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~ Johan Bruyneel (Author), Bill Strickland (Author), Lance Armstrong (Introduction)
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Johan Bruyneel knows what it takes to win. In 1998, this calculating Belgian and former professional cyclist looked Lance Armstrong in the eye and said, "Look, if we’re going to ride the Tour, we might as well win." In that powerful phrase a dynasty was born.We Might AsWellWin takes readers behind the scenes and inside the team car, as Bruyneel reveals the planning, training, strategy, and tactics that led to a record seven Tour de France victories with Armstrong and an eighth with Alberto Contador. Through thrilling stories of his own racing career and those of the cyclists he has guided during his extraordinary career, Bruyneel reveals the keys to victory both in cycling and in life.

This paperback edition includes a new afterword on the 2008 season, with Bruyneel’s reflections on his record eleventh grand tour victory at the Giro d’Italia and the exclusion of his team Astana from the 2008 Tour de France.

About the Author

JOHAN BRUYNEEL is a former professional cyclist and was the team director, from 1999 to 2007, of the U.S. Postal Service Pro Cycling Team, which later became the Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team. In that role, he won a record eight Tour de France victories (in nine years’ time), making him the "winningest" team director in the history of the sport. He is currently general manager of the Astana Cycling Team. Bruyneel lives in Spain and maintains a website at www.johanbruyneel.com.

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  • Paperback: 240 pages
  • Publisher: Mariner Books; Reprint edition (June 3, 2009)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0547237731
  • ISBN-13: 978-0547237732
  • Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.4 x 0.9 inches
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20 of 22 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Pleasantly Surprised, June 1, 2008
By Julie A. H. (Great Lakes, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: We Might As Well Win: On the Road to Success with the Mastermind Behind a Record-Setting Eight Tour de France Victories (Hardcover)
I have been a cycling fan for years. I particularly love the goings on of the professional peloton. The riders, the back stories, and, especially, the tactics.
When I heard Johan Bruyneel was writing a book, I thought it would be more directed towards business professionals. A "how to get ahead" type mantra.
I was pleasantly surprised to find that that is not this book!

Johan Bruyneel writes a clean, well formed, clear picture of the professional peloton during his years as a rider, and then as DS for the US Postal and Discovery Channel Pro Cycling teams. In this book, you find that, as a rider, Johan was a looker. He kept a close eye on other riders in the peloton. He sized them up, if you will. In this book, Johan Bruyneel encapsulates what he "took in" while "checking out the scene", and candidly shares his findings with the reader.

He then explains why this is so important in the shaping of Lance Armstrong with specific race examples. The reader will understand that while, yes, luck does play a part in winning not only one Grand Tour, but 7 in a row, a well though out, meticulous game plan is the key to success.

This book takes you back to specific stages - specific climbs - and opens a window for you to see what actually was going on between Johan, Lance and the other 8 riders riding le Tour. It is like you were able to listen in on the race radio. Some pretty funny things are said on that radio!

You will find the meaning behind the thought "We Might As Well Win". You will also find that you can apply that to your own daily life - regardless of what you do.

Think Bobke, but more tactical, more precise.

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I know Johan Bryuneel has hundreds, if not thousands more stories in his head. Should he ever decide to write them down, I will be one of many in line to get my copy.

So get your copy. Have a quick, easy read, and see if you knew what was really going on, say in the 1999 Tour de France Alpe d'Heuz stage. Was Armstrong spent? Was he giving it his all? Was he holding back? How much did he have left in his tank at the base of that climb?

Well, you will just have to read the book and find out.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Gives you a new appreciation for the tactics required to win a Tour de France, July 27, 2008
This review is from: We Might As Well Win: On the Road to Success with the Mastermind Behind a Record-Setting Eight Tour de France Victories (Hardcover)
This is a fascinating behind the scenes look at what it takes to coach a winning Tour de France team. You can't argue with the author's credentials: Johan Bruyneel was a professional cyclist who competed in the Tour de France himself before becoming the team director behind Lance Armstrong's seven wins and subsequently for Alberto Contadour in 2007.

