The Loyal Lieutenant: Leading Out Lance and Pushing Through the Pain on the Rocky Road to Paris

Posted on 15 July 2018 by George Hincapie

Trading on the sterling reputation that enabled him to survive a widely publicized doping confession, American cyclist Big George Hincapie a record seventeen time Tour de France participant, Olympian, and key witness in the Lance Armstrong doping case offers an insightful account of his esteemed career and a sports era defined by performance enhancing drug use.In this highly anticipated cycling memoir, Big George Hincapie provides the most comprehensive account of a dark period in professional cycling, in which doping scandals have decimated the careers of some of the top athletes in the field.The Loyal Lieutenant reveals how Hincapie s life has been intrinsically tied to the sport he loves, from his earliest days in Queens, where he was influenced by his Colombian father s love of cycling and the Colombian cycling warrior archetype Hincapie takes us through his amateur years to the Olympics, and chronicles his exhilarating ride as a professional, including finding his true calling as Lance Armstrong s most prized domestique leading his then best friend to seven straight Tour de France victories.Hincapie speaks openly about his relationship with Armstrong, how he himself began doping, and why he quit long before the headline making revelations His personal evolution is the journey of a man dedicated to coming clean about his past and to restore honor to the sport he loves. Download The Loyal Lieutenant: Leading Out Lance and Pushing Through the Pain on the Rocky Road to Paris Author George Hincapie – kino-fada.fr You look at the cover of this book and you think, Great We can finally hear Hincapie s side That s the book I wanted to read I always loved watching him ride His long, celebrated career was exciting and interesting This book is not Once I cracked the cover, I started to quickly figure out thejuicy parts of his story by what he didn t include If you don t sniff out the same thing right away, you certainly will when you open to the sparse and carefully curated picture section in the You look at the cover of this book and you think, Great We can finally hear Hincapie s side That s the book I wanted to read I always loved watching him ride His long, celebrated career was exciting and interesting This book is not Once I cracked the cover, I started to quickly figure out thejuicy parts of his story by what he didn t include If you don t sniff out the same thing right away, you certainly will when you open to the sparse and carefully curated picture section in the middle of the book Hincapie wants to write the let s play down the doping and Lance Armstrong association game here by talking about everything else instead When he does mention the reason most people will pick up the book he put Armstrong on th...Note I will be riding the Hincapie Gran Fondo next weekend, Oct 22nd so yes, I m a fan OK, so he s not Hemingwaywe knew that going in But Hincapie is an American original who lived and prospered through one of the most tumultuous periods in professional cycling The story is told through his own voice, without apology, but of course with context I enjoyed his tells it as he saw it prose although I m left wondering if he has really given his experience the introspection that comes with Note I will be riding the Hincapie Gran Fondo next weekend, Oct 22nd so yes, I m a fan OK, so he s not Hemingwaywe knew that going in But Hincapie is an American original who lived and prospered through one of the most tumultuous periods in professional cycling The story is told through his own voice, without apology, but of course with context I enjoyed his tells it as he saw it prose although I m left wondering if he has really given his experience the introspection that comes with maturity For example clear in his book, though not so bluntly written, was his dislike hmm, perhaps lack of respect would be better for Floyd Landis However, Floyd was a younger rider, who, unlike Hincapie, came of age under the guidance and mentorship of Lance Armstrong In later years, when Landis adopted not just the same win at any...What a legend George Hincapie is The sport of cycling is much better today for having had him a part of it for close to two decades George tells the story of his long career in cycling, from the very beginning where he started out riding his bike as a kid in Queens New York in the early 80 s, right through to his last race in the USA Pro Cycling Challenge in Colorado...Well, let s get the skinny out of the way This is not a very well written book, and it is quite linear and boring I always liked Hincapie still do but this is a tough read I remember seeing Hincapie rise as a junior and loved the way he road and showed the toughness of a true rouleur With all of his experience and history, you would think there would be some great stories I was hoping for stories of the classics and of racing, but that is a minor part of the book I know there are stories Well, let s get the skinny out of the way This is not a very well written book, and it is quite linear and boring I always liked H...After finishing Lance Armstrong s biography, my friend lent me this one to get another perspective on biking and doping and Lance He warned me that I might feel dirty after reading this.I don t know that I necessarily felt dirty though But that is probably because this was not written like a normal autobiography There were pull out quotes from other people about how awesome George was which was a little strange, but acceptable The worst thing is that it read like a travelog There was After finishing Lance Armstrong s biography, my friend lent me this one to get another perspective on biking and doping and Lance He ...This was an interesting book, but I d have preferred it to be longer withdetail on what George was thinking at different points of his career He gives a good overview high level explanation of things, but really does not get into the details I was hoping for Essentially, I didn t learn anything new that I hadn t he...Meh I wanted to like this bookas I have always admired Big George I felt Tyler Hamilton s book was much better.There s some irony in an autobiography written by a low drama athlete, with a well controlled ego And that absence of drama may be why I have to say I wasn t crazy about the book.Hincapie s racing career was marked by tremendous triumphs for those he helped, not just the tainted victories by Lance Armstrong, but enduring ones by Cadel Evans and others, and by near misses in his own favorite races, the Tour of Flanders and Paris Roubaix.In sports terms, Hincapie is a rarity a true star but a There s some irony in an autobiography written by a low drama athlete, with a well controlled ego And that absence of drama may be why I have to say I wasn t crazy about the book.Hincapie s racing career was marked by tremendous triumphs for those he helped, not just the tainted victories by Lance Armstrong, but enduring ones by Cadel Evans and others, and by near misses in his own favorite races, the Tour of Flanders and Paris Roubaix.In sports terms, Hincapie is a rarity a true star but a star as a team player, someone who helps other members of his team attain glory, maybe the cycling equivalent of an offensi...I always admired Hincapie as a professional cyclist, didn t win many races, but always gave it his best I didn t really enjoy the book though, in fact after I was about half way through I gave up I thought it was written poorly, kinda dry and I didn t care for all the added quotes from family and acquaintances that seemed to just gush about how gr...I like to read a cycling book when the Tour de France is on TV each July This was good, especially about the early days of Hincapie s career as an amateur and then a young professional You can make your own judgment about the drug use and rationalizations Some will forg...

The Loyal Lieutenant: Leading Out Lance and Pushing Through the Pain on the Rocky Road to Paris

15 July 2018

George Hincapie