Cycle of Lies: The Fall of Lance Armstrong

By Juliet Macur

A fly-on-the-wall account of the Lance Armstrong doping scandal – the greatest drama in modern sporting history by the New York Times cycling correspondent.

As Lance Armstrong’s precipitous fall from grace continues, New York Times sports reporter Juliet Macur takes the reader behind the scenes to bring to life the astonishing twists and turns of the scandal that has rocked the world of cycling.

With unprecedented access to the key players in the drama – from Armstrong’s fellow cyclists and top cycling officials to doctors, trainers and wives – Cycle of Lies reveals how Armstrong built a fortress of people around him to protect his image and upend the lives of anybody who stood in his way.

As America’s fallen idol faces potential perjury charges, Cycle of Lies widens the focus to expose corruption at all levels of the sport in a thrilling, page-turning work of contemporary narrative history.

• Language: English
• Publisher: HarperCollins UK
• Release date: Mar 4, 2014
• ISBN: 9780007520657

Juliet Macur

Juliet Macur is a leading sports reporter for The New York Times. Since 2004, she has covered the Olympics and Olympic sports, doping and legal issues for the paper. She has been at the forefront of reporting the Lance Armstrong story. She lives in New York City.

Reviews for Cycle of Lies

[wareagle78 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Disgusts me that I spent hours and hours of July after July watching the Tour de France and believing in Lance Armstrong.

[velopunk · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Great fast reading book. I hope the author wasn't playing fast and loose with the facts. Many insights here. Lance and his mother drifted apart, apparently. He would not give her money when she needed it nor use her as his real estate agent thus giving her some income. My favorite character is Dave Zabrieske. His father was heavily involved in drugs and he did not want to dope, but did to stay on Postal team.

[rbarfuss-1 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Interesting to read what people were thinking and doing while the public information was out there. No real new information, but confirmation of all the rumours that have been a part of cycling and specifically Lance Armstrong and the Tour forever.