Random House New Releases - Sports & Recreation - Cycling

The Modern Cyclist, 1923 by William Fitzwater Wray

2013-07-23T00:30:00-05:00

The Modern Cyclist, 1923 For all Wayfarers
Written by William Fitzwater Wray

Trade Paperback, 140 pages | Old House | History - Great Britain; Sports & Recreation - Cycling; History - Modern - 20th Century | $12.95 | 978-1-908402-62-2 (1-908402-62-8)

A guide to all aspects of cycling and vacations in Britain during the 1920s, including "learning to ride", "traps for the unwary" and "laws and customs of the road". The second section takes a tour of the roads and lodging houses of Britain and Northern France - including hints on the most scenic routes, how to avoid the "busy and rather baffling" town of Bristol, and understanding the local customs of the French.

Fancy Cycling, 1901 by Isabel Marks

2013-06-18T00:30:00-05:00

Fancy Cycling, 1901 An Edwardian Guide
Written by Isabel Marks

Hardcover, 116 pages | Old House | Humor - Topic - Sports; Sports & Recreation - Cycling; Transportation - Automotive - Bicycles | $14.95 | 978-1-908402-71-4 (1-908402-71-7)

This is a special cloth hardcover gift edition reproduction of the original 1901 book which was one of the first to promote daring tricks for weird and wonderful acrobatics on two wheels, such as handle bar riding, riding backward and standing on the seat riding, hands off! Illustrated with period photographs showing outlandish daredevil "fancy cycling" stunts that have to be seen to be believed, it wonderfully captures a bygone age when popular fads and crazes were met with wild enthusiasm and is a delightful keepsake for cycling or sports enthusiasts.

Lance Armstrong Project by Richard Poplak

2013-06-11T00:30:00-05:00

Lance Armstrong Project
Written by Richard Poplak

eBook, 64 pages | Doubleday Canada | Sports & Recreation - Cycling; Sports & Recreation - Hunting | $3.99 | 978-0-385-68082-0 (0-385-68082-1)

What does the personality cult surrounding disgraced pro cyclist Lance Armstrong say about the nature of corruption in sports, business and politics?

Blending family memoir and reportage from Europe’s elite racing circuit (including access to riders such as Carlos Sastre, Ryder Hesjedel and Floyd Landis), author and journalist Richard Poplak draws out the parallels between the elaborate, tightly-knit, and cult-like regime constructed around Armstrong and the sort of corruption he’s witnessed first-hand in Africa — which given long enough, anthropomorphizes into an actual creature, this thing that sucks the lifeblood out of whole countries, communities, and individuals.

Finding Ultra by Rich Roll

2013-05-21T00:30:00-05:00

Finding Ultra Rejecting Middle Age, Becoming One of the World's Fittest Men, and Discovering Myself
Written by Rich Roll

Trade Paperback, 288 pages | Three Rivers Press | Sports & Recreation - Running & Jogging; Sports & Recreation - Cycling; Biography & Autobiography - Sports | $15.00 | 978-0-307-95220-2 (0-307-95220-7)

The incredible true story of the author's remarkable transformation, at the age of 40, from out-of-shape average Joe into one of the world's best endurance athletes

On the eve of his 40th birthday, Rich Roll was in bad shape. His days were filled with work, stress, and junk food, and his nights were spent on the couch, remote in hand. Taking out the trash was the closest he came to exercise, and, at 50 pounds overweight, a walk up the stairs left him winded. He decided it was time to make a change. After undergoing a diet detox, adopting a vegan lifestyle, and pushing his fitness regimen to undreamed-of heights, he was profiled by Men's Fitness as one of the world's 25 fittest men. Among Roll's many jaw-dropping athletic feats: he completed the unprecedented "Epic 5"--five back-to-back Ironman-distance triathlons on five different Hawaiian islands in under a week--an achievement many said was impossible. This is the story of that remarkable transformation, a complete physical and spiritual rejuvenation that proves that anyone can "find ultra" if they know how.

