The Comeback: Greg Lemond, the True King of American Cycling, and a Legendary Tour de France de Vise Daniel Pevná vazba
The Comeback: Greg Lemond, the True King of American Cycling, and a Legendary Tour de France de Vise Daniel Pevná vazba In July 1986, Greg LeMond stunned the sporting world by becoming the first…
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The Comeback: Greg Lemond, the True King of American Cycling, and a Legendary Tour de France de Vise Daniel Pevná vazba
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. And yet, barely two years after this crisis, LeMond mounted a comeback almost without parallel in professional sports. 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.
It remains the closest Tour de France in history.The Comeback chronicles the life of one of America's 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 In summer 1989, he again won the Tour--arguably the world's most grueling athletic contest--by the almost impossibly narrow margin of 8 seconds over another French legend, Laurent Fignon.