The Comeback: Greg LeMond, the True King of American Cycling,

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

In July 1986, Greg LeMond stunned the sporting world by becoming the first American to win the Tour de France, the worldâ€™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. In summer 1989, he again won the Tourâ€”arguably the worldâ€™s most grueling athletic contestâ€”by 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 Americaâ€™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 calamitous confrontation with Lance Armstrong over allegations the latter was dopingâ€”a 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 VisÃ© 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.
Country USA
Manufacturer Atlantic Monthly Press
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2020-05-14
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Atlantic Monthly Press
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2020-05-14
Format	Kindle eBook

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

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