The Secret Race by Daniel Coyle

2013-05-07T00:30:00-05:00

The Secret Race Inside the Hidden World of the Tour de France
Written by Tyler Hamilton and Daniel Coyle

Trade Paperback, 320 pages | Bantam | Biography & Autobiography - Personal Memoirs; Sports & Recreation - Cycling; Sports & Recreation | $16.00 | 978-0-345-53042-4 (0-345-53042-X)

“The holy grail for disillusioned cycling fans . . . The book’s power is in the collective details, all strung together in a story that is told with such clear-eyed conviction that you never doubt its veracity. . . . The Secret Race isn’t just a game changer for the Lance Armstrong myth. It’s the game ender.”—Outside

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • WINNER OF THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD

The Secret Race is the book that rocked the world of professional cycling—and exposed, at long last, the doping culture surrounding the sport and its most iconic rider, Lance Armstrong. Former Olympic gold medalist Tyler Hamilton was once one of the world’s top-ranked cyclists—and a member of Lance Armstrong’s inner circle. Over the course of two years, New York Times bestselling author Daniel Coyle conducted more than two hundred hours of interviews with Hamilton and spoke with numerous teammates, rivals, and friends. The result is an explosive page-turner of a book that takes us deep inside a shadowy, fascinating, and surreal world of unscrupulous doctors, anything-goes team directors, and athletes so relentlessly driven to win that they would do almost anything to gain an edge. For the first time, Hamilton recounts his own battle with depression and tells the story of his complicated relationship with Lance Armstrong. This edition features a new Afterword, in which the authors reflect on the developments within the sport, and involving Armstrong, over the past year. The Secret Race is a courageous, groundbreaking act of witness from a man who is as determined to reveal the hard truth about his sport as he once was to win the Tour de France.

With a new Afterword by the authors

“Loaded with bombshells and revelations.”—VeloNews

“[An] often harrowing story . . . the broadest, most accessible look at cycling’s drug problems to date.”—The New York Times

“ ‘If I cheated, how did I get away with it?’ That question, posed to SI by Lance Armstrong five years ago, has never been answered more definitively than it is in Tyler Hamilton’s new book.”—Sports Illustrated

“Explosive.”—The Daily Telegraph (London)

The Secret Race by Daniel Coyle

2012-09-05T00:30:00-05:00

The Secret Race Inside the Hidden World of the Tour de France: Doping, Cover-ups, and Winning at All Costs
Written by Tyler Hamilton and Daniel Coyle

Hardcover, 304 pages | Bantam | Biography & Autobiography - Personal Memoirs; Sports & Recreation - Cycling; Sports & Recreation | $28.00 | 978-0-345-53041-7 (0-345-53041-1)

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • WINNER OF THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD

The Secret Race is a definitive look at the world of professional cycling—and the doping issue surrounding this sport and its most iconic rider, Lance Armstrong—by former Olympic gold medalist Tyler Hamilton and New York Times bestselling author Daniel Coyle.

Over the course of two years, Coyle conducted more than two hundred hours of interviews with Hamilton and spoke candidly with numerous teammates, rivals, and friends. The result is an explosive book that takes us, for the first time, deep inside a shadowy, fascinating, and surreal world of unscrupulous doctors, anything-goes team directors, and athletes so relentlessly driven to succeed that they would do anything—and take any risk, physical, mental, or moral—to gain the edge they need to win.

Tyler Hamilton was once one of the world’s best-liked and top-ranked cyclists—a fierce competitor renowned among his peers for his uncanny endurance and epic tolerance for pain. In the 2003 Tour de France, he finished fourth despite breaking his collarbone in the early stages—and grinding eleven of his teeth down to the nerves along the way. He started his career with the U.S. Postal Service team in the 1990s and quickly rose to become Lance Armstrong’s most trusted lieutenant, and a member of his inner circle. For the first three of Armstrong’s record seven Tour de France victories, Hamilton was by Armstrong’s side, clearing his way. But just weeks after Hamilton reached his own personal pinnacle—winning the gold medal at the 2004 Olympics—his career came to a sudden, ignominious end: He was found guilty of doping and exiled from the sport.

From the exhilaration of his early, naïve days in the peloton, Hamilton chronicles his ascent to the uppermost reaches of this unforgiving sport. In the mid-1990s, the advent of a powerful new blood-boosting drug called EPO reshaped the world of cycling, and a relentless, win-at-any-cost ethos took root. Its psychological toll would drive many of the sport’s top performers to substance abuse, depression, even suicide. For the first time ever, Hamilton recounts his own battle with clinical depression, speaks frankly about the agonizing choices that go along with the decision to compete at a world-class level, and tells the story of his complicated relationship with Lance Armstrong.

