"Compartments and compartments and compartments. "It was sort of a Russian doll," says co-author Dan Coyle, also interviewed by phone Wednesday. The result is overwhelming: testimony not only about when and how the alleged doping was done, but how many layers it took. And Hamilton enlists more than a few credible witnesses to take the stand in this book – teammates, rivals, friends. In fact, you can expect many to conclude Armstrong recently dropped his fight with anti-doping authorities because a mountain of witness "evidence" like this was about to surface. But don't expect many minds to change.Īrmstrong's detractors will point to this book as the ultimate prosecution of cycling's greatest American hero. One would think reading this book would make Armstrong's supporters feel sick, too. The boy told Hamilton he wanted to be a cyclist. He calls the book "a sad story" and, when asked if he would have pursued cycling if he knew at the start of his career what he knows now, he says, "I don't think so." He insists he wants very much to help clean up the sport, but he quietly offers an anecdote about when he asked his 10-year-old nephew what he wanted to be when he grows up. Hamilton doesn't exactly gloat about his findings. He writes simply: "The UCI didn't want to catch Lance." Hamilton does more than hint that cycling had all the incentive in the world for Armstrong to keep clean and keep winning.
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