Its Not About The Bike

Lance Armstrong Was The First American To Win The Famous Tour De France Cycle Race In 1999 And Then He Won It Seven Times In A Row. This Becomes Even More Extraordinary Because He Achieved This After Getting Cured Of A Last Stage Cancer. His Entire Life Has Been Extraordinary In Many Other Ways Too. This Book Is His Autobiography Written In An Astonishingly Candid Manner. The Gist Of The Book - Armstrongs Mother Was Only Seventeen When He Was Born. Deserted By Her Husband Soon Afterwards, She Brought Up Lance Single-Handed. She Didnt Earn Much, But Did Not Deny Him Any Childhook Pleasures, Teaching Him To Be Tough And Brave, Supported Him In His Ambition Of Becoming A Cycling Champion, And Stood By Him In All The Difficulties That He Faced. But Of Course He Has To Fight The Shock And The Disease Himself. He Has To First Preserve His Semen In A Semen-Bank So That May Be He Can Have Children Later If And When He Gets Well, He Has To Go And Inquire All Over The Country To Find The Best Possible Hospital And Doctors For Surgery, Contact His Sponsors To See Who Will Continue To Support Him And Give Him Medical Insurance. Some Stand By Him, Some Desert Him. The Book Ends When He Retires, But Recently, At The Age Of 37, He Has Made A Come-Back And Is Taking Part In Tour De France In 2009. Whether He Wins Or Not, The Come-Back Again Highlights His Grit, Confidence And Capacity.