| | Inside Cycling with John Wilcockson: The controversial 1982 world's |
 | | Saronni (who is now the team manager of Damiano Cunego's Lampre-Caffita formation) still had six teammates with him, while Boyer and LeMond were the only Americans left in the lead group (the only other U.S. finisher would be Mount, who placed 52nd, six minutes down). |
 | | The highly astute Boyer knew that the only chance he had of medaling was to attack in the brief transitional moments after Saronni's helpers had hopefully spent most of their energy and before any of Saronni's rivals were prepared to lead out the final sprint. |
 | | And so it was LeMond, with the animated Saronni on his shoulder, who was the first to close on Boyer and continue straight past in his bid to take gold. |
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