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Have you read Tyler Hamilton’s book?

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  • August 3, 2013 at 9:39 am #19521
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    What did you think? I found it very thought provoking. I am not sure I feel sorry for him or if he wanted us to feel sorry for him. It certainly made me think; the weight control measures in particular…

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  • August 18, 2013 at 2:45 pm #750721
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    Squiggle wrote:I loved it!

    Squiggle wrote:
    I loved it! Certainly my fav book of the year 🙂
    I’m now halfway through Seven Deadly Sins which I’m enjoying but not as much as Secret Race

    Full credit to David Walsh for his tenacious attitude but does David’s book add anything to what we already know?

    August 18, 2013 at 9:53 am #750719
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    I loved it! Certainly my fav
    I loved it! Certainly my fav book of the year 🙂
    I’m now halfway through Seven Deadly Sins which I’m enjoying but not as much as Secret Race

    August 15, 2013 at 4:05 pm #750717
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    wheelsucker

    fabulous book, I really rated
    fabulous book, I really rated him as a rider, felt he was held back bu LA and was really excited when he left Postal.
    Then spookily he got done for PEDs?…just like all of LA’s liuetenants do…did they have the complete LA formula? ah that one missing piece of the jigsaw.
    I then went right off him with his chimera twin nonsense.
    Read the book, nicely written couldn’t put it down.
    I have been involved in elite sport and the Olympic organisation and the early days of WADA and recall a questionaire (1980ish) that showed what we were all up against where 50% said they would dope if it gave them success even if it lead to an early death..the Goldman Dilema I think its called

    August 5, 2013 at 12:38 pm #750715
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    notfastenough

    I forgot about that bit!
    I
    I forgot about that bit!

    I enjoyed Laurent Fignon’s more.

    August 5, 2013 at 12:01 pm #750713
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    notfastenough wrote:I did buy

    notfastenough wrote:
    I did buy David Millar’s and I enjoyed it. :D

    :O
    I have never liked David… I always thought he was as dull as last nights dishwater; he always seems to whinge and make excuses during dull interviews. I thought reading his book may ease my opinion… I have just got to the bit where he slags of Bradley Wiggins and says Bradley’s 4th place in the Tour was just luck 😕

    August 5, 2013 at 11:37 am #750711
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    notfastenough

    I did buy David Millar’s and
    I did buy David Millar’s and I enjoyed it. I wasn’t aware of the weight control stuff in Tyler’s. Perhaps I should read it before you lot tell me too much about it! 😀

    August 5, 2013 at 11:32 am #750709
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    notfastenough wrote:I keep

    notfastenough wrote:
    I keep picking it up in Waterstones, then deciding that I don’t want to give him any money, and promptly putting it back down again.

    I understand exactly how you feel, but I thought b****cks I will read it anyway!
    I am glad I did, but I am not trying to sell the book, I just found it very thought provoking and wondered if anyone else found it so. I found the weight control measures almost as stunning as the doping, I was expecting the doping! I am now reading David Millar’s book; which is hard work.

    August 5, 2013 at 10:12 am #750707
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    notfastenough

    I keep picking it up in
    I keep picking it up in Waterstones, then deciding that I don’t want to give him any money, and promptly putting it back down again.

    August 4, 2013 at 7:38 pm #750705
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    Simply put , a fascinating
    Simply put , a fascinating and what seems to be an honest and open account of things

    August 3, 2013 at 7:59 pm #750703
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    One other thing that struck
    One other thing that struck me about the book was how easy (and cheap) it is to dope; he says EPO is available over the counter in Switzerland. The expensive bit is having a Dr on board to get round the testing. How many amateur riders are on this s**t with no drug testing? You can buy many products that claim to be like EPO and testosterone, but are really just iron tablets and zinc, it suggests to me there are many out there who would be happy to give doping a go given half a chance.

    August 3, 2013 at 7:49 pm #750701
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    That is interesting Rumpo; I
    That is interesting Rumpo; I did wonder about it.
    As for the ‘what would you have done’ question Sadly Biggins, as he says, he was told repeatedly that he was only doing illegally what could be done legally (EPO) he admits this is not quite right, but it is easy to see how anyone could be seduced. Again, reading Michele’s site he (Michele) is still saying the same thing!

    August 3, 2013 at 7:35 pm #750699
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    The Rumpo Kid

    I think the dog blood story
    I think the dog blood story might stem from the illicit use of Oxyglobin. This is used to treat anaemia in dogs, and being a veterinary drug is easier to get hold of than Hemopure, the human equivalent.

    August 3, 2013 at 2:20 pm #750697
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    It is a good, well-written
    It is a good, well-written book. I was distinctly in two minds about buying it because of his near decade of lying beforehand and the rampant use of PEDs. It is certainly an eye-opener though and shows just how easy it was to get away with cheating, or on the flip side how stupid or unlucky you had to be to get caught at the time. Arguably the book and Hamilton’s change of attitude leading up to it (plus Landis and Tygart, of course) were also key in bringing the Armstrong case to its denouement. For those reasons, I’d recommend it.

    I don’t feel sorry for him and I don’t think he wants anyone to do so. It did make me think what I would have done if I’d got to that level at the time only to find that the choices were (a) give it all up; or (b) cheat. I’d like to think I know what I would have done but I’m glad I never faced the choice.

    August 3, 2013 at 12:55 pm #750695
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    Has anyone got issues with
    Has anyone got issues with the book?
    He describes a cannula in detail (the plastic needle used put in and remove blood) but seems to make a fundamental mistake while doing so? Surely he would be -very- familiar with one?
    He also refers to a rider using dog blood; which would surely kill a human? But this was hearsay not what he had actually seen or done

    August 3, 2013 at 11:22 am #750693
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    Simon E

    Hadn’t wanted to read yet
    Hadn’t wanted to read yet more Armstrong-related ‘bad news’ but after everything that’s been said I think it will be worthwhile.

    Have now reserved one of the four copies in the county library (all are currently on loan).

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