Washington (AP) – The three-time Tour de France winner Greg LeMond suffers from chronic leukemia and has already started treatment.
“Fortunately, it’s a type of cancer that is treatable and a type of leukemia that is not life-threatening or debilitating,” the 60-year-old American said in a statement. The former professional cyclist was the first non-European to win the tour in 1986 and then in 1989 and 1990.
After many tests and a bone marrow biopsy, he was diagnosed a few days ago, LeMond said. According to the doctors, he could be on the mend in a few months, and the long-term prognosis is “very favorable,” LeMond wrote. He is in the best of hands and is looking forward to being able to attend the Tour de France again next summer.