Coming from a background of being involved in cycling in the 90's I was well aware of the drug use in pro cycling. I've read most of the popular books about Lance Armstrong, the Tour de France, and the culture of doping. This is my favourite one - Tyler Hamilton really lays it all out, and it's an entertaining read.
On a fateful night in 2009, Tyler Hamilton and Daniel Coyle met
for dinner in Boulder, Colorado. Over the next eighteen months, Hamilton
would tell Coyle his story, and his sport's story, in explosive detail,
never sparing himself in the process. In a way, he became as obsessed
with telling the truth as he had been with winning the Tour de France
just a few years before. The truth would set Tyler free, but would also
be the most damning indictment yet of teammates like Lance Armstrong.
The result of this determination is The Secret Race,
a book that pulls back the curtain and takes us into the secret world
of professional cycling like never before. A world populated by
unbelievably driven – and some flawed – characters. A world where the
competition used every means to get an edge, and the options were stark.
A world where it often felt like there was no choice.
