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It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life (edition 2001)

by Lance Armstrong

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The #1 New York Times bestseller from the cancer survivor who became a four-time Tour de France champ. In 1996, young cycling phenom Armstrong discovered he had testicular cancer. In 1999, he won the Tour de France. Now he's a new father and a memoirist: with pluck, humility and verve, this volume covers his early life, his rise through the endurance sport world and his medical difficulties.… (more)
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Title:It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life
Authors:Lance Armstrong
Info:Berkley Trade (2001), Paperback, 304 pages
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  vorefamily | Feb 22, 2024 |
Excellent account about Lance's fight with cancer and his fight to come back to the sport of cycling to win the Tour de France 2 years after conquering the disease.
  derailer | Jan 25, 2024 |
How can one person review book about others personal life? There is no point. Seeing is believing. There is too much to feel in here. Difficult personalty of the author have too much truth to tell. Probably will be better understood by someone who at least know what is feels like to be full of fear and doubt in desperate situation, to overcome it, to pick themselves from the floor again and again, to have friends who can really make a difference...

Lance Armstrong is not a hero. He never tries to be. There is no roses and songs. This is not the story of high morale or guide to overcome difficulties head-high. This is a story of keeping going, of moving forward. This is about life. ( )
  WorkLastDay | Dec 17, 2023 |
Really interesting book. I read it because of a passing reference in the excellent [b:Born To Run|6289283|Born to Run A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen|Christopher McDougall|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255657150s/6289283.jpg|6473602]. Obviously it's a deeply impressive and moving story in its own right, but it's also engagingly written, with lots of interesting detail (mostly about cycling, or battling cancer, obviously). Almost makes me want to watch the Tour De France. ( )
  thisisstephenbetts | Nov 25, 2023 |
Ok, er hat unglaubliches geleistet und durchgestanden, aber irgendwie werde ich das Gefühl nicht los, dass er doch nur ein Texanisches Arschloch ist. ( )
  chepedaja3527 | Aug 23, 2022 |
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Armstrong, Lanceprimary authorall editionsconfirmed
Jenkins, SallyContributormain authorall editionsconfirmed
Wyman, OliverNarratormain authorsome editionsconfirmed
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Dit boek is voor :
Mijn moeder Linda, die me liet zien wat een ware kampioen is.
Kik, die me als man compleet maakte.
Luke, het grootste geschenk van mijn leven, die in een fractie van een seconde de Tour de France een kleinigheid deed lijken.
Al mijn artsen en verpleegsters.
Jim Ochowitz, voor de appelbeignets.......iedere dag.
Mijn teamgenoten Kevin, Frankie, Tyler, George en Christian.
Johan Bruyneel.
Mijn sponsors.
Chris Carmichael.
Bill Stapleton, omdat hij er altijd was
Steve Wolff, die zo zijn best deed voor mij.
Bart Knaggs, een kerel uit één stuk.
JT Neal, de taaiste patiënt waar met wie kanker ooit te maken kreeg.
Kelly Davidson, een heel bijzonder dametje.
Jeff Garvey.
Alle medewerkers van de Lance Armstrong stichting.
De steden Austin, Boone, Santa Barbara en Nice.
Sally Jenkins, we kwamen met elkaar in contact om een boek te schrijven, maar toen we daarmee bezig waren, werd je een goede vriendin.
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I want to die at a hundred years old with an American flag on my back and the star of Texas on my helmet, after screaming down an Alpine descent on a bicycle at 75 miles per hour.
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The #1 New York Times bestseller from the cancer survivor who became a four-time Tour de France champ. In 1996, young cycling phenom Armstrong discovered he had testicular cancer. In 1999, he won the Tour de France. Now he's a new father and a memoirist: with pluck, humility and verve, this volume covers his early life, his rise through the endurance sport world and his medical difficulties.

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