The Way the World Works; The Secret Race; We All Fall Down
How professional cyclists come to dope is clearly chronicled in Tyler Hamilton's The Secret Race. The former US Postal Service teammate of Lance Armstrong devotes much of his expose to his own use of performance-enhancing drugs and that of the seven-time Tour de France winner, who recently was stripped of his titles and who vowed not to contest the doping charges.
(audiobook)
by Tyler Hamilton, Daniel Coyle
(read by Sean Runnette)
Random House Audio
How professional cyclists come to dope is clearly chronicled in Tyler Hamilton's The Secret Race. The former US Postal Service teammate of Lance Armstrong devotes much of his expose to his own use of performance-enhancing drugs and that of the seven-time Tour de France winner, who recently was stripped of his titles and who vowed not to contest the doping charges. We hear how Hamilton convinced himself initially that taking the substance EPO was equivalent to sleeping in an altitude tent, and how this led to having blood transfusions just to compete on a level playing field. Armstrong had veins like water mains, according to Hamilton, whereas his were so small they were easy to miss, which meant easier detection because the EPO would enter surrounding tissue and stay in the body longer than it was supposed to. Narrator Sean Runnette doesn't need to do much with his voice to ensure listeners stay with the book. The story does the job for him.