A journey into the heart of a never-before-seen world, The Secret Race is a riveting, courageous act of witness from a man who is as determined to reveal the hard truth about his sport as he once was to win the Tour de France.

The Secret Race by Daniel Coyle

2012-09-05T00:30:00-05:00

The Secret Race Inside the Hidden World of the Tour de France
Written by Tyler Hamilton and Daniel Coyle

eBook, 336 pages | Bantam | Biography & Autobiography - Personal Memoirs; Sports & Recreation - Cycling; Sports & Recreation | $11.99 | 978-0-345-53043-1 (0-345-53043-8)

“The holy grail for disillusioned cycling fans . . . The book’s power is in the collective details, all strung together in a story that is told with such clear-eyed conviction that you never doubt its veracity. . . . The Secret Race isn’t just a game changer for the Lance Armstrong myth. It’s the game ender.”—Outside

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • WINNER OF THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD

The Secret Race is the book that rocked the world of professional cycling—and exposed, at long last, the doping culture surrounding the sport and its most iconic rider, Lance Armstrong. Former Olympic gold medalist Tyler Hamilton was once one of the world’s top-ranked cyclists—and a member of Lance Armstrong’s inner circle. Over the course of two years, New York Times bestselling author Daniel Coyle conducted more than two hundred hours of interviews with Hamilton and spoke with numerous teammates, rivals, and friends. The result is an explosive page-turner of a book that takes us deep inside a shadowy, fascinating, and surreal world of unscrupulous doctors, anything-goes team directors, and athletes so relentlessly driven to win that they would do almost anything to gain an edge. For the first time, Hamilton recounts his own battle with depression and tells the story of his complicated relationship with Lance Armstrong. This edition features a new Afterword, in which the authors reflect on the developments within the sport, and involving Armstrong, over the past year. The Secret Race is a courageous, groundbreaking act of witness from a man who is as determined to reveal the hard truth about his sport as he once was to win the Tour de France.

With a new Afterword by the authors.

“Loaded with bombshells and revelations.”—VeloNews

“[An] often harrowing story . . . the broadest, most accessible look at cycling’s drug problems to date.”—The New York Times

“ ‘If I cheated, how did I get away with it?’ That question, posed to SI by Lance Armstrong five years ago, has never been answered more definitively than it is in Tyler Hamilton’s new book.”—Sports Illustrated

“Explosive.”—The Daily Telegraph (London)

The Secret Race: Inside the Hidden World of the Tour de France: Doping, Cover-ups, and Winning at All Costs by Sean Runnette

2012-09-05T00:30:00-05:00

The Secret Race: Inside the Hidden World of the Tour de France: Doping, Cover-ups, and Winning at All Costs
Written by Tyler Hamilton and Daniel Coyle
Read by Sean Runnette

Unabridged Audiobook Download | Random House Audio | Biography & Autobiography - Personal Memoirs; Sports & Recreation - Cycling; Sports & Recreation | $20.00 | 978-0-385-39298-3 (0-385-39298-2)

The Secret Race is a definitive look at the world of professional cycling—and the doping issue surrounding this sport and its most iconic rider, Lance Armstrong—by former Olympic gold medalist Tyler Hamilton and New York Times bestselling author Daniel Coyle.

Over the course of two years, Coyle conducted more than two hundred hours of interviews with Hamilton and spoke candidly with numerous teammates, rivals, and friends. The result is an explosive book that takes us, for the first time, deep inside a shadowy, fascinating, and surreal world of unscrupulous doctors, anything-goes team directors, and athletes so relentlessly driven to succeed that they would do anything—and take any risk, physical, mental, or moral—to gain the edge they need to win.

Tyler Hamilton was once one of the world’s best-liked and top-ranked cyclists—a fierce competitor renowned among his peers for his uncanny endurance and epic tolerance for pain. In the 2003 Tour de France, he finished fourth despite breaking his collarbone in the early stages—and grinding eleven of his teeth down to the nerves along the way. He started his career with the U.S. Postal Service team in the 1990s and quickly rose to become Lance Armstrong’s most trusted lieutenant, and a member of his inner circle. For the first three of Armstrong’s record seven Tour de France victories, Hamilton was by Armstrong’s side, clearing his way. But just weeks after Hamilton reached his own personal pinnacle—winning the gold medal at the 2004 Olympics—his career came to a sudden, ignominious end: He was found guilty of doping and exiled from the sport.

