“There was no duel, we were on the same team. I gave my word to Greg that he was going to win and I kept my commitment. If there had really been a confrontation, a fight between the two of us, there would have been some hair tearing off… ”
Thirty-five years later, Bernard Hinault attacks a steak and fries and reluctantly plunges into one of the key episodes of his career.
The standoff between him and Greg LeMond during the 1986 Tour de France.
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That summer, as in a choreography by Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, the duelists will, for a month, and at full speed, meet, move away, brush against, attract, repel.
To tear apart.
After the protocol podium of the Tour de France 1985, swollen face (after a heavy fall in the sprint of Saint-Étienne), drawn features, black eyes and tight jaw, the Breton had promised Greg LeMond, his frustrated teammate and dolphin who had pledged allegiance, his help to win the Great Loop the following year ...
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