Cycle of Lies: The Fall of Lance Armstrong

· HarperCollins UK
4.6
22 reviews
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A fly-on-the-wall account of the Lance Armstrong doping scandal – the greatest drama in modern sporting history by the New York Times cycling correspondent.

As Lance Armstrong’s precipitous fall from grace continues, New York Times sports reporter Juliet Macur takes the reader behind the scenes to bring to life the astonishing twists and turns of the scandal that has rocked the world of cycling.

With unprecedented access to the key players in the drama – from Armstrong’s fellow cyclists and top cycling officials to doctors, trainers and wives – Cycle of Lies reveals how Armstrong built a fortress of people around him to protect his image and upend the lives of anybody who stood in his way.

As America’s fallen idol faces potential perjury charges, Cycle of Lies widens the focus to expose corruption at all levels of the sport in a thrilling, page-turning work of contemporary narrative history.

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4.6
22 reviews
Ashton Pope
November 16, 2015
If you love cycling and want to know exactly what went on in the pelaton and how Lance instigated the whole thing then this book is a must, makes it quite ironic that if LA looked after Floyd this book and many like it would never have happened. Anyhow great read by a great author comes highly recommended.
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Wimbo Satwiko
March 20, 2014
This book will take you to a deepest and darkest side of Grand Tours peloton. I was big fan of Armstrong and cycling. It opened my mind and when I saw Tirreno Adriatico few days ago, I still has doubt if the sport is clean now.
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I B
September 4, 2014
I could not put this book down. From start to finish the author provides a compelling story of deceit by a truly manipulative individual. The reader is left with the feeling that Lance Armstrong has no redeeming qualities. This is particularly sad for the reader who once admired him so much.
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About the author

Juliet Macur is a leading sports reporter for The New York Times. Since 2004, she has covered the Olympics and Olympic sports, doping and legal issues for the paper. She has been at the forefront of reporting the Lance Armstrong story. She lives in New York City.

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