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Three Weeks, Eight Seconds: The Epic Tour de France of 1989 - Softcover

Tassell, Nige

 
9781909715769: Three Weeks, Eight Seconds: The Epic Tour de France of 1989
Softcover
ISBN 10: 190971576X ISBN 13: 9781909715769
Verlag: Polaris, 2019

Inhaltsangabe

The 1989 Tour de France is arguably the greatest ever. It saw American rider Greg LeMond overturn a 50-second deficit to France's Laurent Fignon on the final stage on the Champs Elysees to snatch the title by a mere eight seconds. After three weeks and more than 2,000 miles in the saddle, these few seconds remain the smallest margin of victory in the race's 100+ year history.But as dramatic as that Sunday afternoon on the streets of Paris was, the race wasn't just about that one time-trial. During the previous fortnight, 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 the maziest Alpine mountain pass. At no point during the entire three weeks were LeMond and Fignon separated by more than 53 seconds.In Three Weeks, Eight Seconds, Nige Tassell brings one of cycling's most astonishing stories to life, examining that extraordinary race in all its multi-faceted glory with fresh interviews and new perspectives and laying bare that towering heights of adrenaline, agony, excitement, torment and triumph that it produced.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Nige Tassell writes about sport and popular culture for a range of publications. He is also the author of a number of books, including Three Weeks Eight Seconds, The Bottom Corner, Boot Sale, and Butch Wilkins & the Sundance Kid. His latest book is And It's A Beautiful Day: A Fargo Companion.
 

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Verlag
Polaris
Erscheinungsdatum
2019
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
190971576X
ISBN 13 
9781909715769
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Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
368
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