Wheelmen
Lance Armstrong, the Tour de France, and the Greatest Sports Conspiracy Ever
$42.63
- Paperback
416 pages
- Release Date
8 July 2014
Summary
Lance Armstrong won a record-smashing seven Tours de France after staring down cancer, and in the process became an international symbol of resilience and courage. In a sport constantly dogged by blood-doping scandals, he seemed above the fray. Then, in January 2013, the legend imploded. He admitted doping during the Tours and, in an interview with Oprah, described his ‘mythic, perfect story’ as ‘one big lie’ but his admission raised more questions than it answered - because he didn’t say who…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781472212382 |
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| ISBN-10: | 147221238X |
| Author: | Reed Albergotti, Vanessa O'Connell |
| Publisher: | Headline Publishing Group |
| Imprint: | Headline Book Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 416 |
| Release Date: | 8 July 2014 |
| Weight: | 300g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 128mm x 32mm |
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A detailed account of Armstrong’s eventual descent into disgrace. - The Guardian
About The Author
Reed Albergotti
Reed Albergotti is a white-collar crime reporter for The Wall Street Journal. He is also the son of a fanatic amateur cyclist who served as the director of cycling competition in the 1984 Olympics. An accomplished bike racer himself, Reed speaks the sport’s odd language.
Vanessa O’Connell, an award-winning reporter at The Wall Street Journal for seventeen years, has covered tobacco, alcohol, guns, insider trading, and the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. She has a knack for exposing the nature of corporate America and how it sometimes manipulates the score in making its money.
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