Laurent Patrick Fignon[1] (French pronunciation:[loʁɑ̃fiɲɔ̃]; 12 August 1960 – 31 August 2010) was a French professional road bicycle racer who won the Tour de France in 1983 and 1984, as well as the Giro d'Italia in 1989. He held the title of FICP World No. 1 in 1989. Fignon came close to winning the Tour de France for a third time in 1989 but was narrowly defeated by Greg LeMond by 8 seconds, marking the closest margin ever to decide the Tour.[2] Fignon won many classic races, including consecutive vicstories in Milan–San Remo in 1988 and 1989. He died from cancer in 2010.
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Laurent Patrick Fignon (French pronunciation: [loʁɑ̃ fiɲɔ̃]; 12 August 1960 – 31 August 2010) was a French professional road bicycle racer who won the...
hunting accident. In second place was previous two-time Tour winner LaurentFignon (Super U–Raleigh–Fiat), ahead of Pedro Delgado (Reynolds), the defending...
Hinault sat out the Tour in 1983, and another Frenchman—LaurentFignon—achieved victory. Fignon won again the following year, beating Hinault; Hinault...
his Tour de France career was he soundly defeated, and this was by LaurentFignon in 1984. In 1986, Hinault, who had won the year before with American...
first Tour de France in 1984, finishing third in support of team leader LaurentFignon, and winning the white jersey of the young rider classification. The...
forced him to miss that year's Tour de France, won by his teammate LaurentFignon. Conflict within the Renault team led to his leaving and joining La...
teammate LaurentFignon, made it the closest finish in the history of the race. Greg LeMond Kathy LeMond Cyrille Guimard Pedro Delgado LaurentFignon (archive...
addition to 1947 and 1968, in 1989 Greg LeMond overcame a +:50 deficit to LaurentFignon on the last day of the race in Paris to win the race on the final day...
distinctive jerseys since Eddy Merckx in 1972, the first rider since LaurentFignon in 1983 to win the Tour in his debut, and the first rider since Cadel...
won the young rider classification and the general classification — LaurentFignon in 1983, Jan Ullrich in 1997, Alberto Contador in 2007, Andy Schleck...
total distance of 3,809 km (2,367 mi) The race was won by French rider LaurentFignon. Sean Kelly of Ireland won the points classification, and Lucien Van...
(1963–1965), Lucien Van Impe (1974–1976), Bernard Hinault (1975–1983), LaurentFignon (1982–1988), and Greg LeMond (1981–1984). It is owned by Grimaldi Industri...
final day's time trial to win the Tour by 8 seconds from Frenchman LaurentFignon. Fignon was using conventional handlebars, Lemond the new triathlon style...
won the team classification and ten stages: Renault's French rider LaurentFignon won his second consecutive Tour, beating former teammate Bernard Hinault...
Ullrich's victory margin of 9:09 was the largest margin of victory since LaurentFignon won the 1984 Tour de France by 10:32. Since 1997 no rider has had this...
favourite for the Tour de France. Following Bernard Hinault's retirement, LaurentFignon's choppy form and with Greg LeMond injured following an accidental shooting...
Armstrong was in 2nd with 83. Greg LeMond won the tour three times, LaurentFignon won it twice and Joop Zoetemelk won it once, each of them have spent...
stage Delgado was second in the overall classification, 1m08s behind LaurentFignon, another 23-year-old rider competing in the Tour for the first time...
sportif for several Tour de France winners, including Bernard Hinault, LaurentFignon, Lucien Van Impe and American Greg LeMond. Guimard described Schleck...
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