t was a ride every bit as shocking to cycling enthusiasts as Bob Beamon's long jump in Mexico City was to track fans--a performance the experts believed simply could not done. Not with the Tour de France on the line. Not by a mere mortal, made of flesh and blood and sinew. Certainly not be 28-year-old Greg LeMond, whose body is all those things plus approximately 30 small lead pellets. Photograph by Brian Lanker Text by E.M. Swift Greg LeMond won his second Tour de France in 1989 (his first was in 1986). This victory followed his miraculous recovery from a near-fatal hunting accident in 1988. LeMond won the Tour for a third time in 1990. After retiring from pro racing in 1994, LeMond, 35, became a design consultant on a line of road bikes bearing his name for Trek Bicycle.
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