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The Comeback: Greg Lemond, the True King of American Cycling, and a Legendary...
by Vise, Daniel de | HC | Good
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- Condition
- Good
- Seller Notes
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Weight
- 1 lbs
- Product Group
- Book
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- ISBN
- 0802127940
- Book Title
- Comeback : Greg Lemond, the True King of American Cycling, and a Legendary Tour De France
- Publisher
- GROVE/Atlantic, Incorporated
- Item Length
- 9 in
- Publication Year
- 2018
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.4 in
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, Sports & Recreation
- Topic
- Cycling, Sports
- Item Weight
- 21.2 Oz
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Number of Pages
- 432 Pages
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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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Publisher
GROVE/Atlantic, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0802127940
ISBN-13
9780802127945
eBay Product ID (ePID)
239652252
Product Key Features
Book Title
Comeback : Greg Lemond, the True King of American Cycling, and a Legendary Tour De France
Number of Pages
432 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2018
Topic
Cycling, Sports
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Sports & Recreation
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.4 in
Item Weight
21.2 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
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2017-061342
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Gv1051.L45d48 2018
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2018
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