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The comeback : Greg Lemond, thirty-odd shotgun pellets, and the world's greatest bicycle race

text The comeback : Greg Lemond, thirty-odd shotgun pellets, and the world's greatest bicycle race

De Visé, Daniel

Summary
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, ... Read more
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 declin... Read more
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371 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press 2018
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Woodmere (Main Branch) 921 LEMOND, GREG DEV in Adult Non-fiction Available

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