From the exhilaration of his early, naïve days in the peloton, Hamilton chronicles his ascent to the uppermost reaches of this unforgiving sport. In the mid-1990s, the advent of a powerful new blood-boosting drug called EPO reshaped the world of cycling, and a relentless, win-at-any-cost ethos took root. Its psychological toll would drive many of the sport’s top performers to substance abuse, depression, even suicide. For the first time ever, Hamilton recounts his own battle with clinical depression, speaks frankly about the agonizing choices that go along with the decision to compete at a world-class level, and tells the story of his complicated relationship with Lance Armstrong.

A journey into the heart of a never-before-seen world, The Secret Race is a riveting, courageous act of witness from a man who is as determined to reveal the hard truth about his sport as he once was to win the Tour de France.

Includes an audio exclusive introduction from Tyler Hamilton.

Finding Ultra by Rich Roll

2012-05-22T00:30:00-05:00

Finding Ultra Rejecting Middle Age, Becoming One of the World's Fittest Men, and Discovering Myself
Written by Rich Roll

Hardcover, 288 pages | Crown Archetype | Sports & Recreation - Running & Jogging; Sports & Recreation - Cycling; Biography & Autobiography - Sports | $25.00 | 978-0-307-95219-6 (0-307-95219-3)

Finding Ultra is Rich Roll’s incredible-but-true account of achieving one of the most awe-inspiring midlife physical transformations ever.

One cool evening in October 2006, the night before he was to turn forty, Rich experienced a chilling glimpse of his future. Nearly fifty pounds overweight at the time and unable to climb the stairs without stopping, he could see where his current sedentary lifestyle was taking him.

Most of us, when granted such a moment of clarity, look the other way—but not Rich.

Plunging into a new way of eating that made processed foods off-limits and that prioritized plant nutrition, and vowing to train daily, Rich morphed—in a matter of mere months—from out-of-shape midlifer to endurance machine. When one morning ninety days into his physical overhaul, Rich left the house to embark on a light jog and found himself running a near marathon, he knew he had to scale up his goals.

How many of us take up a sport at age forty and compete for the title of the world’s best within two years? Finding Ultra recounts Rich’s remarkable journey to the starting line of the elite Ultraman competition, which pits the world’s fittest humans against each other in a 320-mile ordeal of swimming, biking, and running. And following that test, Rich conquered an even greater one: the Epic5—five Ironman-distance triathlons, each on a different Hawaiian island, all completed in less than a week.

But Finding Ultra is much more than an edge-of-the-seat look at a series of jaw-dropping athletic feats—and much more than a practical training manual for those who would attempt a similar transformation. Yes, Rich’s account rivets—and, yes, it instructs, providing information that will be invaluable to anyone who wants to change their physique. But this book is most notable as a powerful testament to human resiliency, for as we learn early on, Rich’s childhood posed numerous physical and social challenges, and his early adulthood featured a fierce battle with alcoholism.

Ultimately, Finding Ultra is a beautifully written portrait of what willpower can accomplish. It challenges all of us to rethink what we’re capable of and urges us, implicitly and explicitly, to “go for it.”

Finding Ultra by Rich Roll

2012-05-22T00:30:00-05:00

Finding Ultra Rejecting Middle Age, Becoming One of the World's Fittest Men, and Discovering Myself
Written by Rich Roll

eBook, 304 pages | Crown Archetype | Sports & Recreation - Running & Jogging; Sports & Recreation - Cycling; Biography & Autobiography - Sports | $11.99 | 978-0-307-95221-9 (0-307-95221-5)

The Man Who Cycled the World by Mark Beaumont

2011-06-28T00:30:00-05:00

The Man Who Cycled the World
Written by Mark Beaumont

eBook | Broadway | Sports & Recreation - Cycling | $11.99 | 978-0-307-71666-8 (0-307-71666-X)

The remarkable true story of one man's quest to break the record for cycling around the world

On the 15th of February 2008, Mark Beaumont had pedaled through the Arc de Triomphe in Paris—194 days and 17 hours after setting off in an attempt to circumnavigate the world. His journey had taken him, alone and unsupported, through 18,297 miles, 4 continents, and numerous countries. From broken wheels and unforeseen obstacles in Europe, to stifling Middle Eastern deserts and deadly Australian spiders, to the highways and backroads of America, he’d seen the best and worst that the world had to offer.

