Comments on: The Secret Race – Tyler Hamilton and Daniel Coyle Review http://cyclinginfo.co.uk/blog/6054/cycling/the-secret-race-tyler-hamilton-and-daniel-coyle-review/ Cycling info - advice and tips Fri, 20 Dec 2013 10:22:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.8 By: Tim http://cyclinginfo.co.uk/blog/6054/cycling/the-secret-race-tyler-hamilton-and-daniel-coyle-review/comment-page-1/#comment-107213 Sun, 30 Sep 2012 10:08:09 +0000 http://cyclinginfo.co.uk/blog/?p=6054#comment-107213 Possibly a bit old but I liked this tweet from @theJeremyVine:

“IF you owned a bicycle between 1999 & 2005, and were not on drugs, get in touch with the Tour de France as you may be eligible for 7 jerseys”

(and the reply from @murphysbutchers: “…and we don’t believe he walked on the moon either”. )

]]> By: Al-Bo http://cyclinginfo.co.uk/blog/6054/cycling/the-secret-race-tyler-hamilton-and-daniel-coyle-review/comment-page-1/#comment-106658 Thu, 27 Sep 2012 11:36:05 +0000 http://cyclinginfo.co.uk/blog/?p=6054#comment-106658 I’ve not read this, but it doesn’t surprise me to hear that the human side of these characters is properly presented. Daniel Coyle is a very good writer who knows the importance of having three-dimensional characters populating a story (whether that’s a true story or fiction).

Coyle’s book ‘Lance Armstrong: Tour de Force’ is probably worth a read before this, because it kind of sets the scene. Rather than being a fawning paean to the man or a character assassination, it’s fairly ambivalent. However, more than that, it brilliantly portrays how the peloton is its own subculture. Understand that and you understand how certain things can happen within the sport.

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