1989 Cycling Road World Championships

Arguably one of the best worlds finishes. Greg LeMond, Laurent Fignon, Sean Kelly, Dimitri Konyshev, and more battle it out during the closing kilometers of the 1989 World Championships in Chambery, France.
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[@williamhoward77wh]

Greg is the most inspiring cyclist America has ever had. Such a sincerely nice guy.

[@ebrown112]

let us not overlook the brilliance of Phil Liggett, whose voice and charm are undeniably the finest the cycling world (and arguably sport in general) have ever seen. truly the g.o.a.t.

[@charlesmiller6281]

Those were the days, my cycling friends, those were the days.

[@coopaloopmex]

Kudos to ESPN for actually caring about cycling back in 1989. Sportsman of the Year

[@daviddobson6716]

Greg LeMond and Alexi Grewal are the two who got me into cycling and I'm still riding three days a week. Love it!

[@Patrick-xc4ul]

Real men - downtube shifters.😩😲

[@AGardella]

Bottecchia purple and yellow my second road bike. LeMond the legend.

[@RobertLinthicum]

That Greg was able to hold on with Kelly in his slipstream always astonished me. Thrilling victory.

[@pinarellolimoncello]

Greg Lemond, what a rider , pure class and the most deserving of winners. First time I ever saw him was on the front cover of cycling monthly having just won the Tour de L'avenir, it was obvious then he was destined for much greater things, and so it was. A real inspiration to everyone.

[@thecovidprisoner]

The Golden Age of racing when frames were works of art built by craftsmen with paint jobs too match . When pro's were men who knew how too suffer , serious skill and take risks with out helmets. Beautiful memories of times gone by.................

[@kevinbraden798]

Man I loved growing up in the 80's.

[@jimbutler1189]

I had the honor of losing races to Greg when he was a junior.

[@makeroftoys]

I raced against Greg in local races when we were both juniors. We called him Lemonster. He was unbeatable even then, but we had no idea...

[@tsmith1487]

Holy s**t. That was epic!

[@DanielSong39]

One of the best World Championship road races, in the same year as one of the best Tour de France races. And both won by Lemond! The "Sportsman of the Year" award from Sports Illustrated was well deserved!

[@muscle99sav]

Absolutely sick! Lemond was a MONSTER

[@garyallen4313]

I remember when I saw that race in my Nyc apartment long ago… I woulda been cool with Kelly or Fignon winning,but just like the TDF it wasn’t his day… LeMond is as resilient as they come man. He’s one of my biggest cycling hero’s….

[@user-uh6lm5wv6n]

To me this is real cycling..

[@scottgray493]

Holy cow. What a war. All the ingredients for an epic race gelled. Greg LeMond was the best.

[@altafari]

The whole way down the final straight, what a boss. As good as Greg was this race was made by the fact that Fignon was putting the pressure on. I can't think of a more impressive race. Top marks for everyone in that final group and poor Steve Bauer.