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Lance Armstrong's War: One Man's Battle Against Fate, Fame, Love, Death, Scandal, and a Few Other Rivals on the Road to the Tour de France

Daniel Coyle

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Rating: 4.5/5 Stars
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When an athlete is as celebrated as Lance Armstrong, journalists tend to approach either with staggering awe or malicious schadenfreude.

Refreshingly, Coyle (Hardball) displays neither. The journalist moved to Armstrong's training base in Spain to cover the months leading up to the cyclist's sixth Tour de France victory in 2004, and the resulting comfort level of Coyle with his subject is palpable.

Armstrong emerges from these pages as neither the cancer-surviving saint his American fans admire, nor the soulless, imperialist machine his European detractors hate.

Instead, he comes across as a preternaturally gifted athlete barely removed from the death-defying hellion he was as a teenager, fanatically disciplined, gregarious and generous but with a legendarily icy temper.

Coyle sweeps over the basics of Armstrong's Texas childhood and fight with cancer, concentrating on his obsessive training—this is a sport where results are measured in ounces and microseconds.

He's sometimes too loose with his writing, digressing as though he had all the time in the world, but he tightens up for the grand finale: the Tour.

This work is honest, personal and passionate, with plenty to chew on for fans and novices alike.
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About the Author

Daniel Coyle is the author of Hardball: A Season in the Projects and the novel Waking Samuel. He is a former editor at Outside and a two-time National Magazine Award finalist, and his work has been featured in The Best American Sports Writing.

He lives in Alaska with his wife, Jen, and their four children.



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Lance Armstrong's War: One Man's Battle Against Fate, Fame, Love, Death, Scandal, and a Few Other Rivals on the Road to the Tour de France
Daniel Coyle
 VeloNews
Superbly written [and] deeply researched. A complete portrait of Armstrong.
 VeloNews
"Superbly written [and] deeply researched. A complete portrait of Armstrong."
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Lance Armstrong's War is the extraordinary story of greatness pushed to its limits, a vivid, behind-the-scenes portrait of Armstrong -- perhaps the most accomplished athlete of our time -- as he faces his biggest test:... read full editorial



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Lance Armstrong's War: One Man's Battle Against Fate, Fame, Love, Death, Scandal, and a Few Other Rivals on the Road to the Tour de France
Daniel Coyle
 TRULY INSPIRATIONAL
(Michigan) June 28, 2005 - 5.0/5 stars
I don't say Armstrong is inspirational solely based on the fact that he beat cancer. That is certainly a part of it and it gives hope to people battling that dread disease. But what is really inspirational... read full review
 The Belly Pinch and The Ass Check
(New EnglandUSA) July 21, 2005 - 5.0/5 stars
"In bike racing, as in poker, looking cool and impervious is the same as being cool and impervious. Racers thus spend a lot of time studying each other for what card players refer to as "tells": the imminent signs... read full review
 Great man, great book
(Westfield, MA USA) July 20, 2005 - 5.0/5 stars
I have just gotten into cycling so I got this book. The book is very well written, very entertaining. I learned so much about the Tour de France, information I have not found anywhere else. The book is full of funny little... read full review



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