Tour de Lance: The extraordinary story of Lance Armstrong's fight to reclaim the Tour de France

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What drives someone to step back into the glare of the spotlight after they've walked away showered with praise and adulation As author Bill Strickland follows Lance Armstrong's comeback year he explores the motivations and struggles of a cyclist's journey back to the peloton, but he also explores Armstrong as a symbol of our culture - why is it we so love a comeback Strickland follows Lance through the 2009 race season, from the Tour Down Under through the tours in Europe and the US to the Tour de France in July. Tour de Lance takes us into the rich complexities of the words of cycling - its uncertain strategies, its hallowed traditions, its unpredictable and savage team dynamics, its relentless technology wars, its rhythm both seasonal and within a single race. Nor does it shrink from exploring sometimes uncomfortable corners of the truth. Was, for instance, Lance Armstrong's motivation in returning purely philanthropic as he claimed, or was it, as someone close to him claimed, "he's a killer, and he missed killing"

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Bill Strickland is the Editor-at-Large for Bicycling magazine, the world's largest cycling publication, and the author of three cycling-related books. Besides bicycling, his nonfiction has appeared in Men's Health, Men's Journal, Parenting, Parents, Child, Backpacker, The Wall Street Journal, and The New York Times Book Review. He has also appeared regularly on Good Morning America, The Early Show, CBS Sports, ESPN, NPR and other networks.