1989 TDF The Man who two times the Tour de France
LAURENT FIGNON on the final day of the for him cursed Tour de France 1989. Fignon was told dozens of times a day "Ah, aren't you the rider who lost the Tour with 8 seconds?" Fignon's reply: "Yes, and I am also the rider who won the Tour de France twice!"
In that same year, 1989, Fignon had already won the Giro d'Italia.
Laurent Fignon (1960–2010) was a French cyclist who won the Tour de France twice.
The first time was in 1983, when he took the lead because his countryman Bernard Hinault was injured and not present, and the second time in 1984, winning no less than five stages. In that Tour he rode Hinault in destruction!
Fignon won also classic races, including Milan–Sanremo back-to-back in 1988 and 1989, the Flèche Wallonne in 1986 and he was French champion in 1984.
In 1989 he won the two time trial races GP of Nations and the Trofeo Baracchi (with Thierry Marie)
His last great performance came in 1992 when he won the 11th stage in the Tour de France.
On August 31, 2010, Fignon died at the age of 50 from the effects of cancer.
(picture in "Het Nieuwsblad", July 2019)
1989 TDF The Man who two times the Tour de France
LAURENT FIGNON on the final day of the for him cursed Tour de France 1989. Fignon was told dozens of times a day "Ah, aren't you the rider who lost the Tour with 8 seconds?" Fignon's reply: "Yes, and I am also the rider who won the Tour de France twice!"
In that same year, 1989, Fignon had already won the Giro d'Italia.
Laurent Fignon (1960–2010) was a French cyclist who won the Tour de France twice.
The first time was in 1983, when he took the lead because his countryman Bernard Hinault was injured and not present, and the second time in 1984, winning no less than five stages. In that Tour he rode Hinault in destruction!
Fignon won also classic races, including Milan–Sanremo back-to-back in 1988 and 1989, the Flèche Wallonne in 1986 and he was French champion in 1984.
In 1989 he won the two time trial races GP of Nations and the Trofeo Baracchi (with Thierry Marie)
His last great performance came in 1992 when he won the 11th stage in the Tour de France.
On August 31, 2010, Fignon died at the age of 50 from the effects of cancer.
(picture in "Het Nieuwsblad", July 2019)