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Lance Armstrong’s Comeback from Cancer
A Scrapbook of the Tour de France Winner’s
Dramatic Career
by: Samuel Abt with photos by James Startt
In 1992, at age 21, Lance Armstrong was a brash neo-professional from
Texas. In October 1996, at the conclusion of the Tour de France, he was
diagnosed with cancer, and given a 20-percent chance of survival not to
mention his chances of returning to the sport he loved. A year later,
he was recovering from cancer therapy and joined the Tour de France as
a visitor. In 1998, he started a slow and faltering comeback, dropping
out of the major races.
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In 1999, he
did come back. In a big way, becoming the second American (after Greg
LeMond) to win the Tour de France, the world's toughest sporting
event.
In Lance Armstrong’s Comeback from Cancer, veteran bicycle racing
writer Samuel Abt pieces together, not only the story of Armstrong’s spectacular
Tour victory, but also his equally miraculous victory over cancer. Written
as a scrapbook of Armstrong’s career, it’s a true story, and an inspirational
one, proving that there is hop for cancer survivors. A dramatic book and
a tribute to a conquering spirit.
About the author:
Samuel Abt is associate editor
for the International Herald Tribune, based in Paris, and has
written about bicycle racing for that paper and the New York Times
for over two decades. He has written eight previous books about the sport
and is the only American awarded the Medal of the Tour de France for
distinguished service to the sport.
About the
photographer:
James Startt is a photographer based in Paris. He has been following
European bicycle racing for many years and regularly reports on the sport
for the U.S. cycling publications. His photos have been prominently exhibited
at major photo galleries in Paris and is part of the Oakland (California)
Museum’s Exhibit about the bicycle.
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