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The Comeback: Greg Lemond, the True King of American Cycling, and a Legendary Tour de France

The Comeback: Greg Lemond, the True King of American Cycling, and a Legendary Tour de France

Vise, Daniel de

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Publisher Price: $19.00

ISBN10: 0802147186
ISBN13: 9780802147189
Publisher: Grove Pr
Published: May 21 2019
Pages: 384
Weight: 0.90
Height: 1.20 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.10
Language: English

A true American hero, Greg LeMond's career was punctuated by dramatic fame, devastation, and ultimately redemption.

In July 1986, LeMond stunned the sporting world by becoming the first American to win the Tour de France, the world's pre-eminent bicycle race, defeating French cycling legend Bernard Hinault. Nine months later, LeMond lay in a hospital bed, his life in peril after a hunting accident, his career as a bicycle racer seemingly over. And yet, barely two years after this crisis, LeMond mounted a comeback almost without parallel in professional sports, again winning the 1989 Tour-arguably the world's most grueling athletic contest--by the almost impossibly narrow margin of 8 seconds over another French legend, Laurent Fignon. It remains the closest Tour de France in history. From the heights of global fame, LeMond would then crash during a calamitous confrontation with Lance Armstrong over allegations the latter was doping. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Daniel de Viséeacute; reveals the dramatic, ultra-competitive inner world of a sport rarely glimpsed up close, and builds a compelling case for LeMond as its great American hero.

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