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Set against the final time trial on the Champs-Élysées, it reconstructs how seconds decided everything and how strategy, nerve, and speed converged in a historic finish. The narrative frames LeMond’s rise, the betrayals and tensions around him, and the enduring meaning of that legendary comeback.","Also by Daniel de Visé  \nI Forgot to Remember: A Memoir of Amnesia (with Su Meck)  \nAndy and Don:  \nThe Making of a Friendship and a Classic American TV Show  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nTHE COMEBACK  \nGreg LeMond, the True King  \nof American Cycling, anda Legendary Tour de France  \nDANIEL DE VISÉ  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nCopyright © 2018 by Daniel de Visé  \nCover design by Becca Fox Design  \nCover photograph © Graham Watson  \nAll rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without permission in writing from the publisher, except by a reviewer, who may quote brief passages in a review. Scanning, uploading, and electronic distribution of this book orthe facilitation of such without the permission of the publisher is prohibited. Please purchase only authorized electronic editions, and do not participate in or encourage electronic piracy of copyrighted materials. Your support of the author’s rights is appreciated. Any member of educational institutions wishing to photocopy part or all of the work for classroom use, or anthology, should send inquiries to Grove Atlantic, 154 West 14th Street, New York, NY 10011 [or permissions@groveatlantic.com](or permissions@groveatlantic.com).  \nFIRST EDITION  \nPublished simultaneously in Canada  \nPrinted in the United States of America  \nText designer: Norman E. Tuttle at Alpha Design & Composition This book was set in ITC New Baskerville  \nby Alpha Design & Composition of Pittsɹeld, NH  \nFirst Grove Atlantic hardcover edition: June 2018  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloguing-in-Publication data is available for this title.  \nISBN 978-0-8021-2794-5  \neISBN 978-0-8021-6579-4  \nAtlantic Monthly Press  \nan imprint of Grove Atlantic  \n154 West 14th Street  \nNew York, NY 10011  \nDistributed by Publishers Group West  \n[www.groveatlantic.com](www.groveatlantic.com)  \n18 19 20 21 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nTo Pop  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \n“It never gets easier, you just get faster.”  \n—Greg LeMond  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nCONTENTS  \nCover  \nAlso by Daniel de Visé Title Page  \nCopyright Dedication Epigraph Prologue The Gift  \nThe Wheelmen LeMonster The Pilgrimage Le Parisien L’Américain Le Tour  \nLe Grand Blond The Deal  \nThe Betrayal Twenty Minutes The Comeback  \nThe Battle Eight Seconds The Sequel  \nThe Decline  \nThe Texan  \nThe Feud  \nThe Last Breath Amends  \nAuthor’s Note  \nPhoto Credits  \nNotes  \nIndex  \nBack Cover  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nPROLOGUE  \nON A SMALL PATCH OF BLACKTOP in a crowded plaza near the  \ngrand palace of Versailles, two riders pedaled bicycles in a warm-up exercise around a tiny oval, riding counterclockwise at opposite poles, like horses on a carousel. Their eyes never met. The two ɹgures were almost mirror images—blond-haired, muscular, and taut.  \nAfter twenty days and three thousand kilometers of racing, Greg LeMond and Laurent Fignon sat ɹfty seconds apart in the standings of the 1989 Tour de France. They had traded savage attacks over the three previous weeks, neither man ever leading the other by more than mere seconds. The lead had changed hands three times. Greg had worn the maillot jaune, the race leader’s yellow jersey, for seven days; Laurent had worn it for nine. Now, the jersey hung on Laurent’s back, and Greg was in second place. By day’s end, the Tour would be decided. And no matter who won, this would likely be the closest ɹnish in the seventy-six-year history of le Tour.  \nOn this July afternoon, the circling cyclists readied for a ɹnal twenty-ɹve-kilometer dash downhill from the royal château to the ɹnish line on the Champs-Élysées in Paris. They would ride at the end of a sporadic procession of 138 cyclists, starting a minute or two apart, each man racing alone as the clock ticked. 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