Laurent Fignon, the youngest winner of the Tour de France in half a century when he finished with the yellow jersey in 1983, died Tuesday. Fignon was 50. He publicly revealed in mid-2009 that he was ...

Laurent Fignon, who won the Tour de France twice, has died aged 50 Credit: Photo: GETTY IMAGES Fignon, who won the Tour de France in 1983 and 1984, died following a long battle with cancer, the ...

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Laurent Fignon, who died on Tuesday from cancer aged 50, was a French cyclist who erupted on to the professional sporting scene in the early 1980s, winning the first of his two successive Tours de ...

Laurent Fignon, the Frenchman who won the Tour de France in 1983 and 1984 and lost to Greg LeMond in 1989 in the race's closest finish, died Tuesday of cancer. He was 50. His death was confirmed by ...