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Comeback 2.0: Up Close and Personal (Hardcover)

~ Lance Armstrong (Author)
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After three years in retirement following his record-setting 7th Tour de France win -- which he accomplished after successfully battling the testicular cancer that almost killed him -- Lance Armstrong announced to the world on September 24, 2008 at the Clinton Global Initiative in New York City, that he would return to professional cycling to help promote a Global Cancer Campaign. Comeback 2.0: Up Close and Personal 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, Lance will take readers on a thrilling ride through his dramatic comeback year.

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, culminating in 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 unparalleled access to Lance's day-to-day world in this, his most triumphant season.

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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.

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  • Hardcover: 208 pages
  • Publisher: Touchstone; 1 edition (December 1, 2009)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1439173141
  • ISBN-13: 978-1439173145
  • Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 9.3 x 0.9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
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4.0 out of 5 stars High quality with stunning photographs, December 3, 2009
Don't make the mistake of thinking that this is a Lance Armstrong autobiography in the style of It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life and Every Second Counts. He writes a brief introduction, but essentially it is a pictorial diary of a year in the life of Lance Armstrong, from when he made the decision to return to professional cycling through to the Tour de France earlier this year. It's a busy year with lots of training (he gets noticeably thinner over the year); racing events in Australia, the US and Europe; a broken collarbone; a new baby and lots of fundraising and campaigning for cancer research.

The photographs are all taken by Elizabeth Kreutz and they are stunning - see the examples above. They are arranged in chronological order and each is accompanied by a little explanation from Lance about what he was doing or thinking at the time. The layout of the book and the paper stock are also high quality.

Reading this book feels like you've spent a year being a fly on the wall as Lance goes about his life. It's a fascinating glimpse into his world, from the high glamour (flying in private jets and hanging out with world leaders) to the mundane (running his kids to school and playing in the backyard with them - nice backyard by the way Lance). There's even a photo of him undergoing a urine test. You certainly get an appreciation for the hard work that goes into being a professional cyclist as well as the considerable work that he does for cancer research. His relationship with his partner Anna also comes across as being very close and strong. There's a photo of him smiling with Contadour at the press conference announcing that they'd be racing together, along with a wry comment that this was probably as friendly as they ever got.

It's a gorgeous book and very interesting, but do be aware that essentially it's a coffee table book rather than an autobiography.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Comeback 2.0, February 14, 2010
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I purchased as a gift & am not the expert on Lance Armstrong, the recipient of this gift is an avid fan of his. To me there are lots of pictures, not much text or substance. Have not given book yet so time will tell but I think the recipient will go through this book very fast.
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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Makes you want to Ride....now!, February 1, 2010
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Just great images and a look into Lance's comeback. The photos a great and the descriptions to each one give great insight into Lance's Day to Day. Makes me want to get out and ride everytime I pick it up and look through it.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars Nice book
I really love everything that Lance does, but this book it isn't what I thought was. I mean, I thought it was like his previous books. Read more
Published 3 days ago by Gabriel Moner Lopez Esteve

5.0 out of 5 stars From behind-the-scenes exercises and preparations to cycling to family portraits
Elizabeth Kreutz's color photos capture cyclist Lance Armstrong in motion as he re-enters the competitive world after recovering from cancer that metastasized throughout his body... Read more
Published 18 days ago by Midwest Book Review

4.0 out of 5 stars Good table top
I am along time cyclist and enjoyed the book. It is heavy on photos and short on and written insight. If you are a real pro racing fan, it is fun.
Published 24 days ago by George Hammerlein

4.0 out of 5 stars Lance Armstrong Comeback 2.0
Great revealing book about the master of Tour De France. Most interesting is the phote of the drug testing, I like to see baseball, basketball, football, and golf being judge at... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Mark A. Fischer

5.0 out of 5 stars awesome book
I bought this book after reading the "it's not about the bike" book and this one is really great. All the pictures and captions are really interesting and gives a nice look into... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Mike

5.0 out of 5 stars Lance
The most amazing pictures of an incredible carrer of this Texas native icon for the
sport of cycling

After all he had to fight for his life still an ideal... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Jorge Pestana

5.0 out of 5 stars Nice photobook from a Great Comeback
Superbe Photobook of the Comeback of Lance Armstrong that includes inedit images from race to intimate and familiar. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Jesus Mendoza Tirado

1.0 out of 5 stars A PICTURE BOOK, LITTLE CONTENT ON LANCE
VERY DISAPPOINTED ON THE LACK OF INSIGHT ON LANCES DECISION TO RETURN TO RACING. I READ ALL REVIEWS PRIOR TO BUYING, SO AS NOT TO BE DISAPPOINTED LIKE THIS BOOK.... Read more
Published 1 month ago by R. Bevington

3.0 out of 5 stars Interesting but lacks structure and consistency
This photo essay is intended to give some immediacy to Lance's return to bicycle racing in late 2008, culminating in his racing in the Tour de France in July, 2009, where he... Read more
Published 1 month ago by J. Grattan

4.0 out of 5 stars He liked the present...
My brother in law is a big fan of Lance Armstrong and he called to tell me that he really likes the book. So there you go, brother in law approved.
Published 2 months ago by Geronimo Jackson

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