The Race to Truth: Blowing the whistle on Lance Armstrong and cycling's doping culture - Hardcover

Emma O'Reilly

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0593074068 ISBN 13: 9780593074060

Publisher: Bantam Press, 1743

Synopsis

When Emma O'Reilly joined the US Postal cycling team in 1996, she could have had no idea how she would become a central figure in the biggest doping scandal in sporting history. Yet when Lance Armstrong, starting his comeback from cancer, signed for US Postal, it was Emma, the only woman on the team, who became his personal soigneur. This is the definitive inside story of that time, and of the enormous repercussions that resonate to this day for Emma, Lance and the whole sport.

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About the Author

Emma O'Reilly was born in 1970 in the working-class Dublin suburb of Tallaght. She trained to be an electrician before becoming interested in sports massage and therapy. Emma worked for the Irish national cycling team for three years and then for professional teams in the United States, joining US Postal in 1996. Confronted by a doping culture she despised, she resigned her position in 2000 and began to speak out about what was happening in the sport. She now runs The Body Clinic in Hale, Cheshire, treating Olympic athletes and professional sportspeople, as well as members of the general public.

Edition details

• Publisher: Bantam Press
• Publication date: 1743
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0593074068
• ISBN 13: 9780593074060
• Binding: Hardcover