The Day LeMond and Roche Nearly Upended the 1985 Tour
https://www.podiumcafe.com/2018/11/28/18114636/the-day-lemond-and-roche-nearly-upended-the-1985-tour By Daniel de Visé Nov 28, 2018 Stephen Roche, who turns 59 today, is an Irish cycling legend and one of only two riders to have won the sport’s fabled Triple Crown, winning the Tour de France, the Giro d’Italia and the World Championship road race in 1987. In honor of his birthday, we present a scene from the 1985 Tour de France between Roche and American cycling legend Greg LeMond that proved decisive for both men in that classic contest. The following is adapted from The Comeback: Greg LeMond, the True King of American Cycling, and a Legendary Tour de France , by Daniel de Visé , published in June by Grove Atlantic. Greg LeMond entered the 1985 Tour de France as an overpaid, overqualified lieutenant to Bernard Hinault , the Badger, hired with explicit orders to help the great Frenchman win a historic fifth Tour victory. LeMond had finished third in his very fir