Excerpt from 1986 Velo-News about Greg LeMond’s win at the 1986 Tour de France
Greg LeMond Visits White House
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Greg LeMond Wins the Tour de France!
Greg LeMond appears on the cover of Velo-news magazine after winning the 1986 Tour de France!
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Hinault Is Worth His Weight in Beans
After Bernard Hinault was weighed so he could be given his weight in coffee by cycling trade sponsor Cafe de Colombia, it was on to stage 22, a 194km ceremonial march from Clermont- Ferrand to Nevers.
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The Two-Wheeled Athlete: Physiology for the Cyclist
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Davis Phinney Crashes Out of the Tour on Stage 15
Battered by wind and torrid heat, much of this stage from Carcassonne to Nimes was spent riding in echelons.
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Always Stirring the Pot, La Vie Claire Takes Stage 14
After two dramatic days in the Pyrenees that saw a big shake up in the overall standings, today’s stage traveled 154 km across the south of France into the foothills of the Alps.
Hammering for Hollywood, Peloton “Races It Up” on Longest Stage
Thinking that this longest of Tour stages from Poitiers to Bordeaux was to be a hot, lazy, flat slog, many Tour journalists went 130km ahead to take advantage of a sumptuous Bastille Day buffet put out free by the rich brandy burghers of the French region of Cognac.
Hinault: “Fignon is below par.”
Was it his failure to mount disk wheels, the accumulated fatigue from riding 1,000km at the front of the bunch, or simply “un jour sans,” as a French report has suggested?
Massive Field Sprints for First in Nantes
Finally a massive field sprint after days of breakaways!
Second-place Kiefel: “Tour Is Unbelievably Hard, 10 kph Faster than U.S. Races”
“I should have been in my 12,” commented a frustrated Ron Kiefel after finishing second in Stage 7 to multiple classics winner Ludo Peeters.
Two-Man Break Storms Stage 5 in Seaside Resort of Villers-Sur-Mer
After a 100km breakaway in the company of Frenchman Joel Pelier, Dutchman Johan Van der Velde won the sprint at this seaside resort and as a plus took the yellow jersey.
Tension in the Peloton: 40 Riders Crash During Nervous Stage 4
“La Tournée des Accidents” or “The Tour of Crashes” headlined one regional newspaper after this long but flat transitional stage.
Davis Phinney Surprises—and Surprised by—Winning Stage 3 of the Tour de France!
An American has won a Tour de France road stage!
Disaster at the Tour: Team 7-Eleven Holds Jersey for Just 3 Hours
Just hours after becoming the first North American to win the race lead at the Tour de France, Alex Stieda has lost the yellow jersey after a disastrous team time trial performance by the 7-Eleven Team.