In 2004, when he was on the verge of his sixth straight victory in the Tour de France, the legendary cyclist Lance Armstrong talked with sports journalist Daniel Coyle, and the result was this likable, gripping, and thorough account of Armstrong's life and career. The book of course covers Armstrong's bout with testicular cancer in 1996--cancer that spread rapidly to his stomach, lungs, and brain and that he was not expected to survive. Armstrong talks candidly about his illness and recovery, but the focus of Coyle's book is on the extraordinary level of training Armstrong has put into his sport and the soaring ambition and almost incredible drive that have enabled him to excel. The book also explores the toll Armstrong's career has sometimes taken on his personal life, his strategies for continuing to perform well even as he ages (he is now in his mid-30s), and the sometimes amazing lengths he goes to in order to find the stimulation he needs to get him ready for a race--not including, Armstrong insists (a Minimize