Editing Tyler Hamilton (section)

===Autobiography===
On September 5, 2012, [[Random House]] ([[Bantam Books]]) published Hamilton's memoir ''The Secret Race: Inside the Hidden World of the Tour de France: Doping, Cover-ups, and Winning at All Costs'', coauthored with American writer Daniel Coyle.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/hamilton-to-release-autobiography |title=Hamilton To Release Autobiography |publisher=Cyclingnews.com |date=2011-05-23 |access-date=2012-08-14}}</ref> It won the 2012 [[William Hill Sports Book of the Year]] award.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2012/nov/26/tyler-hamilton-secret-race-william-hill |title=The Secret Race wins William Hill Sports Book of the Year for 2012 |work=[[The Guardian]] |author=Sean Ingle |date=26 November 2012 |access-date=November 26, 2012}}</ref> In the book, he details his career and his relationship with [[Lance Armstrong]], for whom he was a teammate and a confidant. It also details some of the doping practices he and Armstrong were using on the {{UCI team code|USP|1999}} team, such as EPO injections and blood transfusions. They parted ways when Hamilton went riding for CSC. This decision was motivated by the fact that Armstrong had become cold and vindictive toward him. Hamilton then recounts the 2 years spent riding for [[Bjarne Riis]], his sympathy for the former rider and how Riis introduced him to Eufemiano Fuentes, a Spanish doctor who would be later investigated in the [[Operacion Puerto]] doping affair. He then recounts his years on the Phonak Team when he tested positive during the [[Vuelta a España]] to an alleged homologous blood transfusion.

Despite admitting throughout the work that he very regularly used EPO, testosterone pills and patches, and [[autologous]] blood transfusions (all banned practices), Hamilton staunchly opposed the sanction, since he had never used the blood of another person. It was speculated that Fuentes and his assistant had mixed the blood of another rider with his. His career in shambles, he raced for lesser teams after his suspension, tested positive for DHEA (in an OTC herbal anti-depressant) and retired. He later received a call from federal investigator [[Jeff Novitzky]], who wanted to talk to him. He refused and was served a [[subpoena]], whereupon he decided to tell everything. Some former teammates of Lance Armstrong and other witnesses appeared, until the federal government dropped the charges. The [[USADA]] took over the investigation under civil law, and Armstrong was ultimately stripped of all his titles from August 1998 onward. Armstrong was also banned from bicycle racing and [[triathlon]] competition.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uci.ch/Modules/ENews/ENewsDetails2011.asp?id=ODgzNA&MenuId=MTYzMDQ&LangId=1&BackLink=%2FTemplates%2FUCI%2FUCI8%2Flayout.asp%3FMenuID%3DMTYzMDQ%26LangId%3D1|title=The UCI recognises USADA decision in Armstrong case|date=22 October 2012|work=UCI|access-date=22 October 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024213436/http://www.uci.ch/Modules/ENews/ENewsDetails2011.asp?id=ODgzNA&MenuId=MTYzMDQ&LangId=1&BackLink=%2FTemplates%2FUCI%2FUCI8%2Flayout.asp%3FMenuID%3DMTYzMDQ%26LangId%3D1|archive-date=24 October 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Hamilton |first=Tyler |author-link=Tyler Hamilton |title=The Secret Race |year=2012 |publisher=Bantam Books 2012 |isbn=9780345530417 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/secretraceinside0000hami/page/279 279] |url=https://archive.org/details/secretraceinside0000hami/page/279 }}</ref>