Its Not About Bike My Journey Back Life

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Lance Armstrong won the 1999 Tour de France in spectacular style, taking four stages and both a mountain and a time trial. His story is even more remarkable because he was diagnosed with advanced testicular cancer in October 1996.

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ISBN: 9780224060875 Author: Armstrong, Lance Publisher: Jonathan Cape Publication Date: 3rd May 2001 Imprint: Yellow Jersey Press Cover: Paperback Dewey: 796.62092 (edition:21) Pages: 294 Language: English Edition: New edition Readership: General - Trade / Code: K Category: Subjects: , , ,

It’s Not About the Bike was first published in 2000. Detailing Lance Armstrong’s battle with life-threatening testicular cancer and his return to professional cycling, it became a huge bestseller, appealing to fans of cycling as well as cancer survivors inspired by his full and dramatic recovery.

Dogged by suspicion and allegations of doping throughout his career, in January 2013 in an interview with Oprah Winfrey, Lance Armstrong admitted to having taken performance enhancing drugs during all seven of the Tours de France in which he competed. The UCI, the world governing body for cycling, stripped him of his titles.

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