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Article: Book Review: Inspiring story of hero who overcame a killer; American cyclist Lance Armstrong's autobiography sold a staggering 35,000 hardback copies in this country. Michael Emery reviews the paperback edition, It's Not About the Bike - My Journey Back to Life (Yellow Jersey Press, pounds 8).
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- The Birmingham Post (England)
- Article date:
- September 29, 2001
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Byline: Mi9chael Emery
This is not only the extraordinary and inspirational account of the life of one of the most precocious talents the world of professional cycling has ever seen, but also the story of a man whose moral and physical courage enabled him to overcome cancer and become one of cycling's greatest ever champions. It is nothing less than a modern resurrection.
In 1996 Lance Armstrong, then aged 25, had the world at his feet, a mansion on the shores of Lake Austin, Texas, a Porsche, a powerboat and a $2.5 million contract with a French racing ...