2023-05-30 12:10:04
Luc Leblanc was one of the best professional cyclists of his generation, a champion with a capital C, a non-conformist. It took him thirty years to get rid of an obsessive pain since a certain Saint-Jean evening, when he and his little brother had the misfortune to cross the road of a driver who did not leave them the shadow of a chance. Gilles lost his life, his faltered but he remained standing, his left leg badly crippled. How to imagine then that he will later wear the yellow jersey of the Tour de France, the tricolor of champion of France and the rainbow of world champion?
In his autobiography, which he describes like a Prévert-style inventory, “Lucho” takes us from the Chemin des Dames to the National Apprentice Cook Competition; from Ivan Curkovic to Raymond Poulidor; from the desire to enter the Orders to Bernard Tapie; from Laurent Fignon’s Aspin deceit to the still hot pot of the 1992 French championship; from the miracle of Lourdes-Hautacam to the coronation of the rainbow in the Valley of the Temples; from an adapted conversion of “The truth if I lie” to an irrepressible desire to lead a cycling team. There is Chabrol in this story, prefaced by Erik Orsenna, which reads like a novel. Above all, there is a lot of love.
Luc Leblanc, professional rider (1987-1998), yellow jersey (1991), French champion (1992), world champion (1994), two stage victories in the Tour: Hautacam (1994), Les Arcs (1998) .
Luc Leblanc, Moi Lucho – The important thing is to stay alive / 14 cm x 22.5 cm / 304 pages / 19.90 euros Released May 25, 2023 / Solar Editions
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