He had also smashed the Guinness World Record by an astonishing 81 days. This is the story of how he did it.
Told with honesty, humor, and wisdom, The Man Who Cycled the World is at once an unforgettable adventure, an insightful travel narrative, and an impassioned paean to the joys of the open road.

From the Trade Paperback edition.

The Man Who Cycled the World by Mark Beaumont

2011-06-28T00:30:00-05:00

The Man Who Cycled the World
Written by Mark Beaumont

Trade Paperback, 400 pages | Broadway | Sports & Recreation - Cycling | $16.00 | 978-0-307-71665-1 (0-307-71665-1)

Major by Todd Balf

2009-01-27T00:30:00-05:00

Major A Black Athlete, a White Era, and the Fight to Be the World's Fastest Human Being
Written by Todd Balf

Trade Paperback, 320 pages | Broadway | Sports & Recreation - Cycling; Social Science - African-American Studies | $14.00 | 978-0-307-23659-3 (0-307-23659-5)

The story of a man who transcended the handicaps of race to become America’s first African American mega sports celebrity

At the turn of the 20th century, hundreds of lightning-fast racers won the hearts and minds of a bicycling-crazed public. Scientists studied them, newspapers glorified them, and millions of dollars in purse money were awarded to them. Major Taylor aimed to be the fastest of them all.

Taylor’s most formidable and ruthless opponent-a man nicknamed the "Human Engine" was Floyd McFarland. One man was white, one black; one from a storied Virginia family, the other descended from Kentucky slaves; one celebrated as a hero, one trying to secure his spot in a sport he dominated. The only thing they had in common was the desire to be named the fastest man alive. Finally, in 1904, both men headed to Australia for a much-anticipated title match to decide who would claim the coveted title.

Major is the story of a superstar nobody saw coming, the account of a fierce rivalry that would become an archetypal tale of white versus black in the 20th century, and, most of all, the tale of our nation’s first black sports celebrity.

Major by Todd Balf

2008-02-26T00:30:00-05:00

Major A Black Athlete, a White Era, and the Fight to Be the World's Fastest Human Being
Written by Todd Balf

eBook | Crown | Sports & Recreation - Cycling; Social Science - African-American Studies | $11.99 | 978-0-307-40976-8 (0-307-40976-7)

At the turn of the 20th century, hundreds of handsome, lightning-fast racers won the hearts and minds of a bicycling-crazed public. Scientists studied them, newspapers glorified them, and millions of dollars in purse money was awarded to them. Major Taylor aimed to be the fastest of them all. A prominent black man at a time when such a thing was deemed scandalous, his mounting victories, high moral virtue, and bulletlike riding style made him a target for ridicule from the press and sabotage by the white riders who shared the track with him.

Taylor’s most formidable and ruthless opponent—a man nicknamed the “Human Engine”—was Floyd McFarland. One man was white, one black; one from a storied Virginia family, the other descended from Kentucky slaves; one celebrated as a hero, one trying to secure his spot in a sport he dominated. The only thing they had in common was the desire to be named the fastest man alive. Their rivalry riveted first America, and then the world. Finally, in 1904, both men headed to Australia for a much-anticipated title match to decide, beyond dispute, who would claim the coveted title.

Major is the gripping story of a superstar nobody saw coming—a classic underdog, aided by an unlikely crew: a disgraced fight promoter, a broken ex-racer, and a poor upstate girl from New York who wanted to be a queen. It is also the account of a fierce rivalry that would become an archetypal tale of white versus black in the 20th century. Most of all, it is the tale of our nation’s first black sports celebrity—a man who transcended the handicaps of race at the turn of the century to reach the stratosphere of fame.

From the Hardcover edition.

