• Rider draws tributes from across French society and sport • Two-time Tour winner was defined by losing 1989 race Laurent Fignon was expetected to take his place among the greats after dominating the 1984 Tour de France. Photograph: Olycom SPA / Rex Features The death of the double Tour de France winner Laurent Fignon yesterday from cancer at the age of 50 drew tributes from right across French society and sport, from the president Nicolas Sarkozy to his former literature teacher, the...
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