So you can't get enough Lance, eh? Well the good news is that he's just released a new book this week called Comeback 2.0: Up Close and Personal that details his return to professional cycling in 2009.
The book is essentially a collection of Lance's own journal entries compiled over the course of the past year, and features color photography by top-notch cycling photographer Elizabeth Kreutz, who followed Armstrong along the way.
In the intro, Lance talks about his decision to return to cycling after being gone for three years. He was in an Ohio hotel for a Livestrong conference, killing time between sessions and one day found the Tour de France on the TV:
What got to me was watching the stage when they climbed Alpe d'Huez. I have history with Alpe d'Huez. Good history. Most notably when I won a Stage 16 time trial there that was critical to my 2004 Tour victory.
As I watched Carlos Sastre make his move on Alpe d'Huez, a move that went essentially unchallenged, I felt a pang: I want back in. It was the first time I'd even considered a return to the Tour de France. I can't say that I decided right then and there to mount a comeback, but the seed was planted. In the days and weeks that followed, it was on my mind. Increasingly on my mind.
Armstrong goes on to recount the responses of his family, his coach and his friends and business partners to his desire to return to professional cycling. Not surprisingly, Lance received mixed reactions. But in true Lance fashion, he pressed on, and we watched it all unfold last July when he ended up third on the Tour de France podium.
The 208-page book is published by Simon & Schuster and retails for $27.99. You can read the full introduction here.
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