It's Not About the Tapas by Polly Evans

2007-12-18T00:30:00-05:00

It's Not About the Tapas A Spanish Adventure on Two Wheels
Written by Polly Evans

eBook, 304 pages | Delta | Travel - Europe - Spain & Portugal; Travel - Adventure; Sports & Recreation - Cycling | $13.99 | 978-0-307-42310-8 (0-307-42310-7)

Single, stressed, and living amid the hustle and hurry of modern Hong Kong, Polly Evans had a vision: of mountains and orange groves, matadors and promenades–and of a glorious, hassle-free journey across Spain by bicycle. But like any decent dream, Polly’s came with its own reality: of thighs screaming with pain and goats trying to derail her, of strange local delicacies and overzealous suitors. In fact, like any great traveler, Polly had bitten off more than she could chew–and would delight in every last taste of it.

Exploring the country that gave the world flamenco, chocolate, sherry, Franco, and Picasso, Polly takes us from the towering Pyrenees to the vineyards of Jerez de la Frontera, spinning tales of conquistadors and kings, vibrant history and mouthwatering cuisine. In the end, this hilarious, irreverent, always engaging memoir of a journey on two wheels unveils a lot about one modern woman, even more about an utterly fascinating nation, and countless reasons why it’s better when you do it on a bike.

From the Trade Paperback edition.

Riding Outside The Lines by Joe Kurmaskie

2007-12-18T00:30:00-05:00

Riding Outside The Lines International Incidents and Other Misadventures with the Metal Cowboy
Written by Joe Kurmaskie

eBook, 272 pages | Crown | Sports & Recreation - Cycling; Travel - Adventure | $11.99 | 978-0-307-42150-0 (0-307-42150-3)

Like a modern-day Don Quixote, Joe Kurmaskie—bike adventurer, writer, and twelve-year-old boy trapped in a man’s body—wanders the world on two wheels, often with hilarious results, in Riding Outside the Lines.
A jaunt through such far-flung locations as Ireland, Australia, Mexico, South America, and beyond, here is a collection of tales woven together with one central theme: the world is a much smaller place when you view it from the seat of a bicycle.

Whether he’s weekending in the buff after accidentally stumbling into a nudist colony wedding, knocking back red wine in tin cans with a gun-toting ex–bounty hunter, combing the countryside in a quest to find the all-girl bagpipe squad he met in his dreams, or playing a rousing game of ice golf on the frozen tundra, Joe Kurmaskie writes of his gonzo global trek in a spirit infused with insight, good humor, and optimism. Riding Outside the Lines encourages travel buffs and armchair explorers alike to get on your bike and see the beauty of our planet and the colorful souls who populate it.

From the Trade Paperback edition.

From Lance to Landis by David Walsh

2007-06-26T00:30:00-05:00

From Lance to Landis Inside the American Doping Controversy at the Tour de France
Written by David Walsh

Hardcover, 352 pages | Ballantine Books | Sports & Recreation - Cycling; Sports & Recreation - Sociology Of Sports; Sports & Recreation | $24.95 | 978-0-345-49962-2 (0-345-49962-X)

For eight years, the Tour de France, arguably the world’s most demanding athletic competition, was ruled by two men: Lance Armstrong and Floyd Landis. On the surface, they were feature players in one of the great sporting stories of the age–American riders overcoming tremendous odds to dominate a sport that held little previous interest for their countrymen. But is this a true story, or is there a darker version of the truth, one that sadly reflects the realities of sports in the twenty-first century? Landis’s title is now in jeopardy because drug tests revealing that his testosterone levels were eleven times those of a normal athlete strongly suggest that he used banned substances, and for years similar allegations have swirled around Armstrong.

Now internationally acclaimed award-winning journalist David Walsh gives an explosive account of the shadow side of professional sports. In this electrifying, controversial, and scrupulously documented exposé, Walsh explores the many facets of the cyclist doping scandals in the United States and abroad. He examines how performance-enhancing drugs can infiltrate a premier sports event–and why athletes succumb to the pressure to use them. In researching this book, Walsh conducted hundreds of hours of interviews with key figures in international cycling, doctors, and other insiders, including Emma O’Reilly, Armstrong’s longtime massage therapist; former U.S. Postal Service cycling team doctor Prentice Steffen; cycling legend Greg LeMond; and former teammates of both Landis and Armstrong.

