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Wheelmen

Wheelman \Wheel"man\, n.; pl. Wheelmen. One who rides a bicycle or tricycle; a cycler, or cyclist.

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wheelmen

n. (plural of wheelman English)

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Wheelmen

Wheelmen: Lance Armstrong, the Tour de France, and the Greatest Sports Conspiracy Ever is a non-fiction book about American cycling and Lance Armstrong, as well as his teammates including Floyd Landis. The book was released in the U.S. and Canada by Gotham Books on October 15, 2013, in the UK by Headline Publishing. Wheelmen was co-authored by Reed Albergotti and Vanessa O'Connell, American journalists who work for The Wall Street Journal. The Wall Street Journal ran a pre-release excerpt of the book October 8, 2013 with the headline "Lance Armstrong: Downfall of a Champion."

In its review of Wheelmen, The Economist described it as a "level-headed view of the culture and business of cycling."

For the week of November 3, 2013, Wheelmen reached 13th on the New York Times ebook nonfiction bestseller list, and 18th on the combined print and ebook bestseller list. It reached #4 on the WSJ Business Book Bestseller list, and was one of Amazon.com's 2013 Best Books, in the Sports & Outdoors category. It also reached #1 in the Business Ethics category on Amazon.com.

Usage examples of "wheelmen".

For the frantic Wheelmen were just then lifting into place the temporary shield which was to stem the mighty outrush of their atmosphere.

His first impulse was to return to Aldebaran I and to invade again the stronghold of the Wheelmen, who had routed him so ignominiously in his one encounter with them.

If be could handle the Wheelmen he was ready to take the far greater hazard.

It took an hour or so of time, and he had to control two Wheelmen instead of one, but he found that he could do that.

Its personnel, however, were not even near-human, but were Wheelmen, possessed of the sense of perception.

Pausing only long enough to destroy the Wheelmen of Aldebaran I, he set out to investigate Helmuth's headquarters.