Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: LeMond gbajiri ọkpụkpụ ọkpụkpụ ya na Eprel 11, 1982, mgbe ọ na-agba ọsọ ịgba ígwè Liège <unk> Bastogne <unk> Liège. Mmerụ ahụ manyere LeMond ịgba ịnyịnya na-ebelata oge tupu ya abanye
World Championships, nke dị na Goodwood, England n'afọ ahụ. N'asọmpi ịgba ọsọ n'okporo ụzọ nke ụmụ nwoke, LeMond mebiri akara ahụ mana onye Italiantali Giuseppe Saronni gbara ya ọsọ. Mgbe asọmpi ahụ gachara, onye otu egwuregwu LeMond bụ onye Amerịka bụ Jacques Boyer boro LeMond ebubo na ọ chụdara ya na mita 800 ikpeazụ. Saronni siri ike na njedebe nke agbụrụ ahụ wee fefee Boyer na LeMond, na-emeri site na 5 sekọnd karịa LeMond, na 5 sekọnd ọzọ laghachi na Kelly. Boyer gbara onye nke iri. Onye meriri ọla nchara bụ Sean Kelly, onye a na-atụ anya na ọ ga-emeri n'ọsọ ahụ, so Saronni mgbe o jidere LeMond mgbe ihe dị ka mita 200 fọdụrụ, mana ọ nweghị ike ijide wiil ya. Kelly kwuru, sị: "Echeghị m na Boyer na-ala n'iyi... O nwere ezigbo oghere. O nweghị onye chọrọ ịchụ ya. Ee, LeMond chụụrụ Boyer. Boyer bụ naanị nwoke nọ n'okporo ụzọ ahụ. "