I went to the same highschool as Greg lemond, 30years after he did but still cool. There is a loop here that he used for training for the TDF. The lemond loop
Greg LeMond était ma référence, mon champion cycliste préféré et il l’est encore aujourd’hui. Un grand athlète, une personnalité sympathique et attachante, une légende du cyclisme, du Tour de France et du sport ! Bravo Greg !
Minus the hunting accident, it's reasonably likely that Greg would have won five tours alongside the (non-cheating) Tour legends. Still, he's the guy that finally put the US on the cycling world map, and a true sports hero after the '89 win.
EPO was not around when Greg rode. Greg would have taken EPO just like everyone else in the Peloton once it was prevalent because the 10% advantage it gives is far to great to overcome naturally. With that said, Greg was a freaking amazing champion!!! A truly incredible rider and athlete.
Apparently hé refuse to take EPO, and this is the raison of his decline. However, i believe it's true (because a lot of person who are around him confirm this point) and I have a huge respect for him ! I come from Belgium, the country of cycling (and in 89 he was in a Belgium team !!! ), he is very popular here. Personaly I like Hampsten in this era, and Apparently he have thé same reputation of clean cyclist, so respect for that (and the Giro it's a beautiful competition too).
Glad I met Greg, my neighbor was on the team with him at '82 Worlds, and I was shot later in '87, almost bleeding out and coming back was our way of relating beyond bikes, Peace3ed
Not only that, but he made an agreement with Bernard Hinault to help him win the '85 tour so that Hinault could notch five Tour wins just like Merckx and Jacques Anquetil, with the understanding that they would trade places in '86. Hinault reneged on that agreement during the '86 Tour, claiming he didn't think Greg could win, but of course LeMond won anyway.
A TRUE HERO! An absolute shame that GREG’s tour of 89’ isn’t fresh in the mind of EVERY AMERICAN GENERATION SINCE! By the way; FU TO THAT LOWLIFE ARMSTRONG WHO SOUGHT OUT TO DESTROY GREG AND SO MANY OTHERS FOR SPEAKING THE TRUTH! And an FU TO OAKLEY BIKE COMPANY FOR BUYING INTO ARMSTRONGS BULLSHIT; and dropping GREG ! LEMOND❤ , PURE INSPIRATION TO US ALL!
At 10:09 WTH with that jerkoff riding the motorcycle & the rest of the vehicles boxing Fignon in ... slowing him down AT LEAST a couple seconds! I bet they got in his a way at least a couple other times during that final time trial. Fignon may have WON the TDF by a second or 2 if NOT for the vehicles getting in his way! Delgado should have WON that Tour btw.
Haha, Delgado couldn't show up to work on time, right? Seems to be a common problem for far too many people. Then he got dropped by his own team in the TTT the next day. He was fortunate to stand on the podium when he could have been banned from racing after the previous tour. But I felt truly sorry for Fignon. I can't imagine having raced that hard and still losing by 8 seconds.
You need to give yourself a new name.....may I suggest "Ministry of mis information". He wasn't "boxed in" The motorcycle which was in front of him was too far ahead to hold him back or give him much drafting (which is helpful). If you're familiar with Greg's early trials on french teams, you'd know about French cycling & how "The Badger' was given preferential treatment because he was French.
I never laughed at him but he still made me cry. luv as always. Stay strong Greg.
I went to the same highschool as Greg lemond, 30years after he did but still cool. There is a loop here that he used for training for the TDF. The lemond loop
From Australia. Greg was an intentional hero. The Lemond Loop sounds like a plan. I hope the kids took advantage of it, if only to know they did it.
Which highschool?
@@ceri85 Wooster Highschool in Reno NV. I didn't know who he was when I was in highschool lol
Thank you so much for re-uploading this!
Greg LeMond était ma référence, mon champion cycliste préféré et il l’est encore aujourd’hui. Un grand athlète, une personnalité sympathique et attachante, une légende du cyclisme, du Tour de France et du sport ! Bravo Greg !
Minus the hunting accident, it's reasonably likely that Greg would have won five tours alongside the (non-cheating) Tour legends. Still, he's the guy that finally put the US on the cycling world map, and a true sports hero after the '89 win.
EPO was not around when Greg rode.
Greg would have taken EPO just like everyone else in the Peloton once it was prevalent because the 10% advantage it gives is far to great to overcome naturally.
With that said, Greg was a freaking amazing champion!!! A truly incredible rider and athlete.
Apparently hé refuse to take EPO, and this is the raison of his decline.
However, i believe it's true (because a lot of person who are around him confirm this point) and I have a huge respect for him !
I come from Belgium, the country of cycling (and in 89 he was in a Belgium team !!! ), he is very popular here. Personaly I like Hampsten in this era, and Apparently he have thé same reputation of clean cyclist, so respect for that (and the Giro it's a beautiful competition too).
One of the true greats
Dude was on top of a 55-11 unreal
Glad I met Greg, my neighbor was on the team with him at '82 Worlds, and I was shot later in '87, almost bleeding out and coming back was our way of relating beyond bikes, Peace3ed
Wow Greg LeMond is a tough dude.
Put this masterpiece on your main channel 😀
He could of also won 1985…..
Not only that, but he made an agreement with Bernard Hinault to help him win the '85 tour so that Hinault could notch five Tour wins just like Merckx and Jacques Anquetil, with the understanding that they would trade places in '86. Hinault reneged on that agreement during the '86 Tour, claiming he didn't think Greg could win, but of course LeMond won anyway.
@@whitgurley7733 100%
@@whitgurley7733 …and he've got a lot of money for his help from Mr. Tapie. Basically he bought Hinaults 5th win.
LeMan 👍🏼
I thought his brother in law shot Greg
A TRUE HERO! An absolute shame that GREG’s tour of 89’ isn’t fresh in the mind of EVERY AMERICAN GENERATION SINCE! By the way; FU TO THAT LOWLIFE ARMSTRONG WHO SOUGHT OUT TO DESTROY GREG AND SO MANY OTHERS FOR SPEAKING THE TRUTH! And an FU TO OAKLEY BIKE COMPANY FOR BUYING INTO ARMSTRONGS BULLSHIT; and dropping GREG ! LEMOND❤ , PURE INSPIRATION TO US ALL!
No one laughed at him.
At 10:09 WTH with that jerkoff riding the motorcycle & the rest of the vehicles boxing Fignon in ... slowing him down AT LEAST a couple seconds! I bet they got in his a way at least a couple other times during that final time trial. Fignon may have WON the TDF by a second or 2 if NOT for the vehicles getting in his way! Delgado should have WON that Tour btw.
Haha, Delgado couldn't show up to work on time, right? Seems to be a common problem for far too many people. Then he got dropped by his own team in the TTT the next day. He was fortunate to stand on the podium when he could have been banned from racing after the previous tour.
But I felt truly sorry for Fignon. I can't imagine having raced that hard and still losing by 8 seconds.
The race is in France and Fignon was French. Those vehicles were helping Fignon...
You need to give yourself a new name.....may I suggest "Ministry of mis information".
He wasn't "boxed in"
The motorcycle which was in front of him was too far ahead to hold him back or give him much drafting (which is helpful).
If you're familiar with Greg's early trials on french teams, you'd know about French cycling & how "The Badger' was given preferential treatment because he was French.
LeMond was a great wheel sucker, never an attacking rider. Much preferred Fignon's style of riding, where he owned LeMond in the mountains.
I wonder if you would say that to the man's face.