Inside Team Sky

The inside story of Team Sky's challenge for the 2013 Tour de France.

After the victory of Bradley Wiggins and Team Sky in the 2012 Tour de France, the pressure was on the team to repeat their success in 2013. When Wiggins had to pull out of the defence of his yellow jersey, attention moved to Chris Froome, who had finished as runner-up the year before. Could he bring about back-to-back victories for the UK and for Team Sky? With team principal Sir Dave Brailsford at the helm, the levels of expectation were high. Nothing less than a win would do.

Embedded within the team was top sportswriter David Walsh, who had been covering the sport for four decades. The Sunday Times writer had done more than any other journalist to reveal the lies of Lance Armstrong, he has the reputation for exposing the dark secrets that cycling would want to keep hidden. His inside story, from how Team Sky prepared for the Tour de France through to Froome's emphatic victory, is supported by insights from all the key members of the team, and provides a definitive account of a dramatic race that gripped cycling fans around the world.

David Walsh is chief sportswriter with The Sunday Times. A four-time Irish Sportswriter of the Year and four-time UK Sportswriter of the Year, he was also named the 2012 British Journalist of the year. Coauthor of L.A. Confidential: The Secrets of Lance Armstrong and author of From Lance to Landis: Inside the American Doping Controversy at the Tour de France, he is married with seven children and lives in Suffolk, England.

When David Walsh received the invitation to join Team Sky, as they prepared for the 100th edition of the Tour de France, it was the opportunity of a lifetime. But, post-Lance, he knows that if he's going to say these guys can be trusted, he had better be sure. His reputation is on the line, too. Inside Team Sky takes the reader to the heart of cycling's most successful operation. We meet the brains behind it all, the staff who provide crucial support and the riders who are dominating the asphalt. Welcome to the world of chimps, computers and controllable controllables, where goal harmony beats team harmony, rabbits beat lions and science beats passion. Welcome to Team Sky.

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