How does a professional cyclist navigate the complex ethics and personal costs of loyalty within the high-stakes environment of elite team sports? George Hincapie, a veteran of seventeen Tours de France, provides a detailed account of his career as a key lieutenant to Lance Armstrong. The book examines the internal pressures of professional cycling, the culture of the peloton, and the difficult decisions made during a period of intense scrutiny and systemic doping in the sport.

The text offers a candid, if self-justifying, look at the professional cycling landscape during its most controversial era. It functions as a primary source for understanding the internal dynamics of team hierarchies and the personal rationalizations of those involved in the sport's doping scandals.