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Nice combination of history, local flavor, and the excitement of Lance's final Tour.
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Chasing Lance: The 2005 Tour de France and Lance Armstrong's Ride of a Lifetime
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A unique combination of travelogue, humor, and insider cycling critique, "Chasing Lance" brings into focus the entire Tour de France experience. 8-page photo insert. 2 maps.
256 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1,2001
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256 pages, Hardcover
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December 1, 2005 by Little, Brown and Company
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9780316166232
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0316166235
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English
About the author
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Martin Dugard is the New York Times #1 bestselling author of the Taking Series — including Taking Berlin (2022) and Taking Paris (2021).
Book Two in the Taking series is titled Taking Berlin, covering the final nine months of World War II in Europe. Taking Berlin goes on sale November 1, 2022.
He is also the co-author of the mega-million selling Killing books, the bestselling non-fiction series in history: Killing Lincoln, Killing Kennedy, Killing Jesus, Killing Patton, Killing Reagan, Killing England, Killing the Rising Sun, Killing the SS, Killing Crazy Horse, Killing the Mob, and the upcoming Killing the Killers.
Other works include the New York Times bestseller The Murder of King Tut (with James Patterson; Little, Brown, 2009); The Last Voyage of Columbus (Little, Brown, 2005); Into Africa: The Epic Adventures of Stanley and Livingstone (Doubleday, 2003), Farther Than Any Man: The Rise and Fall of Captain James Cook (Pocket Books, 2001), Knockdown (Pocket Books, 1999), and Surviving the Toughest Race on Earth (McGraw-Hill, 1998). In addition, Martin lived on the island of Pulau Tiga during the filming of Survivor's inaugural season to write the bestselling Survivor with mega-producer Mark Burnett.
Book Two in the Taking series is titled Taking Berlin, covering the final nine months of World War II in Europe. Taking Berlin goes on sale November 1, 2022.
He is also the co-author of the mega-million selling Killing books, the bestselling non-fiction series in history: Killing Lincoln, Killing Kennedy, Killing Jesus, Killing Patton, Killing Reagan, Killing England, Killing the Rising Sun, Killing the SS, Killing Crazy Horse, Killing the Mob, and the upcoming Killing the Killers.
Other works include the New York Times bestseller The Murder of King Tut (with James Patterson; Little, Brown, 2009); The Last Voyage of Columbus (Little, Brown, 2005); Into Africa: The Epic Adventures of Stanley and Livingstone (Doubleday, 2003), Farther Than Any Man: The Rise and Fall of Captain James Cook (Pocket Books, 2001), Knockdown (Pocket Books, 1999), and Surviving the Toughest Race on Earth (McGraw-Hill, 1998). In addition, Martin lived on the island of Pulau Tiga during the filming of Survivor's inaugural season to write the bestselling Survivor with mega-producer Mark Burnett.
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Well written account of the 2005 Tour de France.
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a good read in itself shame that it turned out to be fantasy by way of lance anyway but well written
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Enjoyed it. But in retrospect, probably fiction. Lance is dirty
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Marin Dugard’s Chasing Lance was a great explanation of the 2005 tour. It went over everyone. Not only did it explain Lance’s experience and point of view of the tour, but it showed everyone’s. I think it is a book that every serious cyclist should read, and anyone who wants a better view of the tour.
This book teaches many lessons to cyclists through the experiences of Lance Armstrong. One of these lessons is never lose hope. Once Lance Armstrong found out about his cancer and told the media, it could have been easy to lose hope. Lance didn’t lose hope. He pushed through his cancer, and came back and won a tour.
Another lesson is learn to push through the tough spots. Cycling isn’t an easy sport. The first few stages are hard, but people can make it through them. The last stages are where you find who is the strongest and is hungry for the win. Lance and other contenders who no one thought would make it far showed they were strong, and placed high in the overall standings.
I like the style of Martin. He writes with suspense, and makes your blood start pumping. I could read this book before I go train because it makes you want to ride. Also, the book isn’t very hard to interpret. Almost any age could read this book, and that is good because there is a large youth in cycling that has potential.
I would recommend this book to any serious cyclist, and anyone who wants to know more about the tour. I think it is a book that every serious cyclist should read, and anyone who wants a better view of the tour.
This book teaches many lessons to cyclists through the experiences of Lance Armstrong. One of these lessons is never lose hope. Once Lance Armstrong found out about his cancer and told the media, it could have been easy to lose hope. Lance didn’t lose hope. He pushed through his cancer, and came back and won a tour.
Another lesson is learn to push through the tough spots. Cycling isn’t an easy sport. The first few stages are hard, but people can make it through them. The last stages are where you find who is the strongest and is hungry for the win. Lance and other contenders who no one thought would make it far showed they were strong, and placed high in the overall standings.
I like the style of Martin. He writes with suspense, and makes your blood start pumping. I could read this book before I go train because it makes you want to ride. Also, the book isn’t very hard to interpret. Almost any age could read this book, and that is good because there is a large youth in cycling that has potential.
I would recommend this book to any serious cyclist, and anyone who wants to know more about the tour. I think it is a book that every serious cyclist should read, and anyone who wants a better view of the tour.
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This book was really a combination of sport book, travel book, and motivational book, and this makes sense given the story - Lance Armstrong's successful attempt to win his seventh Tour de France. The author made an interesting choice, to spend many pages on each of the first stages of the race, then covering the final half dozen stages over a couple of pages total. It is written as the race is described, a bit anti-climactic after the mountains. I read this over a period of months, a few pages when I could get the time. The book held up to that kind of reading, maintaining interest between daily breakpoints. Even more interesting since Lance went back to the Tour.
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So interesting! I did not know much about cycling or the Tour de France before I read this but now I'm really looking forward to watching this year's race on TV. This book was a little bit cycling history, French/world history, Lance Armstrong biography, a behind the scenes look at the Tour and overall an entertaining and inspiring story.
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Did not read, put in it in my too be read pile by mistake
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