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Quando Lance Armstrong tornò a correre dopo un cancro potenzialmente mortale e vinse il Tour de France 1999 sembrava troppo bello per essere vero. E infatti non lo era. Il giornalista David Walsh del Sunday Times fu uno dei pochissimi a interrogarsi sulle sovrumane imprese sportive del campione. Cominciò così una battaglia durata tredici anni per scoprire la verità, che si è conclusa definitivamente nell'ottobre 2012, quando il ciclista è stato spogliato delle sue sette vittorie consecutive al Tour e bandito per sempre dallo sport per doping. Il racconto di Walsh è una vera e propria indagine, serrata e avvincente come un thriller, una lotta strenua contro la convinzione inattaccabile di tutti che Armstrong fosse un eroe, un esempio eccezionale umano e sportivo - al di sopra di ogni critica o dubbio. Ed è anche una visione rivelatrice degli aspetti più torbidi del ciclismo professionistico, dove avere il medico giusto può fare la differenza e dove esiste una congiura del silenzio. Manipolazione, menzogna, ma anche la sofferenza dell'inganno che ha sconvolto il mondo intero rendono queste pagine un vero shock, una narrazione dal forte impatto emotivo che riesce però a dimostrare, grazie allo straordinario coraggio di poche persone innamorate di questo sport, che c'è ancora speranza per un futuro diverso. Da questo libro è stato tratto il film "The Program" con Ben Foster, Chris O'Dowd e Dustin Hoffman, diretto da Stephen Frears.
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- Pagine: 406
- Data di uscita: 01-10-2015
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(3.5 stars, Kindle) Having not known what a peloton was a few months ago (and having never watched a minute's worth of cycling before the Olympics), the Lance Armstrong doping scandal has had me on a bit of a Tour de France/professional cycling book binge of late, and SEVEN DEADLY SINS by David Walsh Leggi tutto
Finally. The crazy man has been exposed. He's not just crazy, he destroyed people's lives. I did a blog post about six months ago suggesting Lance Armstrong wasn't exactly a saint and got savaged so badly in the comments section, I withdrew the blog. It would be just bad if he only affected himself. Leggi tutto
when you write a book about a sociopathic bully and come out of it looking the bigger asshole, you’ve done something very wrong
Infuriating book. I was keen on it, given the positive reviews, but the first time I tried to wade through it I managed to page 115 and gave up. I felt it had been mis-sold; rather than a revelatory investigative piece on Armstrong it was a yawn-fest of an autobiography on a weak and untalented writ Leggi tutto
Really hard to follow and given to sudden,inappropriately inserted moments of snark. Not worth reading unless you'd rather know more about why David Walsh is the bravest, most fearless sportswriter ever than how Lance Armstrong's doping was finally exposed.
David Walsh at his angry best. He brings up to date his tale of the vendetta waged against himself and Paul Kimmage by Armstrong until their vindication in 2012. A very honest account of an extraordinary investigation, giving full recognition to all those who did not believe the Armstrong myth that
David Walsh's Sisyphus has finally emerged victorious over his eternal struggle with the boulder - half man, half media - named Lance Armstrong. Beautifully written, shocking, occasionally heartbreaking, often resulting in the 'ah, of course, now that makes sense' sigh, and a vindication, indeed bea Leggi tutto
The media needs people like David Walsh to keep the bastards honest. Lance Armstrong did not just commit sports biggest fraud, he used spin, lies, charm and marshmallow-soft people in the media and officialdom to destroy people. The whole episode was sickening. Walsh was like a dog with a bone, frus Leggi tutto
Really enjoyed Walsh’s account of Armstrong’s deceit and ‘fall from grace’. The commitment and integrity from Walsh to expose Armstrong and stand up for what is right is most admirable and was certainly interesting to read about.
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