Samuel Abt (born 1934) is an American sports journalist and author who covered professional cycling for 31 years,[1] publishing articles in the New York Times and International Herald Tribune, among others. He devoted much time to chronicling the careers of English-speaking riders, especially Lance Armstrong and Greg LeMond.[2][3]
Abt wrote 10 books on professional cycling, including In High Gear: The World of Professional Bicycle Racing, Lemond: The Incredible Comeback of an American Hero, and the acclaimed Breakaway: On the Road with the Tour de France. According to VeloPress, "He is the only American to have been awarded the medal of the Tour de France for distinguished service to the race."[4]
In 1971, while working at the New York Times, Abt helped edit the Pentagon Papers.[5]
Abt is retired and lives in a suburb of Paris. He is a graduate of Brown University.
^Startt, James (February 2012). "Pro Cycling Interview: Samuel Abt". Bicycling.com. Retrieved December 19, 2012. The veteran journalist speaks exclusively with Bicycling about covering 31 Tours de France, the changes he's seen in the sport, and bicycle racing's rich narrative lines.
^Abt, Samuel (August 26, 2012). "Rip Lance Time". New York Times. Retrieved December 19, 2012. "I hear that you've written a book about Greg LeMond," Armstrong told me when we first met in 1992. "You going to write one about me?" We had known each other about five minutes. "Yes, I will," I replied, "if you ever amount to much." The book appeared in 2000.
^Abt, Sam (July 19, 1999). "LeMond Glances Backward From the Top of Alpe d'Huez". New York Times. Retrieved December 19, 2012. LeMond always did like to have a good time, to enjoy the food and wine along the way to winning the Tour de France three times, in 1986, '89 and '90. He might have won a few more but — in a similarity to Lance Armstrong's diagnosis of cancer in 1996 — lost more than a season after he was shot and nearly killed in a hunting accident in 1987.
^"Samuel Abt". VeloPress Authors. VeloPress. Retrieved December 19, 2012.
^Harris, Roy. "The Race To Publish the Pentagon Papers".
SamuelAbt (born 1934) is an American sports journalist and author who covered professional cycling for 31 years, publishing articles in the New York Times...
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The New York Times. Retrieved 31 May 2011. Robert McG. Thomas Jr. and SamuelAbt (22 April 1987). "SCOUTING; One More Time: A Torch Relay". The New York...
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of Richard McCoy (abt. 1752 – 1792) of New River area, Montgomery County, Virginia. Samuel McCoy's sons included: John McCoy (b. abt. 1806), married Margaret...
"Samuel", Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 22, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, p. 411; (full text online). Heinrich Boos (1890), "Samuel, Abt von...
catégorie (beyond category) rated climbs in the race. Cycling journalist SamuelAbt considered the route easier than the 1997 edition. Tour director Jean-Marie...
John Jacob Abt (May 1, 1904 – August 10, 1991) was an American lawyer and politician, who spent most of his career as chief counsel to the Communist Party...
Samuel Siegel, W. Eugene Page, and Seth Weeks. Abt recorded with Victor Records: Valse brillante Valentine Abt (5/29/1905) (composed by Valentine Abt)...
2020 – via Delpher. Abt, Samuel (1990). LeMond: The Incredible Comeback. London: Stanley Paul. ISBN 978-0-0917-4874-6. Abt, Samuel (2005). Up the Road:...
Photography, Dies". The New York Times. p. A 24. Retrieved February 15, 2021. SamuelAbt (December 8, 2005). "Charly Gaul, 72, Star Climber in Cycling During the...
finish today, the whole thing flashed before my eyes." Cycling columnist SamuelAbt of the International Herald Tribune described Simoni as "an inspiration...
2009-03-23. Archived from the original on 2009-07-01. Retrieved 2009-07-07. SamuelAbt (2009-03-30). "Armstrong Faces Race to Compete in Giro d'Italia". The...
This Johannes may have been Lieba's brother. Heinrich Boos (1890), "Samuel, Abt von Lorsch und Bischof von Worms", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (in...
Archived from the original on 14 September 2006. Retrieved 16 August 2008. SamuelAbt (24 July 1994). "CYCLING; Also-Ran Also a Hero By Staying In the Tour"...
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