Greg LeMond reveals cancer diagnosis

Three-time Tour de France winner Greg LeMond has revealed he has a "treatable" form of cancer.

The 60-year-old American, who won Le Tour in 1986, 1989 and 1990, went for a check-up after experiencing "a few weeks of fatigue" and received his diagnosis last Friday.

"The purpose of this statement is to let you know I have been diagnosed with chronic myelogenous leukaemia," he wrote on his website.

"Fortunately, it is a type of cancer that is treatable, and it is a type of leukaemia that is not life-threatening or debilitating.

"I had been experiencing a few weeks of fatigue which prompted me to go in for a check-up which included some blood work. Following a series of tests and a bone marrow biopsy, which was completed last week, I received my formal diagnosis last Friday.

"My doctors at the University of Tennessee, with consultation from a team at the Mayo Clinic, have outlined a chemotherapy protocol which will begin this week.

"No one ever wants to hear the word cancer but, admittedly, there is great relief, now, to know why I was feeling poorly."