Comments | p. vii |
Acknowledgments | p. viii |
Foreword | p. ix |
Introduction | p. 1 |
Timeline | p. 4 |
The Early Years of American Bicycle Racing | p. 10 |
Bicycle Racing's First Stars | p. 11 |
Who Is the Fastest American Cyclist? | p. 11 |
Early Heroes | p. 12 |
Track Stars | p. 15 |
The Six-Day Grind | p. 18 |
The Racers Take Control | p. 25 |
The World War II Era | p. 26 |
The Tour of Somerville | p. 28 |
Fitchburg Longsjo Classic | p. 34 |
The Rebirth of American Bicycle Racing | p. 36 |
Champions of the Road | p. 37 |
Road Racing Returns to the Front Page | p. 38 |
The Business of Cycling | p. 40 |
The Growth of International Competition | p. 41 |
Americans at the World Championships | p. 44 |
The Numbers Skyrocket | p. 55 |
The New Professionals | p. 59 |
The Shimano Team | p. 59 |
The Rebirth of Track Racing | p. 60 |
The 1970s Bring Changes | p. 69 |
Olympic Dreams on America's Bicentennial | p. 71 |
The Rising Stars of the Late '70s | p. 73 |
The Rise of Sponsorship | p. 79 |
The Decade of Firsts | p. 79 |
The Tour of Texas | p. 80 |
The Sponsorship Game | p. 82 |
Redlands Classic | p. 87 |
Tour of the Americas | p. 90 |
The Fight for Control of Professional Racing | p. 92 |
Olympic Dreams Lost and Found | p. 97 |
America's Golden Olympics | p. 97 |
Blood Doping Scandal | p. 98 |
Back to Reality | p. 99 |
The Pursuit of Olympic Gold | p. 100 |
Administration and Insurance | p. 115 |
Bicycle Racing in the Modern Era | p. 118 |
America's Growing Competitiveness | p. 119 |
The World Takes Notice | p. 119 |
Andy Hampsten and 7-Eleven | p. 120 |
Hampsten il Conquistatore | p. 121 |
Americans in Paris | p. 123 |
The Pan American Games Come to Indianapolis | p. 125 |
The Pan American Games | p. 125 |
America's First Homegrown Racing | p. 135 |
The Coors Classic | p. 136 |
The "America's Tour" | p. 137 |
Turning Pro | p. 147 |
Racing for the Stars and Stripes | p. 147 |
The CoreStates USPRO Cycling Championship | p. 148 |
The USPRO Championships | p. 149 |
The Tour de Trump | p. 156 |
The Tour DuPont | p. 158 |
The Pros in the '90s | p. 162 |
The Women's Challenge | p. 164 |
The Lance Armstrong Era | p. 173 |
A Rising Star at the 1991 National Championships | p. 173 |
Corporate Teams | p. 174 |
Races of the Early '90s | p. 175 |
The Fight for Control of Professional Racing | p. 178 |
Americans in the Tour de France | p. 181 |
Lance Armstrong's Saga | p. 207 |
Racing in the Next Millennium | p. 217 |
Dark Shadows | p. 217 |
Doping, Drugs, and Scandals: Searching for a Competitive Edge | p. 218 |
New Sponsors | p. 225 |
New Races | p. 227 |
New Heroes | p. 229 |
Afterword | p. 233 |
Index | p. 235 |
About the Author | p. 245 |
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