Greg LeMond was the first American winner of the Tour de France cycle race. He decided to (31) ……………. a cyclist when he was still at school and began to win a lot of prizes. LeMond missed going to the Moscow Olympics in 1980. Today he regrets having lost the (32) ……………. to win a gold medal. LeMond won his first Tour de France in 1986 and his future seemed to be very (33) ……………. but the next year LeMond had a terrible accident. LeMond wanted to take part in the 1987 Tour de France but his doctors didn't let him leave the hospital. Two years (34) ……………. he started training again. In 1989 he won the Tour de France on the last day of the race, and he was the winner again in 1990. LeMond (35) ……………. cycling in 1994 and opened a sports business with his father. 31 becoming became become becomes 32 possibility chance ability option 33 poor intelligent bright rich 34 later following shortly earlier 35 finished closed started stopped