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| Author | Lance Armstrong, Sally Jenkins |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Autobiography |
| Publisher | Putnam |
Publication date | May 22, 2000 |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover and Paperback), Audio CD, Audio cassette |
| Pages | 288 pp (Hardcover edition) |
| ISBN | 0-399-14611-3 (Hardcover edition) |
| OCLC | 43684677 |
| 796.6/2/092 B 21 | |
| LC Class | GV1051.A76 A3 2000 |
| Followed by | Every Second Counts |
It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life is a 2000 autobiographical book by American cyclist Lance Armstrong with Sally Jenkins.
The book was written shortly after Armstrong had won the 1999 Tour de France: he went on to win it six further times in successive years, establishing a record (later revoked due to his use of performance-enhancing drugs). In 1996, he had been diagnosed with testicular cancer, which spread to his lungs, abdomen and brain, and was only given a 40 percent chance of living. This disrupted his career, but his success on his return prompted elements in the media to accuse him of doping.
The book covers his story from childhood to the 1999 Tour, and the birth of his first child.[1][2] A subsequent autobiographical installment, entitled Every Second Counts and also with Sally Jenkins as co-author, continued the narrative until his 2003 Tour victory.
In light of the revelations made by the USADA investigation in 2012, the passages about doping in the book are doubtful.[3]
- ^ Books:It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life by Lance Armstrong (English). Barnes & Noble. Retrieved on 2008-01-30.
- ^ Clark, Shelton (2000). "BookPage Nonfiction Review: It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life". BookPage. Archived from the original on 2007-02-03. Retrieved 2007-03-05.
- ^ Macur, Juliet (22 October 2012). "Lance Armstrong Is Stripped of His 7 Tour de France Titles". NYTimes.com. The New York Times. Retrieved 17 December 2012.