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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

De Visé, Daniel, author.
Book 2018

In July 1986, Greg 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 sp...

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Cyclists United States Biography
LeMond, Greg
Tour de France (Bicycle race)
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ISBN:
9780802127945
Edition:
First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition
Description:
371 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents:
Prologue
The gift
The wheelmen
LeMonster
The pilgrimage
Le Parisien
L'Américain
Le Tour
Le grand blond
The deal
The betrayal
Twenty minutes
The comeback
The battle
Eight seconds
The sequel
The decline
The Texan
The feud
The last breath
Amends
LCCN:
2017061342
Control Number:
2507493
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