Central to the story is Lance Armstrong’s relentless, all-consuming drive to be the best. Also essential to this narrative is Floyd Landis, the unassuming, sympathetic hero who was the first winner of the Tour de France after Lance–and the first ever to face the threat of having his title revoked. More than anything else, this book will ignite anew the debate about whether there is room in the current sports culture for athletes who compete honestly, whether sports can be saved from a scandal as widespread as this, and what changes will have to be made.

With a compelling narrative and revelations that will stun, enlighten, and haunt readers, David Walsh addresses numerous questions that arise in that crucial space where sports meet the larger American culture.

From Lance to Landis by David Walsh

2007-06-26T00:30:00-05:00

From Lance to Landis Inside the American Doping Controversy at the Tour de France
Written by David Walsh

eBook | Ballantine Books | Sports & Recreation - Cycling; Sports & Recreation - Sociology Of Sports; Sports & Recreation | $14.99 | 978-0-345-50358-9 (0-345-50358-9)

It's Not About the Tapas by Polly Evans

2006-06-27T00:30:00-05:00

It's Not About the Tapas A Spanish Adventure on Two Wheels
Written by Polly Evans

Trade Paperback, 304 pages | Delta | Travel - Europe - Spain & Portugal; Travel - Adventure; Sports & Recreation - Cycling | $16.00 | 978-0-385-33992-6 (0-385-33992-5)

Pedal by SWOON

2006-04-01T00:30:00-05:00

Pedal
Text by ZEPHYR, Ken Miller and SWOON
Photographed by Peter Sutherland

Trade Paperback, 144 pages | powerHouse Books | Photography - Subjects & Themes - Sports; Sports & Recreation - Cycling | $29.95 | 978-1-57687-314-4 (1-57687-314-5)

Best-selling author Peter Sutherland’s newest title, Pedal, is a wild ride alongside a band of New York City’s most feared and respected inhabitants: bike messengers. In a book of photographs and a documentary on DVD, Sutherland follows the frenetic trips and lives of the cyclists who live by their own rules of the road.

In Pedal, Sutherland documents bike messengers competing in the 2005 Cycle Messenger World Championships in New York City. Going straight to the center of this urban subculture, Sutherland serves up compelling portraits of the competitors from dozens of countries, in motion and at ease, checking out each other’s bags, lingering over modifications to bikes and bodies. Between events like sprints, distance racing, and skid contests, Sutherland shows us the riders’ elegant physicality, complex individuality, and unique community that crosses boundaries of race, gender, age, and class. And he doesn’t shy away from the blood and bruises that come part and parcel with the messenger’s life. Sutherland delves deep into the world of the messengers—a world usually seen from the outside—and returns with a dynamic document that evokes the unbridled anarchy and energy of its inhabitants.

The accompanying DVD is a fast-paced documentary film about surviving in the streets of New York City as a bicycle messenger. It features messengers from all walks of life as they battle traffic in a race to make their next delivery on time. Directed by Sutherland and produced by Ana Lombardo, Pedal the documentary lets viewers live the spectacle of the delivery itself. It premiered in 2001 at the South by Southwest film festival, and was later acquired by the Sundance channel, where it aired until 2004.

Random House New Releases - Sports & Recreation - Cycling

The Modern Cyclist, 1923 by William Fitzwater Wray

The Modern Cyclist, 1923 For all WayfarersWritten by William Fitzwater Wray

Fancy Cycling, 1901 by Isabel Marks

Fancy Cycling, 1901 An Edwardian GuideWritten by Isabel Marks

Lance Armstrong Project by Richard Poplak

Lance Armstrong Project Written by Richard Poplak

Finding Ultra by Rich Roll

Finding Ultra Rejecting Middle Age, Becoming One of the World's Fittest Men, and Discovering MyselfWritten by Rich Roll

The Secret Race by Daniel Coyle

The Secret Race Inside the Hidden World of the Tour de FranceWritten by Tyler Hamilton and Daniel Coyle

The Secret Race by Daniel Coyle

The Secret Race Inside the Hidden World of the Tour de France: Doping, Cover-ups, and Winning at All CostsWritten by Tyler Hamilton and Daniel Coyle

The Secret Race by Daniel Coyle

The Secret Race Inside the Hidden World of the Tour de FranceWritten by Tyler Hamilton and Daniel Coyle

