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8 Section 3 Chicago Tribune, Monday, August 28, 1989 CYCLING LeMond uses late rush to win world title I ZEUS' Jg THE HUMAN WWF CHAMPION HULK HOCAN" WRECKING MACHINE "MACHO MAN" RANDY SAVAGE" BRUTUS "THE BARBER" El From Chicago Tribune wires CHAMBERY, France Greg LeMond did it again. Continuing his remarkable comeback from a hunting accident that left him near death about 2Vi years ago, LeMond surged in a sprint Sunday to win the world championship road race. "It's really a great year," he said moments later. "I never would have believed this." His victory followed by little more than a month his 8-second triumph in the Tour de France. That victory in the world's most important bicycle race was his first in a major race since he was hit by 60 shotgun pellets while hunting in California in April, 1987.

LeMond, 28, seemed stunned after he crossed the finish line first in the four-man sprint in Chambcry in the French Alps. "1 felt very good and just let it all out at the finish," LeMond said. LeMond, who said he was ready to quit the race, grittily decided to continue and went on to win his second world title. He won with a charge over the final 300 meters as rain pelted the course. "I felt terrible all the way until two laps to go," LeMond said.

"I was ready to quit, but I figured a lot of things can happen in the last two laps." Second was Dmitri Konichev of the Soviet Union. Sean Kelly of Ire- Results in Scoreboard land barely beat Steven Rooks of the Netherlands for third place. Thierry Claveyrolat of France was fifth. Laurent Fignon of France, who finished second in the Tour de France by the smallest margin in the race's 86-year history, finished sixth. LeMond wore his familiar wide smile when he mounted the victory podium to accept a gold medal and the rainbow-striped jersey of the professional racers' world champion.

Many members of his family were watching as he lifted a bouquet overhead and "The Star-Spangled Banner" rang out The race took a heavy toll as 148 of the 190 starters dropped out. LeMond was clocked in 6 hours 45 minutes 59 seconds for 161.07 miles, an average speed of just under 24 miles an hour. Only one other member of the 12-man American team, Andy Hamp-sten, finished the race. LeMond previously won the world title in 1983 and was second in 1982 and 1985. LeMond also won the world junior championship in 1979.

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For good measure, Velasquez won two more races the sixth with I'll Raise You One and the ninth with Master of the Game. "Now, I'm all alone in fourth," said Velasquez. "Next I will try to catch my good friend, Angel Cordero, in third. Angel and I were approaching 6,000 together two years ago, but then I went to France and he pulled way ahead of me." Bill Shoemaker is No. 1 on the all-time list, followed by Pincay and Cordero.

According to statistics compiled by Daily Racing, Shoemaker began the month with 8,812 winners; Pincay had and Cordero had 6,439. the world's richest grass race for fillies and mares, will be an All-American affair. The two English representatives, Magic Gleam and Sudden Love, withdrew Sunday. In another Million development, Laffit Pincay was named the rider of Lady in Silver, the 3-year-old filly from England. Pincay won the 1982 Million with Perrault and has finished second twice, with Grein-ton in 1985 and Sharrood in 1987.

Jorge Velasquez took over sole possession of fourth place on the all-time jockey standings Sunday when he scored a compelling wire-to-wire victory aboard Pappa's Fuzzbuster in the second race at Arlington. The six-length triumph was No. By Neil Milbert Per Quod of England and French Stress of France have dropped out of next Sunday's Arlington Million IX. They will be replaced by two horses from the U.S., Pay the Butler and Pleasant Variety. Pay the Butler is a world traveler who went to Tokyo last fall and won the Japan Cup.

Pleasant Variety is a son of 1981 Kentucky Derby and Prcakncss winner Pleasant Colony and the maternal grandson of the outstanding sire and grass-racing specialist, T.V. Lark. Per Quod's defection came in the aftermath of a third-place finish in Saturday's Winter Hill Stakes at Windsor, Ontario. No explanation was given for the decision to withdraw French Stress from the race. The vacated slots were offered to the remaining foreign horse on the standby list, Hibernian Gold, an English horse who recently moved to California.

But owner Sir Ernest Harrison and trainer Neil Drysdalc declined the invitation. As a result, Pay the Butler and Pleasant Variety moved into a starting lineup that now includes nine horses from the U.S., three from France and two from England. Only one replacement remains: NediymoftheU.S. Saturday's $500,000 Beverly bloDmingdQle'S Win a trip around the world! 1 Visit five of the world's most exciting cities, including London, Amsterdam, Bangkok, Hong Kong and Honolulu. Million Enter Round-Trippers II today! All entries must be received by Friday, September 1 5 p.m.

