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The Comeback: Greg LeMond, the True King of American Cycling, and a Legendary Tour de France
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In July 1986, Greg LeMond stunned the sporting world by becoming the first American to win the Tour de France, the worlds preeminent 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. In summer 1989, he again won the Tourarguably the worlds most grueling athletic contestby the almost impossibly narrow margin of 8 seconds over another French legend, Laurent Fignon. It remains the closest Tour de France in history.The Comeback chronicles the life of one of Americas greatest athletes, from his roots in Nevada and California to the heights of global fame, to a falling out with his own family and a calamitous confrontation with Lance Armstrong over allegations the latter was dopinga campaign LeMond would wage on principle for more than a decade before Armstrong was finally stripped of his own Tour titles. With the kind of narrative drive that propels books like Moneyball, and a fierce attention to detail, Daniel de Vis reveals the dramatic, ultracompetitive 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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