Greg LeMond, the only American to win the Tour de France, has announced he has leukemia.
Three times first in the Grande Boucle (1986, 1989, 1990), LeMond, who lives in the United States, celebrates his 61st birthday on June 26.
"I have been diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukemia. Fortunately, it is a type of cancer that can be cured, and it is a type of leukemia that is not even life-threatening or debilitating," LeMond said in a post on his website. .
"I had experienced a few weeks of fatigue which prompted me to undergo a check-up including blood tests. After a series of tests and a bone marrow biopsy, completed last week, I received my official diagnosis last Friday." , explained the
"My doctors at the University of Tennessee, in consultation with a team from the Mayo Clinic, have defined a chemotherapy protocol that will begin this week.
Nobody ever wants to hear the word 'cancer' But now it is a great relief to know why I felt. bad, ”LeMond added.