Festival calendar Friday Grade III Pucker Up Stakes, 1'e-mile grass race for 3-year-old fillies. Saturday $500,000 Beverly 1 ''is-mite grass race for fillies and mares, 3-year-oids and up. $40,000 Smart Deb Handicap, 6-furlong race for fillies and mares, 3-year-olds and up. Sunday Arlington Million IX, Grade I $1,000,000 1-mile grass race for 3-year-olds and up. $40,000 Dr.

Fager Handicap, 3-furlong race for 3-year-olds and up. Sept 4 Grade I $250,000 Secretariat Stakes, IVi-mile grass race for 3-year-olds. $50,000 Summer Tan Handicap, IVi-mile grass race for 3-year-olds and up. Continued from page 1 three from France and two from England. This year's field doesn't have a superstar such as John Henry, who won the inaugural in 1981, lost by a neck to England's Tolomco in 1983 and vindicated himself by becoming the only two-time winner in 1984.

But the current field seems superbly balanced, so much so that America's Great Communicator, powerful winner of last fall's $2 million Breeders' Cup Turf is 6 to 1 on Tribune handicappcr Dave Surico's early line. Prior to moving to Arlington this summer to prepare for the Million, Great Communicator was based in California, which has produced four of the previous eight winners. The horse to beat this year appears to be another Californian, Nasr cl Arab, who will form an international entry with River Warden of France because both horses arc owned by Sheik Mohammed al Maktoum of Dubai. Nasr cl Arab's trainer is Charlie Whittingham, winner of the Million in 1982 with Perrault and in 1986 Festival are for 3-year-olds. Leading off the equine extravaganza will be Friday's Grade III Pucker Up Stakes for fillies, while the main event Sept.

4 will be the $250,000 Grade I Secretariat for the male element Besides the Secretariat, the closing-day card of the Festival will have another significant grass race, the $50,000 Summer Tan, which will be run over a l'i-mile route. Expected to head the field is Unknown Quantity, the gelding owned by Queen Elizabeth who stepped off the plane and scored a smashing upset victory in the Grade I $200,000 Arlington Handicap. A sidelight to the Festival will be the American debut of the outstanding Japanese jockey, Yutaka Take. He is scheduled to arrive Tuesday night, obtain his license Wednesday and ride from Thursday through Monday for trainer Carl Nafzger. The jockey wMl be accompanied by Tadahiro Hotehama, who is one of Japan's leading thoroughbred owners and for several years has had horses in this country with Nafzger.

Take was named Japan's leading rookie rider in 1987, winning 69 of his 554 races to rank sixth nationally. Last year he moved up to second with 113 winners from 669 mounts and this summer he became No. 1. A brigade of Japanese print and television journalists is coming along to chronicle Take's Arlington East Coast horses have had to take a back seat to Californians and Europeans in Millions of yesteryear. Of the New York representatives, only Manila in 1987 has been seen in the winner's circle.

England won with Tolomeo and Teleprompter in 1985. Mill Native became the first French winner last year when the Million was transplanted to Woodbine in Toronto while Arlington was being rebuilt Because the major European racing powers France, England and Ireland conduct all of their racing on the grass, Duchossois has styled the three other major and complimentary races in the Festival along European lines. Serving as a preamble to the Million will be Saturday's Beverly a 1 316-mile test with a purse of $500,000 that makes it the world's richest grass race for fillies and mares. Unfortunately, trainers of the two brilliant European damsels Magic Gleam and Sudden Love sent their regrets over the weekend, making it an All-Amcrican affair. However, the Beverly D.

still has star quality. The most charismatic contestants arc Capadcs, invading from New York with a four-race winning streak compiled at four tracks, and Claire Marine, who has recorded four wins and a close second in her last five races in California. The other two major races at the with Eastrapadc. In addition to sending out Nasr cl Arab, Whittingham has another California standout in the Million: Frankly Perfect, a colt co-owned by The Great Grctzky. Official Rules and Entry Form Predict the total distance, in feet, of all home runs at regularly scheduled games at Wrigley Field, from April 4, 1 989, through September 1 3, 1 989, and win a trip around the world provided by American Express Travel Service! The trip must be taken during 1 990 and last no longer than 1 6 days.

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