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In the closest Tour in history, LeMond was trailing Fignon by fifty seconds at the start of the final stage, an individual time trial into Paris. LeMond was not expected to be able to make up this deficit, but he completed the 24.5 km (15.2 mi) stage at an average speed of 54.545 km/h (33.893 mph), the fastest individual time trial ever ridden ...
Hinault chose to let the Stage 9 individual time trial be the decider for which rider would receive the full support of team La Vie Claire. [N 6] Hinault won the Stage 9 time trial, finishing 44 seconds in front of LeMond. LeMond had bad luck during the stage, having suffered a punctured tire requiring a wheel change, and later in the stage a ...
The time trial was the first and, so far, only to have ever finished on the Champs-Élysées at the end of a Tour de France. LeMond's time trial bike was set up with a 54-tooth chainring on the front and a 12-tooth gear as the fastest on the rear cogset , [ 32 ] as well as the triathlon bars he had used in the Stage 5 and Stage 15 time trials ...
(Triathletes were already using aero bars long before LeMond premiered them to a shocked audience at the Tour de France in a time trial stage.) The film has been a long time coming: It was ...
The first real test for the general classification contenders came on stage 9, a 61.5 km (38.2 mi) individual time trial around Nantes. Hinault won the stage, 44 seconds ahead of LeMond, with Roche third, 1:01 minutes slower. Hinault benefited from a puncture by LeMond, which cost him time. [42]
Stage 7's individual time trial was run in changing conditions. While the early starters competed in the dry, the later riders rode on wet roads. Miguel Induráin set an early fast time and held the lead for most of the day. Greg LeMond started fast, but faded later on to eventually finish fifth.
Director Alex Holmes, despite missed opportunities for greater depth, offers a rousing profile of the three-time Tour de France champ, the first American to win the prestigious competition.
6 July 1989 — Dinard to Rennes, 73 km (45.4 mi) (individual time trial) [18] This stage departed from Dinard, heading south through Dinan , to Rennes. Greg LeMond, Sean Yates and Andy Hampsten opted to use triathlon bars , a then-recent introduction, in addition to the bullhorn bars usually fitted to time trial bikes .