Nice combination of history, local flavor, and the excitement of Lance's final Tour.

Well written account of the 2005 Tour de France.

a good read in itself shame that it turned out to be fantasy by way of lance anyway but well written

Enjoyed it. But in retrospect, probably fiction. Lance is dirty

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 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.

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.

Did not read, put in it in my too be read pile by mistake

If you read this book hoping for a tell-all about Lance & drugs you'll be disappointed, but if you want insight into professional bike racing & the Tour de France, this is very good. Well written with a lot of inside information about personalities as well as how the Tour works & what watching in person is like.

Very quick read, really liked it. Not as much about Lance as it is about Dugard's experience following Lance on his last Tour victory.

Good book even if you are a little done with the whole Lance drug thing. Such a good read to know what it's like to follow Le Grand Boucle. As others have said, this is partly a cycling book and partly a guide book to traveling around France, in this case, Chasing Lance.

This is an excellent account of Lance Armstrong’s record setting win at the 2005 Tour de France. It is much more than simply a story of the race. It is also a story of perseverance, of overcoming a seemingly impossible obstacle (cancer) and of a love of the sport and the challenge of winning. This was written shortly after the 2005 Tour and before the controversy over performance enhancing drugs and the Tour’s ultimate setting strip Armstrong of his seven titles. That notwithstanding, this is a wonderful book about Armstrong and the Tour de France.