Author Description

George Hincapie is a record seventeen-time Tour de France participant, Olympian, beloved teammate and celebrated lead-out man for Lance Armstrong. Hincapie shocked the entire sporting world when he confessed to doping as a key witness in the case of Armstrong and drugs in cycling. For the first time since that confession, 'Big George' reflects on his years as a world-class rider, offering an honest and compelling account of professional cycling's dark period, his relationship with Armstrong and the demands required of the best in the field. Raised in Queens in a tight-knit Colombian family, he grew up with his father's love of cycling and the Colombian 'cycling warrior' archetype. In The Loyal Lieutenant, he takes us through his adrenaline-junkie amateur years to the Olympics, turning professional and becoming Armstrong's most prized 'domestique' - a role in which Hincapie would lead his then best friend to seven straight Tour de France victories. Hincapie speaks openly about how he himself began doping, why he chose to quit long before the headline-making revelations - and finally, what led to the testimony that broke Armstrong's case.