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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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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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- Tommy Matjasz
- 19-08-19
Great book, thoroughly enjoyed every minute
What these guys put themselves through to win is just unbelievable. Really interesting book.
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- Adam
- 02-07-13
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Amazing listen. Narrator took 20 minutes to get used to but finished this much quicker than other audiobooks because i was compelled to keep picking my phone up to listen. Only a part time cycling fan (just watch the tdf every year) but even if not obsessed with cycling its interesting enough. Very good at building up a picture of cycling from the inside during the armstrong era.
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- Mukesh
- 03-10-12
Very interesting
This book was really enjoyable. I am not really into Cycling but this book made it so accessible to understand the world of cycling.
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- Anonymous User
- 10-10-18
Great book. Fascinating.
incredibly interesting and gives a great invite in the lives of perfessional cycling and doping.
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- June
- 30-07-20
gripping
very good ,would read again tells of a life we never new was happening great read
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- Simon lambert
- 27-10-18
Great book, not so great narrator
A fascinating insight into the world of professional cycling and the lengths they go to to be competitive and to win. however the book is somewhat let down by the narrator's style...would've been much better if Tyler himself had done it
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- SimonH
- 01-06-18
superb
what a story. thanks for taking us on this ride Tyler. no excuses. just raw passion.
recommended 😁
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- scott robinson
- 08-08-19
Great book
A classic insight to a now honest man but the sounds of it and a great methodology to coping strategies and mechanisms to life.
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- Sasha
- 11-10-12
Mind-altering!
What a Book! this is a book that has completely changed my opinion. I was a life long Lance Fan. Thought it was a big Witch Hunt. NOT NOW. Big respect to Tyler, Daniel and all the others who contributed. if you want to know about the hidden side of the sport listen to this book.
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- swotty
- 20-09-20
intriguing
A book where Tyler Hamilton lays down the truth about the inside dealings of the professional cycling world.
Tyler takes you on his journey down an ever increasingly nefarious drug ridden world .
You'll probably never view any sport the same way ever again.
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