From Lance to Landis: Inside the American Doping Controversy at the Tour de France

Цена 16.42 - 27.44 USD

EAN/UPC/ISBN Code 9780345499622

Автор

Издатель Ballantine Books

Страниц 352

Год выпуска 2007

For eight years, the Tour de France, arguably the world"s most demanding athletic competition, was ruled by two men: Lance Armstrong and Floyd Landis. On the surface, they were feature players in one of the great sporting stories of the age-American riders overcoming tremendous odds to dominate a sport that held little previous interest for their countrymen. But is this a true story, or is there a darker version of the truth, one that sadly reflects the realities of sports in the twenty-first century? Landis"s title is now in jeopardy because drug tests revealing that his testosterone levels were eleven times those of a normal athlete strongly suggest that he used banned substances, and for years similar allegations have swirled around Armstrong. Now internationally acclaimed award-winning journalist David Walsh gives an explosive account of the shadow side of professional sports. In this electrifying, controversial, and scrupulously documented expos?, Walsh explores the many...