Este autor es conocido por su resistencia y resiliencia, aunque su carrera deportiva se vio empañada por la controversia. Su narrativa abarca una dramática batalla contra el cáncer y triunfos posteriores que inspiraron a muchos. Sin embargo, finalmente fue descalificado debido al dopaje, lo que ensombreció sus logros. A pesar de ello, su viaje sigue siendo un símbolo de la fortaleza humana frente a la adversidad y las complejidades del deporte profesional.
Seven-time Tour de France winner and cancer-survivor Lance Armstrong offers a first-person photo-journal of his 2009 comeback season, during which he helped promote a global cancer-awareness campaign, in a book with behind-the-scenes photos and stunning four-color shots of racing action.
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.
Lance Armstrong is a seven-time winner of the Tour de France and fulltime cancer fighter. He oversees the Lance Armstrong Foundation, a nonprofit organization that assists cancer patients around the world with managing and surviving the disease. He won the first of his record-setting seven Tour de France wins after surviving a nearly fatal bout with testicular cancer. In 2008, he was named one of Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People. He lives in Austin, Texas.
After winning his 7th Tour and overcoming testicular cancer, the author retired for three years. In September 2008, he surprised many by announcing his return for an 8th Tour. This book provides insight into his daily life and challenges during the 2009 Tour.
In Paris on July 25th, 1999, Lance Armstrong made world headlines with the most stunning comeback in the hisptry of sport; winning the Tour de France in the fastest time ever after battling against life-threatening testicular cancer just eighteen months previously. A few months after that historic victory, he became a father for the first time. His first book, It's not about the Bike, charted this journey back to life and went on to become an international best-seller, and won the William Hill Sports Book of the Year 2000. Now, in this much anticipated follow-up, Armstrong shares more details of his remarkable life story, including three more Tour de France wins, an Olympic medal and the birth of his twin daughters Grace and Isobel. Never shy of controversy, Lance Armstrong is a genuine global sports superstar and one of cycling's greatest ever champions. Here he offers us his life philosophy - his thoughts on training, competing, winning and failure. He also recounts the work done for the Foundation he set up following his dramatic recovery and introduces further inspirational tales of cancer survival. EVERY SECOND COUNTS is another extraordinary and awe-inspiring book from a man who strives every day to meet life momentous challenges.
Updated with new photos and a new chapter on the record-setting 6th-straight Tour de France victory--an intimate portrait of the man who has become the most admired athlete in the world Lance Armstrong inspires millions the world over, not just as a sports champion, but as a champion at life. His heroic survival from deadly cancer and his hard-fought triumphs in the bicycle race that is thought to be the most grueling endurance test in sports are a tribute to the strength of the human spirit. Filled with never-before-seen pictures and revealing insights by the people who know him best, this treasured keepsake celebrates in words and photographs Armstrong's indomitable will and champion's heart. Some highlights include: o Intimate pictures of Armstrong in competition and off the bike, as well as stunning full-color views capturing the grandeur of the sport, by cycling's top photographer, Graham Watson o A new tribute from teammate George Hincapie to the 2002 Sports Illustrated "Sportsman of the Year" who inspires us all to face life's challenges with courage, perseverance, and hope
On the Road to Success with the Mastermind Behind Eight Tour de France Victories
Provides a coach's view of Lance Armstrong's extraordinary Tour de France victories, revealing his radical recipe for winning, his own near-death crash and comeback, cycling strategies and techniques for success, and more. Includes new afterword on the 2008 season. Reprint.
From Diagnosis to Treatment and Beyond
From the Lance Armstrong Foundation, survivors from all walks of life talk about what 'living strong' in the face of cancer means to them.
In 'Door de pijngrens' beschrijft de Amerikaanse wielrenner Lance Armstrong hoe hij in 1996 werd geconfronteerd met een agressieve vorm van kanker. Tegen alle verwachtingen in bleef hij leven en bracht hij in 1999 zelfs de Tour de France op zijn naam. Lance Armstrong behaalde in 1993 zijn eerste internationale succes door als volstrekt outsider het wereldkampioenschap wielrennen op de weg te winnen. In 1996 leek er aan zijn sportieve carrière een eind te komen toen bij hem teelbalkanker werd ontdekt. Vanwege de uitzaaiingen leken zijn kansen om te overleven bijzonder klein te zijn. Armstrong besloot echter te overleven met de doelgerichtheid van de ware topsporter. 'Door de pijngrens' is het aangrijpende verslag van iemand die door een onverwoestbaar optimisme en met ongelooflijk doorzettingsvermogen zijn levensbedreigende ziekte overwint. En daarna ook nog de Tour de France op zijn naam brengt. Lance Armstrong won in 1993 het wereldkampioenschap wielrennen op de weg en in 1999 de Tour de France. Zijn belangrijkste overwinning behaalde hij in de strijd tegen kanker.
„Die Kunst zu siegen“ ist eine lockere Sammlung von Johan Bruyneels Erinnerungen - sowohl an die eigene Karriere als Radprofi als auch an seine acht Siege bei der Tour de France mit Lance Armstrong und Alberto Contador. Er gibt teils äußerst intime Einblicke in sein Seelenleben: wie der Tod des Vaters vor der Tour de France 1993 fast zum Verzicht auf den Start geführt hätte, ihn dann jedoch zum generalstabsmäßig geplanten Sieg auf der 6. Etappe führte; wie Lance Armstrong in ähnlicher Weise mit einem Husarenritt auf den Tod seines Teamkollegen Fabio Casartelli reagierte; wie Bruyneel und Armstrong gemeinsam immer wieder unkonventionelle Trainingsmethoden einführten und sich selbst in Frage stellten; wie eine glasklare Zielsetzung zu Saisonbeginn mit exaktem Rennplan die Grundlage für ihre Erfolgsserie bildete; wie Bruyneel mit immer neuen taktischen Geniestreichen die Konkurrenz in die Schranken verwies; und wie ihn die schmerzhafte Saison 2006 erst recht die Kunst zu siegen gelehrt hat. Dieser Blick hinter die Kulissen des Jobs eines Teamchefs ist ebenso spannend wie kurzweilig zu lesen - ein Muss für jeden Fan des Radsports.