Kind of an uneventful year on the Tour. Some good back story to Hamilton and Ullrich. It was weird reading these stories and then learning that most of them were doping anyways...

I just read this book today - still reeling from post-TDF-withdrawl!

Interesting insights to behind the scenes at the world's most grueling bicycle race, the Tour De France.

A good book, especially for the cycling or Armstrong fan.

I really enjoyed reading about Tour history and also the action within the Peloton.

The writer has a bias for Armstrong and it is difficult to not take his point of view. Lance was the best for six years (and may be the best now?). This doesn't detract from the actual book especially with regards to the descriptions of cycling strategy each stage. The end sort of drops off as the writer, reader and racers all realize that it (was) Armstrong's race after the first stage in the Alps.

Perfect companion to watching the tour!

The challenge that is Tour de France.

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This was a fantastic book. I loved the inside detail on the cycling team. I read it prior to Lance admitting to performance enhancing drugs. I will say I don't think it takes away from the book. Still great to read about tactics, hard work, etc. Great book.

A detailed, day by day, mile by mile account of the 2004 Tour de France, in which Lance Armstrong set out to "win" his record-breaking sixth race. Fascinating for fans of bicycle racing, but I had to deduct points for the adulation heaped on Armstrong and Landis, now that we know they were both part of one of the most extensive doping schemes in the history of sports.

Great book not just for lance fans but also fans of the tour de France. The author goes in detail with every stage of the tour providing the reader with a historical background info for each town and village the riders go through. Of course the focus remains on the man himself Lance Armstrong. There's some interesting facts regarding his training regiment that I found in this book which I think all cycling fans would find interesting also.

As they say, hindsight is 20/20. Wilcockson's bias towards Armstrong is pretty obvious here, which makes it hard to slog through the parts about his innocence re: doping. Still some great historical connections, and more focus on the spirit of the sport than other books I've read.

A very good book that offers an inside look at Armstrong's accomplishments and history of The Tour De France. Even though the successes have since been tainted after revealing his use of PEDs ; I still find great value in the pages of this book! 4 Stars