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03533aam a2200481 i 4500 001 8B41B3127E8711E893E09E1097128E48 003 SILO 005 20190328032346 008 180112t20182018nyuaf b 001 0beng 010 $a 2017061342 020 $a 0802127940 020 $a 9780802127945 035 $a (OCoLC)1019835396 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d YDX $d OCLCQ $d OCLCO $d GK8 $d SSH $d OCL $d NZD $d QQ3 $d FM0 $d YDX $d OCLCO $d OCP $d IOU $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a GV1051.L45 $b D48 2018 082 00 $a B $a B $2 23 100 1 $a De ViseÌ, Daniel, $e author. 245 14 $a The comeback : $b Greg LeMond, the true king of American cycling, and a legendary Tour de France / $c Daniel de ViseÌ. 246 3 $a Come back : $b Greg LeMond, the true king of American cycling, and a legendary Tour de France 246 3 $a Greg LeMond, the true king of American cycling, and a legendary Tour de France 250 $a First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b Atlantic Monthly Press, $c 2018. 300 $a 371 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : $b illustrations (some color), map ; $c 25 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a 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 ViseÌ 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. 505 0 $a Prologue -- The gift -- The wheelmen -- LeMonster -- The pilgrimage -- Le Parisien -- L'AmeÌricain -- Le Tour -- Le grand blond -- The deal -- The betrayal -- Twenty minutes -- The comeback -- The battle -- Eight seconds -- The sequel -- The decline -- The Texan -- The feud -- The last breath -- Amends. 600 10 $a LeMond, Greg. 611 20 $a Tour de France (Bicycle race) 650 0 $a Cyclists $z United States $v Biography. 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 lcgft 941 $a 8 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20231012020003.0 952 $l AJPE887 $d 20230317010119.0 952 $l JEPA911 $d 20220504120536.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20200110074257.0 952 $l FYPI314 $d 20190711012423.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20180905045914.0 952 $l TDPH826 $d 20180728012212.0 952 $l CYPF706 $d 20180728010700.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=8B41B3127E8711E893E09E1097128E48 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search