La laurent fignon biography

James Witherell (who has forgotten more about bicycle history than I ever knew) has been kind enough to send me a biography of Laurent Fignon, who passed away in August, Once someone said to Fignon, "Ah, I remember you: you're the guy who lost the Tour by eight seconds." Fignon replied, "No monsieur, I'm the guy who won it twice."

Laurent Fignon winning the final time trial in the Tour de France

If the reader has any interest in cycling history, James Witherell's "Bicycle History" is a terrific bicycle mini-encyclopedia.

It's available both as a paperback and as a Kindle ebook. Just click on the Amazon link on the right.

Laurent Fignon photo gallery

Laurent Fignon was born in Paris on August 12,  He grew up about 20 miles away in Tournan-en-Brie at a time before it was just another bedroom community near the City of Light, and still had some woods in which the youngster and his mates could pla Laurent Fignon - Wikiwand COGO