Which American rider survived a hunting accident and then two years later pulled off one of the most improbable feats in Tour history?

Microsoft Rewards Bing Homepage Quiz (7-1-2022): Which American rider survived a hunting accident and then two years later pulled off one of the most improbable feats in Tour history?

A Greg LeMond
B Lance Armstrong
C Evel Knievel

The year following his first Tour championship in 1986, LeMond was accidentally shot by his brother-in-law on a turkey hunt and reportedly was within 20 minutes of bleeding to death. But LeMond returned to the Tour in 1989 and erased a whopping 50-second deficit in the final stage of the race to defeat Laurent Fignon. He also won the next race in 1990.

The correct answer to this quiz is Greg LeMond.

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