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The Secret Race
- Inside the Hidden World of the Tour de France: Doping, Cover-ups, and Winning at All Costs
- Narrated by: Sean Runnette
- Length: 11 hrs and 19 mins
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Publisher's Summary
Winner of the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award 2012.
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 best-selling 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,, and 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 18 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. It's 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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- Anonymous User
- 15-06-2020
MUST READ!
Couldn't get enough of this audio book! my mind has been blown! You will not be disappointed with this audio book!
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- 0433980934
- 05-09-2016
Fascinating!
Really well read. Great story. Fascinating insight. I really enjoyed listening to this audio book.
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- Simon
- 08-12-2016
best book
I now own 50 books in my library and this is the best one. Just so good in every way..
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- Wendy Ross
- 19-10-2019
Quite an eye opener
I really enjoyed this book. Learnt quite a lot of the background to Armstrong's power in the racing world.
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- Anonymous User
- 22-06-2020
Still brilliant in 2020
Reading this in 2020, post all the confessions from Lance, has not dulled the story at all. If anything, it has added to it. It's a well written, factual, not overly self indulgent tale. I would highly recommend it
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- Joel
- 18-06-2016
Superb
This account of sports doping in cycling is probably the most bare-bones and thoughtful account I've encountered. The narrator reads exceptionally well also.
I've just finished my second listening. Recommended
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- Ryan
- 24-10-2017
Unbelievably believable
Amazing story. Tyler makes you question what you'd do in his situation and highlights the terrible culture in cycling during this era.
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- Anonymous User
- 07-06-2023
interesting story told by an insider
Incredibly interesting story told by someone who was right there through the worst of the EPO and blood doping era. This is one of the most interesting biographies I've ever read.
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- IRB
- 13-12-2023
A Brilliant Book.
This is my second time or listening to this book. I was no fan of Tyler Hamilton but really appreciate his honesty and story telling. I learnt so much from the dark world of doping and can not recommend this book enough. The narration is superb
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- Anonymous User
- 06-09-2020
Mindblowing
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.
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