidation to get what he wanted. If all included in the pages is to believed, the womanizing and seeming lack of any sense of core values was disturbing as well. One can only hope that Lance will some day realize, admit his sins and seek forgiveness. He says, "It will never suck to be Lance Armstrong." I wonder if he still feels that way today?
review 2: OK, I drank the Kool Aid: I read Lance's books, I wore the bracelet, I was inspired to ride the Pan Mass and raise money for cancer research, I... more bought the lies, I believed Lance was riding clean. I even read Floyd Landis' book and thought he got a raw deal.Yeah, well, what did I get from all that? Strong legs from riding, and a stupid tan line on my wrist - the rest was pure bullshit. Wheelmen masterfully breaks the story down, revealing just how far up the food chain the corruption went - all the way, and just how many cyclists were involved - all of them. Even knowing the ending, it's worth reading, it's just a fascinating story of how things were run at the pro sport level. Years ago I read about how a pro cyclist will train so hard that his body ends up distorted to the point of ill health - enlarged lungs, weak upper bodies, etc., and the same could be said for pro cycling itself: the drugs, the underhanded deals struck in the peleton, the officials who look the other way because they need sponsorship dollars, all of this has warped the sport and chipped away at whatever integrity pro cycling might ever have had. Lance was indeed the King of the Mountain, but Wheelmen gives a full account of the man and the mountain, the public image and the reality, and it's a sobering ride. less

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