Three Weeks, Eight Seconds - Nige Tassell - Bücher - Pegasus Books - 9781643130231 - 2. April 2019
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Three Weeks, Eight Seconds

Nige Tassell

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Three Weeks, Eight Seconds

The gripping story of the greatest race in cycling history, when Greg LeMond cinched victory by a mere eight seconds.

"I was convinced deep inside that I could not lose. I could not see how it could happen." --Laurent Fignon

"I didn't think. I just rode." --Greg LeMond

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 that's 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. At no point during the entire three weeks were the pair separated by more than 53 seconds, a razor thin margin between ultimate triumph or agonizing torment. And all this despite LeMond's body still carrying more than 30 shotgun pellets after a shooting accident.

Three Weeks, Eight Seconds brings one of cycling's most astonishing stories to life, examining that extraordinary race in all its multifaceted glory.

Medien Bücher     Gebundenes Buch   (Buch mit hartem Rücken und steifem Einband)
Erscheinungsdatum 2. April 2019
ISBN13 9781643130231
Verlag Pegasus Books
Seitenanzahl 248
Maße 152 × 231 × 28 mm   ·   408 g
Sprache Englisch  

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