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The Secret Race

Inside the Hidden World of the Tour de France: Doping, Cover-ups, and Winning at All Costs

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The Secret Race

By: Daniel Coyle, Tyler Hamilton
Narrated by: Sean Runnette, Tyler Hamilton
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On a fateful night in 2009, Tyler Hamilton and Daniel Coyle met for dinner at a restaurant in Boulder, Colorado. The two had met five years before while Coyle was writing his bestselling book, Lance Armstrong: Tour de Force. But this time, Tyler had something else on his mind. He finally wanted to come clean, about everything: the doping, the lying, his years as Lance Armstrong's teammate on U.S. Postal, his decade spent running from the truth. 'I'm sorry,' he told Coyle. 'It just feels so good to be able to talk about this. I've been quiet for so many years.'

Over the next eighteen months, Hamilton would tell his story – and his sport's story – in explosive detail, never sparing himself in the process. In a way, he became as obsessed with telling the truth as he had been with winning the Tour de France just a few years before. The result of this determination is The Secret Race, a book that pulls back the curtain and takes us into the secret world of professional cycling like never before. A world populated by unbelievably driven – and some flawed – characters. A world where the competition used every means to get an edge, and the options were stark. A world where it often felt like there was no choice.

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The news leaks about The Secret Race have vastly undersold its importance. Tyler Hamilton’s book is a historic, definitive indictment of cycling’s culture of doping during the Armstrong era.
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I really enjoyed this book. Learnt quite a lot of the background to Armstrong's power in the racing world.

Quite an eye opener

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Couldn't get enough of this audio book! my mind has been blown! You will not be disappointed with this audio book!

MUST READ!

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Really well read. Great story. Fascinating insight. I really enjoyed listening to this audio book.

Fascinating!

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I now own 50 books in my library and this is the best one. Just so good in every way..

best book

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An incredible insight into the world of 'Le Tour'. Cudos to Tyler Hamilton for shedding light on cycling's worst chapter and in a well-constructed, brilliantly narrated audio.

Mindblowing

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