Synopses & Reviews
After three years in retirement following his record-setting seventh Tour de France win—which he accomplished after successfully battling the testicular cancer that almost killed him—Lance Armstrong announced his return to professional cycling to help promote a Global Cancer Campaign.
Comeback 2.0 is Lance Armstrong’s first-person photo-journal of his 2009 comeback season with the goal to take the LIVESTRONG message around the world..
Heavily illustrated with color photos and text , Comeback 2.0 includes an introduction by Lance that frames his decision to return to competitive cycling followed by journal-like entries written through the course of his comeback season beginning with the Tour Down Under, followed by the Tour of California, his spectacular crash in the first stage of the Vuelta a Castilla y Leon race in Spain that resulted in a broken collar bone, the Giro d’Italia, and finally the Tour de France. The journal entries will accompany spectacular four-color photos, that offer breathtaking views of the race stages as well as intimate, behind-the-scenes shots. Renowned sports photographer and photojournalist Elizabeth Kreutz has been granted unparalled access to Lance’s day-to-day world in this, his most triumphant season. .
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LIFE IS A COMEBACK: My 2009 Season is a first-person photo-journal of seven-time Tour de France winner, Lance Armstrong's 2009 comeback season.
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COMEBACK 2.0: Up Close and Personal is a first-person photo-journal of seven-time Tour de France winner, Lance Armstrong's 2009 comeback season.
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"Comeback 2.0" is Armstrong's first-person photo-journal of his 2009 comeback season. Heavily illustrated with color photos, this work features journal-like entries that describe the cyclist's training and racing regimen.
About the Author
Lance Armstrong is a seven-time winner of the Tour de France and fulltime cancer fighter. He oversees the Lance Armstrong Foundation, a nonprofit organization that assists cancer patients around the world with managing and surviving the disease. He won the first of his record-setting seven Tour de France wins after surviving a nearly fatal bout with testicular cancer. In 2008, he was named one of Time magazine’s 100 Most Influential People. He lives in Austin, Texas.