About this title: Go behind the scenes and inside the mind of Johan Bruyneel, the most successful team director in cycling history and the strategist, confidant, motivator, and coach behind Lance Armstrong's amazing success.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Date Published: 2008-06-04
ISBN-13:9780618879373ISBN:0618879374
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Mariner Books
Date Published: 2009-06-03
ISBN-13:9780547237732ISBN:0547237731
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Mariner Books
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780547237732ISBN:0547237731
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Date Published: 2008-06-04
ISBN-13:9780618879373ISBN:0618879374
Description: NEW. Hardcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9780618879373. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780618879373ISBN:0618879374
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"Thank you Evan for getting me this book! It was great fun to read. You don't have to be a bicycling fan to enjoy it. Technical terms are explained and it's written in small chapters so it's easy to put down and not be lost in a long detailed story. I learned a lot and got to experience some of the excitement of racing in Europe!"
"Got this for Dave, the Kindle version, to read on the plane & road, but ended up reading it first and then reading it aloud to him on our long driving days in Germany. I had been looking for a book explaning the rules and strategies of the Tour de France when this one came up during a search. Fascinating and well written. I liked that Bruyneel did not link the races consecutively but by story connections. One incident would lead to a story from a race much earlier (or later) and off he'd go into a new chapter. It seemed very much like stories get told in conversation - following the stream of thought instead of laying out a history. Loved it. Now we are looking foward to next year's Tour to see now it plays out with Lance and Alberto on competing teams."
"A great look into what it takes to succeed as director of cycling's elite. I think the title is ridiculous, since it suggests some nonchalant, arrogant shoulder shrug approach to winning, when Bruyneel actually has clearly formed, unconventional win-oriented goals about training, winning, and life. Though there is some sports hyperbole sprinkled throughout, the book reads at a good clip and is written in an engaging, thought-provoking way that I believe would appeal to anyone interested in success at any level in any discipline."
"No one who doesn't care about bike racing would find this interesting, but for those who do, this is a pleasing and for me anyway informative read.
There is a later edition now out, I noticed (after I bought this one used) with additional info covering his time with Astana. Oh well.
There is some level of "this is my philosophy on winning; maybe it works for you" but it isn't preachy. Mostly it is an description of how he won with Lance and then Contador. He also recounts highlights of his own cycling career, arguing that his ability to win as a rider with limited skills was due to how his tactical thinking that he applied as tour director.
It isn't a particularly good source of info abut Lance, but I wasn't expecting it to be.
I think the title is awful ("We might as well win") but it comes from something Bruyneel reports he once said to Lance. The first part of the sentence was, "If we are going to ride the Tour (de France)..." While it seems a quirky motivational statement it likely says more about a guy managing people in multiple languages that are all second languages for him. (Other than that, Bruyneel had an American co-author for the book and the English is fine.)"
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