The sensational New York Times bestselling in-depth look at Lance Armstrong\'s doping scandal, the phenomenal business success built on the back of fraud, and the Greatest Conspiracy in the history of sports.
It went on to become a New York Times Bestseller, a Wall Street Journal Business Bestseller, and win numerous awards, including a Gold Medal for.
It reveals the competitiveness and ingenuity that sparked blood-doping as an accepted practice, and shows how the Americans methodically constructed an international operation of spies and revolutionary technology to reach the top.
Wheelmen offers a riveting look at what happens when enigmatic genius breaks loose from the strictures of morality.
Meanwhile, sponsors fought over contracts with Armstrong as the entire sport of cycling began to benefit from the "Lance effect." What had been a quirky, working-class hobby became the pastime of the Masters of the Universe set.
Postal Service Team owner Thom Weisel, who in a brazen power play ousted USA Cycling\'s top leadership and gained control of the sport in the United States, ensuring Armstrong\'s dominance.
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In Wheelmen they reveal the broader story of how Armstrong and his supporters used money, power, and cutting-edge science to conquer the world\'s most difficult race.
The Wall Street Journal reporters Reed Albergotti and Vanessa O\'Connell broke the news at every turn.
He admitted doping during the Tours and, in an interview with Oprah, described his "mythic, perfect story" as "one big lie." But his admission raised more questions than it answered--because he didn\'t say who had helped him dope or how he skillfully avoided getting caught.
Then, in January 2013, the legend imploded.
In a sport constantly dogged by blood-doping scandals, he seemed above the fray.
Lance Armstrong won a record-smashing seven Tours de France after staring down cancer, and in the process became an international symbol of resilience and courage.
Now with a new afterword.
The sensational New York Times bestselling in-depth look at Lance Armstrong\'s doping scandal, the phenomenal business success built on the back of fraud, and the Greatest Conspiracy in the history of sports
