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Greg LeMond. Gregory James LeMond (born June 26, 1961) is an American former road racing cyclist. LeMond won the Tour de France three times and the Road Race World Championship twice, becoming the only American male to win the former. LeMond began his professional cycling career in 1981. Two years later, he became the first American male ...
The 1989 Tour de France was the 76th edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The race consisted of 21 stages and a prologue, over 3,285 km (2,041 mi). It started on 1 July 1989 in Luxembourg before taking an anti-clockwise route through France to finish in Paris on 23 July. The race was won by Greg LeMond of the AD Renting ...
United Kingdom. Language. English. Box office. $253,770 [3][4] The Last Rider is a 2022 sports documentary film directed by Alex Holmes, about the American Tour De France winning cyclist Greg LeMond. It features contributions from LeMond himself, as well as his wife, and his former cycling manager, as well as his former teammates and rivals.
Mark your calendar for June 23rd when The Last Rider, the story of Greg LeMond’s incredible 1989 Tour de France win, hits select theaters. For those who haven’t heard of LeMond, the American ...
2004 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team. [1] Edward Borysewicz (March 18, 1939 – November 16, 2020), sometimes known as " Eddie B ", was a cycling coach who brought the United States to world prominence, even though at first he barely spoke English. The US team, under his direction, won nine medals at the Olympic Games in Los Angeles in 1984.
Greg LeMond, who won the Tour de France in 1986, 1989 and 1990, says his form of cancer is not life-threatening and he has a treatment plan in place.
The race was won by Greg LeMond of the United States. By winning the race, LeMond achieved two cycling doubles: This was his second World Championship road race win, following his victory at the 1983 event. He was also the World Championship road race and a Grand Tour winner in the same year, after his success at the 1989 Tour de France.
Davis Phinney, Team 7-Eleven rider, corners on Greg LeMond's left during the Fisherman's Wharf Criterium stage of the 1986 Coors Classic in San Francisco, CA. 7-Eleven was formed as an amateur cycling team in 1981 by Ochowicz, a 29-year-old former Olympic cyclist from the U.S., who was married to Olympic speed skating gold medalist Sheila Young.