Tyler Hamilton is an American former professional cyclist, cycling coach and co-author with Daniel Coyle of The Secret Race. His retained road record includes a solo Tour de France stage win in 2003, but his career cannot be separated from doping. A blood-transfusion positive at the 2004 Vuelta led to a two-year suspension, and a second violation in 2009 brought an eight-year suspension. After publicly admitting doping, Hamilton returned the 2004 Olympic time-trial gold medal and asked the IOC to remove his name from the official record. His sworn evidence helped document the US Postal system, while Roadman's interviews preserve his first-person accounts of the era, confession, forgiveness and the move from feel-based training to power-meter coaching.
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