The comeback : Greg LeMond, the true king of American cycling, and a legendary Tour de France
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Author
Published
New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, 2018.
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9780802127945, 0802127940
Physical Desc
371 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Status
Morristown-Morris Township Library - Adult Nonfiction
796.62 LEMOND
1 available
796.62 LEMOND
1 available
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Published
New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, 2018.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
ISBN
9780802127945, 0802127940
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-359) and index.
Description
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 sports. 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. 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 calamitous confrontation with Lance Armstrong over allegations the latter was doping--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 Visé 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.
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Chatham Borough-Chatham Township Library - Adult Nonfiction | 796.62 DEV | Available |
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
De Visé, D. (2018). The comeback: Greg LeMond, the true king of American cycling, and a legendary Tour de France (First edition.). Atlantic Monthly Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)De Visé, Daniel. 2018. The Comeback: Greg LeMond, the True King of American Cycling, and a Legendary Tour De France. Atlantic Monthly Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)De Visé, Daniel. The Comeback: Greg LeMond, the True King of American Cycling, and a Legendary Tour De France Atlantic Monthly Press, 2018.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)De Visé, Daniel. The Comeback: Greg LeMond, the True King of American Cycling, and a Legendary Tour De France First edition., Atlantic Monthly Press, 2018.
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