One Way Ticket: Nine Lives on Two Wheels

One-Way Ticket: Nine Lives and Two Wheels is the gripping, unfiltered memoir of Jonathan Vaughters—record‑breaking climber, Tour de France stage winner, former teammate of Lance Armstrong and now the influential manager of the EF WorldTour team. From his early days as a driven teenage prodigy racing out of the back of his dad’s station wagon to the cut‑throat world of European pro cycling, Vaughters charts a career defined by ambition, conflict and transformation.

With remarkable honesty, he recounts the pressures that pushed him into doping, the moment his illusions shattered and the painful decision to come clean. His testimony to USADA helped expose the Armstrong era and reshape the sport’s future. Working with acclaimed journalist Jeremy Whittle, Vaughters offers a rare insider’s view of a world he has both loved and loathed.

This is a story of suffering on the bike, the brutal realities of the peloton, the challenges of building a clean team from scratch and the emotional toll of mentoring young riders. Along the way, Vaughters lifts the lid on clashes and alliances with some of cycling’s biggest figures, including Lance Armstrong, Pat McQuaid, Johan Bruyneel, Bradley Wiggins and Dave Brailsford.

Raw, revealing and deeply compelling, One-Way Ticket is essential reading for anyone fascinated by professional cycling’s darkest years and its ongoing fight for redemption.