In this book Bruyneel describes the strategies behind a winning team (and he makes it clear that it's very much a team effort to win the Tour de France). He talks about how a team can control the race, when they should let breakaways go and when they need to chase them down, how they can play the mind game with other teams, the different skillsets that individual riders within a winning team need to have and countless more insights into the world of cycling. I was reading this book during the 2008 Tour and it made me appreciate far more the way that team CSC were approaching the race and why they did some of the things that they did. Very, very interesting.

I didn't like the way that the book jumps about in time as required to provide support to the points that Bruyneel is making. For example, Chapter 6 talks about the 2001 tour, Chapter 7 talks about the 1999 tour and Chapter 11 talks about the tour in 2000. While Bruyneel makes it clear at the outset that he hasn't set out to write an autobiography, the book would have been more interesting (and easy to follow) if he'd kept things in chronological order.

Bruyneel talks several times about the use of performance enhancing drugs and how they have affected the sport. He is adamant that Armstrong never took them, although I found it interesting that he talks at one point about how he deliberately had Armstrong lose a stage that he could have won, in part because "if we won again, so quickly, I could foresee...accusations of doping".

He also describes the immense amount of time and money that goes into finetuning the bikes and equipment: money is no object if it converts into a few precious seconds saved on the race.

This is an easy and very interesting read for anyone who's interested in the Tour de France.
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13 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars What a book about cycling should be, June 1, 2008
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This review is from: We Might As Well Win: On the Road to Success with the Mastermind Behind a Record-Setting Eight Tour de France Victories (Hardcover)
I was very pleasantly surprised reading Johan Bruyneel's book "We Might As Well Win". It could have been an indulgent, sloppy mess. Instead, it is a crisp, well-written, multi-layered, fun, and insightful book that provides equal parts insights into Lance, insights into Johan, insights into races, and insights into winning. Bruyneel's personal strengths are projected through the writing, including a gentleman's restraint and a willingness to look reality squarely in the face.

An excellent cycling book, definitely gets a podium spot on my bookshelf!
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4.0 out of 5 stars Different perspective
Without Johan, Lance might not have won a tour. Johan's perspective on the tour and his team provides a more full picture of bicycle racing. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Steve L

4.0 out of 5 stars Fun read for racing fans
Given his impact on cycling, it would be hard not to be curious about what makes Johan Bruyneel tick. Read more
Published 4 months ago by J. T. Gotsick

3.0 out of 5 stars Correct me if I'm wrong but this is more of a "self-help"/"self-improvement" type of book and not so much as about cycling.
Correct me if I'm wrong but this is more of a "self-help" kind of book and not so much as about cycling. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Tom Plum

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If you enjoy bicycling and have previously watched professional races, such as the Tour de France, you should thoroughly enjoy this book. Read more
Published 6 months ago by C. Greenlee

3.0 out of 5 stars Good book, but....
I enjoyed the book, i thought it was quite an interesting look into the world of cycling, however i was a little put off by the books short, and somewhat disorganised sentences... Read more
Published 6 months ago by Christopher Barnes

5.0 out of 5 stars Good book, quick read....
The book is very well written and extremely efficient. By efficient I mean that Johan Bruyneel gets his main themes across very quickly in each chapter and backs them up with... Read more
Published 6 months ago by R. Fleck

1.0 out of 5 stars Well my Johan
You would have to so lucky to be in a member of Johan's team. It's so obvious that the Tour de France could not have been one without him. Read more
Published 6 months ago by mulgabill

4.0 out of 5 stars Great cycling info and people
Johan Bruynel is the master of remembering and writing about very interesting moments when he & Lance created the master plan for winning 7 years of TdF. Read more
Published 6 months ago by J.A.Monk

5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Find
My fiance is a cycling afficionado and he was thrilled when Lance came back for the 2009 Tour de France. This book shipped in plenty of time for his birthday, and he loved it. Read more
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I bought the Kindle for the convenience of quickly buying books I want to read.

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