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Three weeks, eight seconds, Greg LeMond, Laurent Fignon, and the epic Tour de France of 1989, Nige Tassell

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Three weeks, eight seconds, Greg LeMond, Laurent Fignon, and the epic Tour de France of 1989, Nige Tassell

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-230)

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platesillustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Three weeks, eight seconds

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1041896842

Responsibility statement

Nige Tassell

Sub title

Greg LeMond, Laurent Fignon, and the epic Tour de France of 1989

Summary

"For a race as long as the mighty Tour (three weeks of testing the limits of human endurance), to have the ultimate victory decided by a margin of just eight seconds almost boggles the mind. But thats exactly what happened between American legend Greg LeMond and Laurent Fignon. And LeMond did it on the final stage, as the two sprinted through down the Champs Elysees. It remains the smallest margin of victory in the Tour's 100+ year history. But as dramatic as that Sunday afternoon was, the race wasn't just about that one time-trial. The leader's yellow jersey had swapped back and forth between LeMond and Fignon in a titanic struggle for supremacy, a battle with more twists and turns than an Alpine mountain pass."--, Amazon

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3 weeks, 8 seconds

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