Fignon memorial unveiled at Tour de France

Laurent Fignon in his Tour de France debut in 1983.

Laurent Fignon in his Tour de France debut in 1983. (Image credit: AFP)

At the start of the final stage of the 2011 Tour de France in Créteil, a memorial to the late Laurent Fignon was unveiled. The Frenchman was a two-time winner of the race, taking the yellow jersey in 1983 and 1984, and then missing out on the victory by eight seconds in 1989. Fignon died on August 31, 2010, following a long battle with cancer.