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Laurent Fignon was also called "the professor" because of his interest in literature. One has to enjoy that in a world today where some athletes can barely speak in complete sentences.

What some have forgotten about that '89 Tour was LeMond also suffered from a cold or the flu; I can't remember which. He also was carrying buckshot in his vital organs from the hunting accident.

But at the same time, he was clocked at one point during that last TT at almost 40 mph on the flats.