Hamilton pulls back the curtain on the Tour de France and takes us into the secret world of professional cycling like never before: the doping, the lying, and his years as Lance Armstrong's teammate on U.S. Postal.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-290).

The story behind this book / Daniel Coyle -- Getting in the game -- Reality -- Eurodogs -- Roommates -- Bad news bears -- 2000 : building the machine -- The next level -- Life in the neighborhood -- New start -- Life at the top -- The attack -- All or nothing -- Popped -- Novitzky's bulldozer -- Hide-and-seek -- The end-around.