This author is known for endurance and resilience, though his sporting career was marred by controversy. His narrative encompasses a dramatic battle with cancer and subsequent triumphs that inspired many. Ultimately, however, he faced disqualification due to doping, casting a shadow over his achievements. Despite this, his journey remains a symbol of human fortitude in the face of adversity and the complexities of professional sports.
Seven-time Tour de France winner and cancer-survivor Lance Armstrong offers a first-person photo-journal of his 2009 comeback season, during which he helped promote a global cancer-awareness campaign, in a book with behind-the-scenes photos and stunning four-color shots of racing action.
If you read just one sports book this year, this is the one' Express on SundayLance Armstrong was one of the most precocious talents the world of cycling had ever seen. Within a year of turning professional in 1992 he was World Champion. In 1994 he won tw
Lance Armstrong is a seven-time winner of the Tour de France and fulltime cancer fighter. He oversees the Lance Armstrong Foundation, a nonprofit organization that assists cancer patients around the world with managing and surviving the disease. He won the first of his record-setting seven Tour de France wins after surviving a nearly fatal bout with testicular cancer. In 2008, he was named one of Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People. He lives in Austin, Texas.
After winning his 7th Tour and overcoming testicular cancer, the author retired for three years. In September 2008, he surprised many by announcing his return for an 8th Tour. This book provides insight into his daily life and challenges during the 2009 Tour.
In Paris on July 25th, 1999, Lance Armstrong made world headlines with the most stunning comeback in the hisptry of sport; winning the Tour de France in the fastest time ever after battling against life-threatening testicular cancer just eighteen months previously. A few months after that historic victory, he became a father for the first time. His first book, It's not about the Bike, charted this journey back to life and went on to become an international best-seller, and won the William Hill Sports Book of the Year 2000. Now, in this much anticipated follow-up, Armstrong shares more details of his remarkable life story, including three more Tour de France wins, an Olympic medal and the birth of his twin daughters Grace and Isobel. Never shy of controversy, Lance Armstrong is a genuine global sports superstar and one of cycling's greatest ever champions. Here he offers us his life philosophy - his thoughts on training, competing, winning and failure. He also recounts the work done for the Foundation he set up following his dramatic recovery and introduces further inspirational tales of cancer survival. EVERY SECOND COUNTS is another extraordinary and awe-inspiring book from a man who strives every day to meet life momentous challenges.
Updated with new photos and a new chapter on the record-setting 6th-straight Tour de France victory--an intimate portrait of the man who has become the most admired athlete in the world Lance Armstrong inspires millions the world over, not just as a sports champion, but as a champion at life. His heroic survival from deadly cancer and his hard-fought triumphs in the bicycle race that is thought to be the most grueling endurance test in sports are a tribute to the strength of the human spirit. Filled with never-before-seen pictures and revealing insights by the people who know him best, this treasured keepsake celebrates in words and photographs Armstrong's indomitable will and champion's heart. Some highlights include: o Intimate pictures of Armstrong in competition and off the bike, as well as stunning full-color views capturing the grandeur of the sport, by cycling's top photographer, Graham Watson o A new tribute from teammate George Hincapie to the 2002 Sports Illustrated "Sportsman of the Year" who inspires us all to face life's challenges with courage, perseverance, and hope
On the Road to Success with the Mastermind Behind Eight Tour de France Victories
Provides a coach's view of Lance Armstrong's extraordinary Tour de France victories, revealing his radical recipe for winning, his own near-death crash and comeback, cycling strategies and techniques for success, and more. Includes new afterword on the 2008 season. Reprint.
From Diagnosis to Treatment and Beyond
From the Lance Armstrong Foundation, survivors from all walks of life talk about what 'living strong' in the face of cancer means to them.
Nach seinem autobiographischen Bestseller Tour des Lebens nun das sportliche Trainingsprogramm von Lance Armstrong, das ihn zum sechsmaligen Tour-de-France-Sieger gemacht hat: Grundlagen: das Rennrad - Ausrüstung - Wartung - Fahrrad und Körper - Straßenverkehr Das systematische Training: Herztraining - Sieben-Wochen-Aufbau-Plan - Trainingstechniken und Workouts - Erholungsprogramm - Krafttraining - Ernährung Die Basis-Techniken: Tritttechnik - richtiges Schalten und Bremsen - Taktik des Team-Fahrens - Radsport und Wetter Fahren wie ein Profi: mentale Stärke - Kurventechnik - Bergfahren - Sprinten - Zeitfahren Jede Menge pfiffiger Tipps für den Amateur und den Leistungssportler. Leicht lesbar, klar und fasslich aufgebaut, mit zahlreichen Abbildungen und Beispielen aus der Praxis des derzeit besten Radrennfahrers der Welt und seines Trainers.