The Secret Race: Inside the Hidden World of the Tour de France: Doping, Cover-ups, and Winning at All Costs by Sean Runnette

The Secret Race: Inside the Hidden World of the Tour de France: Doping, Cover-ups, and Winning at All Costs Written by Tyler Hamilton and Daniel Coyle Read by Sean Runnette

Finding Ultra by Rich Roll

Finding Ultra Rejecting Middle Age, Becoming One of the World's Fittest Men, and Discovering MyselfWritten by Rich Roll

Finding Ultra by Rich Roll

Finding Ultra Rejecting Middle Age, Becoming One of the World's Fittest Men, and Discovering MyselfWritten by Rich Roll

The Man Who Cycled the World by Mark Beaumont

The Man Who Cycled the World Written by Mark Beaumont

The Man Who Cycled the World by Mark Beaumont

The Man Who Cycled the World Written by Mark Beaumont

Major by Todd Balf

Major A Black Athlete, a White Era, and the Fight to Be the World's Fastest Human BeingWritten by Todd Balf

Major by Todd Balf

Major A Black Athlete, a White Era, and the Fight to Be the World's Fastest Human BeingWritten by Todd Balf

It's Not About the Tapas by Polly Evans

It's Not About the Tapas A Spanish Adventure on Two WheelsWritten by Polly Evans

Riding Outside The Lines by Joe Kurmaskie

Riding Outside The Lines International Incidents and Other Misadventures with the Metal CowboyWritten by Joe Kurmaskie

From Lance to Landis by David Walsh

From Lance to Landis Inside the American Doping Controversy at the Tour de FranceWritten by David Walsh

From Lance to Landis by David Walsh

From Lance to Landis Inside the American Doping Controversy at the Tour de FranceWritten by David Walsh

It's Not About the Tapas by Polly Evans

It's Not About the Tapas A Spanish Adventure on Two WheelsWritten by Polly Evans

Pedal by SWOON

Pedal Text by ZEPHYR, Ken Miller and SWOON Photographed by Peter Sutherland

The Modern Cyclist, 1923 For all Wayfarers
Written by William Fitzwater Wray

Fancy Cycling, 1901 An Edwardian Guide
Written by Isabel Marks

Lance Armstrong Project
Written by Richard Poplak

Finding Ultra Rejecting Middle Age, Becoming One of the World's Fittest Men, and Discovering Myself
Written by Rich Roll

The Secret Race Inside the Hidden World of the Tour de France
Written by Tyler Hamilton and Daniel Coyle

The Secret Race Inside the Hidden World of the Tour de France: Doping, Cover-ups, and Winning at All Costs
Written by Tyler Hamilton and Daniel Coyle

The Secret Race Inside the Hidden World of the Tour de France
Written by Tyler Hamilton and Daniel Coyle

The Secret Race: Inside the Hidden World of the Tour de France: Doping, Cover-ups, and Winning at All Costs
Written by Tyler Hamilton and Daniel Coyle
Read by Sean Runnette

Finding Ultra Rejecting Middle Age, Becoming One of the World's Fittest Men, and Discovering Myself
Written by Rich Roll

Finding Ultra Rejecting Middle Age, Becoming One of the World's Fittest Men, and Discovering Myself
Written by Rich Roll

The Man Who Cycled the World
Written by Mark Beaumont

The Man Who Cycled the World
Written by Mark Beaumont

Major A Black Athlete, a White Era, and the Fight to Be the World's Fastest Human Being
Written by Todd Balf

Major A Black Athlete, a White Era, and the Fight to Be the World's Fastest Human Being
Written by Todd Balf

It's Not About the Tapas A Spanish Adventure on Two Wheels
Written by Polly Evans

Riding Outside The Lines International Incidents and Other Misadventures with the Metal Cowboy
Written by Joe Kurmaskie

From Lance to Landis Inside the American Doping Controversy at the Tour de France
Written by David Walsh

From Lance to Landis Inside the American Doping Controversy at the Tour de France
Written by David Walsh

It's Not About the Tapas A Spanish Adventure on Two Wheels
Written by Polly Evans

Pedal
Text by ZEPHYR, Ken Miller and SWOON
Photographed by Peter Sutherland