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Lance Armstrong: A Candid Portrait of the World's Greatest Champion (Hardcover)

By: John Wilcockson (Author)


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Provides an in-depth look at the life of this seven-time Tour de France champion through a review of his formative years, early inspirations, personal battles, and great determination, including insight from the icon himself as well as commentary from close friends and family members.

Many people know Lance Armstrong as the greatest cyclist in the world, a man the French call "Le Boss," Others hail him as a cancer survivor whose LiveStrong campaign has raised millions, or as the author of two inspirational autobiographies. But few people know of the many obstacles that this brash Texan--who entered his first bike race at 17, unlike fellow legendary athletes like Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods, who grew up with their chosen sports--had to overcome to win an incredible seven consecutive Tours de France, a feat that is unlikely ever to be duplicated.

So how did he become the world's greatest living champion? In "Lance Armstrong," John Wilcockson reveals how Armstrong overcame tremendous odds--a broken home, near-fatal cancer, repeated doping accusations, and hostile European crowds and media--to reach the pinnacle of his sport. Through the words of Armstrong's family, friends, rivals, and Lance himself, Wilcockson examines how Armstrong came to not only dominate the Tour de France but also become a worldwide icon.

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John Wilcockson, who covered Lance Armstrong's sixth consecutive Tour de France victory his previous book, 23 DAYS IN JULY, now reveals the little-known details of Armstrong's difficult childhood in this informative biography. Almost everyone now knows the story of Armstrong's unbelievable comeback from testicular cancer, but few people know that he was the son of a teenage mother and a petty criminal in his adolescence. Armstrong used athletics as a mode of escape from the tough circumstances of his home life, and he excelled in baseball, track, and swimming before he discovered cycling. Wilcockson also addresses the details of Armstrong's battle with cancer, his divorce and family life, his intensive comeback training regiment, his abbreviated courtship with singer Sheryl Crow, and the doping controversy which still surrounds his amazing string of Tour de France victories.



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