1989 - How it happened

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Prologue, Luxembourg

At the front of the race, Erik Breukink won, ahead of a three-way tie between Laurent Fignon, Sean Kelly and Greg LeMond. At the back, defending champion Pedro Delgado missed his start time by over two minutes, and finished dead last, 2-54 behind Breukink.

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