Tour de France winner Greg LeMond diagnosed with leukemia

US cycling idol Greg LeMond is battling blood cancer. The three-time winner of the Tour de France announced his leukemia on his website on Monday.

Three-time Tour de France winner Greg LeMond has 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.

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