Great insider's perspective and also really conveys the excitement of pro cycling.

This is my first book on the Kindle. I saw the hardcover in a bookshop (closed) on San Juan Island while waiting for the ferry. No sweat for the Kindle - available for $9.99 and downloaded in seconds while I stood there against the closed/locked door of the dark bookshop.

Most of the content in the book is available from cycling news sources over the past year. There were a few sections that offered new information that I enjoyed.
- What happened to keep Hincapie out of yellow by 5 seconds
- Insight to Alberto's situation on Astana in the 2009 TdF
- Nearly running over Jens Voigt on the crash/descent

When I picked it up I thought it was another in the line of Lance Armstrong autobiographies but this was written from the perspective of a fan (albeit one with a lot of access). The jumping around in time is a little disconcerting at times but the different stories and various insights into not just Lance but all the people around him was great. It's also interesting to read about the actual drama that was playing out behind what was shown on Vs.'s coverage of the tour.

Very interesting first person account. The author makes no attempt to present an objective point of view and his own feelings make the whole experience a much stronger one. He is invested and involved without being blinded by Lance's celebrity and that is an interesting point of view.

If you're a cycling fan at all, I whole heartedly recommend this book.

Very fast, fun read, and I really enjoyed it. But I wonder if most folks, like me, are reading a book about a relatively recent - objectively, not that important - event that I've already read a lot about (which is fine).... This is a rather personal book, from Strickland's perspective - he makes no effort to disappear into the backgroun. At some level, given his status in the community, that makes sense. Anyway, at some level, Strickland does a good job capturing what Armstrong's comeback meant to those of us in the cancer community who - rightly or wrongly, and, seemingly, bizarre-ly -- latched onto Lance as a beacon, a symbol of hope, a personal phoenix rising from the ashes of that miserable life experience known as cancer. And, well, at least for this reader, that story doesn't seem to get old.... I'm glad Lance came back; and I had tears in my eyes more than once during his comeback; I've got a wardrobe full of black-and-yellow ... and, for all those reasons, this book strikes the right chords....