Three-time Tour de France winner and two-time world champion in road cycling, Greg LeMond announced on his official website that he is being treated for leukemia. The 60-year-old, an excellent cyclist, said his diagnosed chronic myeloid leukemia was curable, and he started chemotherapy this week.
| Greg Lemond will not be in Torun this year (Image: Getty Images) |
“I am fortunate that this type of leukemia is curable, and my condition is not life-threatening. The doctors’ long-term prognosis is very favorable, so we have already started treatment this week. It also means unfortunately that I cannot travel to France for the tour this year, but I will be back this year Next!” – written by Lemond On his website, he added that he had been feeling tired in recent weeks, so he turned to a doctor, and after a series of tests, a bone marrow biopsy finally found the error.
During his professional cycling career between 1981 and 1994, Greg LeMond won the world championship twice, in 1983 and 1989, and won the Tour de France three times in 1986 and 1989 and then in 1990. He won the world title as the first American cyclist and was also the first The non-European winner of the round.
