Expose earns cycling book top award
Claiming the greatest honour in sportswriting, The Secret Race created news headlines earlier this year, and has been widely described as the most damning indictment yet of Tour winners, such as Tyler’s former team-mate Lance Armstrong.
Announced by John Inverdale at a ceremony a Waterstone’s Piccadilly, Europe’s largest bookstore, The Secret Race was hailed by judges as “a landmark publication”.
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Hide AdWilliam Hill spokesman and co-founder of the prize, Graham Sharpe, said: “The mysterious world of cycling holds a certain fascination in the public consciousness – now more than ever following the recent home-grown success in the sport. The Secret Race lifts the lid on that world and delivers a shocking and jaw-droppingly frank account of what it’s like to compete at the highest level.”
A team-mate of Armstrong on the US Postal Service cycling team during the 1999, 2000 and 2001 Tour de France competitions, Hamilton appeared at the 2000 and 2004 Olympic Games, winning a gold medal at the latter.
Just weeks after claiming gold, he was found guilty of doping and was exiled from the sport.