Former bike owner Greg LeMond is remaining addressed for a treatable variety of bone marrow cancer. Photograph by Steve Selwood/Wikimedia Commons
June 7 (UPI) — Greg LeMond, a 3-time winner of cycling’s Tour de France, was diagnosed with a treatable previous of cancer, he introduced on his private web-site.
LeMond wrote a post to detail the prognosis of chronic myelogenous leukemia on Workforce-LeMond.com. He reported the unusual variety of most cancers, which happens inside of bones exactly where blood cells are produced, is not existence-threatening or debilitating.
LeMond, 60, won the Tour de France in 1986, 1989 and 1990. He also was a two-time planet champion. The Lakewood, Calif., native was inducted into the United States Bicycling Hall of Fame in 1996.
“I experienced been suffering from a couple weeks of tiredness, which prompted me to go in for a check-up, which bundled some blood function,” LeMond wrote.
“Pursuing a series of assessments and a bone marrow biopsy, which was finished past 7 days, I acquired my official prognosis previous Friday.”
LeMond reported he began chemotherapy last week and he expects to get started experience much better in a couple weeks. He said his medical doctors at the University of Tennessee instructed him he ought to be in remission inside a couple months.
“The lengthy-phrase prognosis is extremely favorable,” Lemond wrote. “I am lucky to have a great team of medical professionals and the total guidance of my family, good friends and colleagues at LeMond Bicycles.”
LeMond stated he planned to journey to France in July for the impending Tour de France, but is functioning on an “alternate strategy.” He expects to return to the Tour de France next summertime.
The 2022 Tour de France will operate July 1-24 from Copenhagen, Denmark, to Paris.