After weeks of racing and an epic battle between Greg Lemond and Laurant Fignon, that saw the yellow jersey handed back and forth, just seconds separated the winner from the second-place finisher in the 1989 Tour de France.

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Well over 20 years ago, the most exciting Tour in history had cycling fans enthralled. It had everything - a brilliant route, drama, attacking riding and an unpredictable two-way battle which swung backwards and forwards from the Grand Départ in Luxembourg, all the way to the final metres of the Champs Elysées.
Even before the Tour de France began in 1989, cyclists knew a showdown was fast approaching among three of the top riders in the world: American Greg LeMond, France’s Laurent Fignon, and Spaniard Pedro Delgado.
Whether Lemond would be ready for the challenges of the Tour de France, if Delgado could repeat the success of the year before, and whether Fignon could claim a third yellow jersey all remained to be seen.
Flurries of speculation and conjecture erupted in the days leading up to the tour. But when it finally began, the picture rapidly sharpened.
Over three weeks of competition, the maillot jaune passed back and forth between Lemond and Laurent Fignon, the last great French cyclist of his generation. It was a contest of slender leads, and the Tour approached Paris with Fignon holding a 50-second advantage over LeMond.

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