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I very much doubt that any doctor has ever considered it necessary to tell a patient that he/she is dead.
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I'd say Lemond ahead of Armstrong. Sure the chemo is tough, but afterwards the normal levels return (and then some in his case). But when you are shot through and through there is lead leaching into your bloodstream.
Three names come to mind: Gregory James LeMond
Lost somewhere between a third and two-thirds of his blood volume in his hunting accident, saved by a combination of his huge heart and lungs and the fortuitous presence of a police helicopter close to the scene when twenty minutes from death.
Returned to racing in 1987 with dozens of pellets still inside him (he still has some by his heart) though the limited race programme and poor results continued in 1988, before he finally showed some form in the last week of the 1989 Giro.
Then...
Lost somewhere between a third and two-thirds of his blood volume in his hunting accident, saved by a combination of his huge heart and lungs and the fortuitous presence of a police helicopter close to the scene when twenty minutes from death.
Returned to racing in 1987 with dozens of pellets still inside him (he still has some by his heart) though the limited race programme and poor results continued in 1988, before he finally showed some form in the last week of the 1989 Giro.
Then...
So another vote for Lance.Jesus
Actually they don't after the normal chemo therapy. Hence why Armstrong got a different treatment according to Wikipedia!
Well, he certainly got a different treatment, despite "they all did it" crowd.
What? Something else happen in 1989?
The epicness of the 2022 Tour De France made me forget everything that came before it.
It's obviously Lemond. Armstrong only had a couple stage wins in Suisse/Dauphine and won the GC in Dauphine and Tour of Georgia after his diagnosis. I don't understand the votes for this person.
Hells yeah, there was this race in France...
Worth a look for anyone like me who was asleep before / during / after Remco’s Sunday smackdown.
I nominate Coppi. Faught in World War II, was held prisoner of war and came back to win 4 Giro, 2 Tour, 2 Worlds, 3 Milan-Sanremo, 5 Lombardia and 1 Paris-Roubaix.
Speaking of people with very serious crashes, Kai Reus made multiple comebacks, though he sadly never became a star.
Annemiek van Vleuten has had more setbacks during the past year than most riders have in their whole careers.
Roglič had a great comeback after his failed first career.
Annemiek van Vleuten has had more setbacks during the past year than most riders have in their whole careers.
Roglič had a great comeback after his failed first career.
Sagan
Gilbert also did not crash out all that much or at least not in the races that mattered the most for him.
Gilbert also did not crash out all that much or at least not in the races that mattered the most for him.
Sagan has had a lot of issues the last couple of years but im his heydays, things did go quite smoothly.
Hard to decide. I love Pantani too but voted for Lemond's comeback from his shooting accident because I just couldn't bring myself to vote for Lance. But yes, being pronounced dead after stage 3 cancer spreading through his body then to be able to return to racing professionally is hard to top.
staubsauger puts Armstrong's comeback in context regardless of what we think of him as a human.
On Lemond, he always said he was strongest in 1986. We never saw peak Lemond because of that accident. What if.
staubsauger puts Armstrong's comeback in context regardless of what we think of him as a human.
On Lemond, he always said he was strongest in 1986. We never saw peak Lemond because of that accident. What if.
Actually, it was stage 4 cancer for Armstrong I think -- metastasized to abdomen, lungs, and brain. In addition to the extensive chemo regimen (prior to the regimen), he had to have brain surgery to remove tumors. Lemond's injury was different but also incredibly debilitating. He took a chestful of turkey shot, and some of the pellets couldn't be removed. Both of those comeback stories are amazing, as are others in the sport.
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When I started reading your post I assumed you were going to refer to blood parasite bilharzia!
Anyway, surely it has to be Lance Armstrong, despite his rampant blood doping.
When his testicular cancer spread all over his body, including his brain his doctor told him he had something like a 50/50 chance of survival.
The doctor lied. He wanted to give Armstrong hope because at best his survival chances were more like 15%.
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