LeMond: Did Chris Froome Use A Motor? | RDMN Podcast Clips

Greg LeMond is a three time winner of the Tour de France but how many more could he have won if it wasn't for EPO in the sport? This is an extract from the Anthony's conversation with Greg LeMond on the Roadman Podcast.
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[@danzacjones]

The rumours are true, I used a motor to place 7th on a K.O.M during a commute to work in 2022.

[@richardlewis2290]

The greatest moments of my life in cycling was riding with the man during those training camps he did with Steve Bauer. LeMond has blown the whistle on aspects of the sport that others feared to talk about and It has cost him dearly. His credibility has been questioned but then he's been later proven accurate.

[@worldcitizen9202]

I am pretty sure Greg Lemond was doped up in his day too .... maybe he should talk about that ?

[@paulevans6403]

I agree. Any kind of "upper" was not considered doping. LeMond roomed with Fignon, who was an admitted speed freak. I'll never believe LeNond didn't take amphetamines from time to time. Not an accusation, just my belief.

[@KvienMary]

Learning from motorsport. The use of calibrated powermeters can be obligatory and officially supplied and installed by the officials. Comparison of pedal power between competitors will determin, if external powersources are used.

[@jamesguido9877]

Greg is such a great man and very friendly. Had a chance to ride with him and our common friend, Bob Swanson, in the hills near Auburn California.

[@jamesmckenzie3532]

After the UCI started using mobile heat sensors, the number of bike swaps dropped significantly. Before, the motor was run until the battery died as there was no possible way to detect the motor. Some were even used as weights to keep bicycles UCI weight legal.

[@pierrex3226]

Officer, we re good guys, we only used the motor to make the weight legal and lower the center of gravity for the safety of our rider. :D

[@domestique3954]

Absolutely,do you remember when Ryder Hesjedal hit the deck,his rear wheel stopped for 2 seconds and then miraculously started turning again? He quickly grabbed his bike to hide it,but the motorcycle guy behind him saw that and drove across his back wheel and destroyed it. He won a grand tour using this motor,wonder who else used this e-assistance 🤔

[@Gaharaz]

You really trust their pads as a heat scanner ? Sincerly ? It's full of bullshit. UCI controls and punishes only the "third rank" cyclists. With all the proofs we actually have with the 4 fantastics, nobody can say they are white like snow.

[@2003wrx64]

​@@domestique3954so was the motor in the hub? Where was the battery?

[@domestique3954]

@@2003wrx64 No,the motor was in the seat tube,driving the Shimano octalink axle while the battery was hidden in the seatpost,sometimes in a bottle fixed to the seat tube.

[@derekkuhl]

At this point, this question should be answerable. The watts are known, the velocity is known, the weights are known. The calculation should tell you if the equation equals out or if there must be more energy added to the system to make it equal out.

[@SteveNinetyski]

Pretty sure the numbers would add up my friend. Too many suspicious people will go out of their way to eork this out. We'd know if there was evidence of for example "Tadej's 31 minutes @ 450 watts only infact being enough power to produce a time of 33 minutes" All the riders use power data and no doubt use it to compare with others all the time. I for one would notice big anomolies..and for sure many many many other people would. Just my two cents.

[@Strange_Brew]

I’m an engineer, I build custom e-bikes. I built a very fast ebike that you cannot tell by looking at it that it has a motor. Just one “go button “ under the bar tape and you have 500 extra watts. Easily cruises at + 30 mph. Will do 43 mph with a little effort.

[@semilog643]

The bikes are x-rayed.

[@Strange_Brew]

@@semilog643 Actually, they use thermal scopes. A motor will glow red anywhere on the bike.

[@user-cq4gh3oo3o]

Patent and sell it to us!

[@peterfireflylund]

@@Strange_Brewelectric motors can get close to 99% efficiency with the right design. Maybe a better motor + phase change cooling around motor and battery?

[@Strange_Brew]

@@peterfireflylund I use silicone or electronics potting resin around the stator windings and battery pack

[@jeremyjs8863]

Rather good. Thanks to you both

[@swites]

There's another vid of Cancellara on the flat in Paris Roubaix I think? Where he just speeds off from everyone sitting down and gets this huge gap. Looks ridiculous like he's going 20kph faster than everyone else for a short period and just speeds away. Looks dodgy as!

[@paulbradford6475]

See my comments above re: 2013 tour of Flanders.

[@TheRflynn]

Cancellera stayed in the saddle in most situations where others got out, even when he was not putting in huge gaps. Then there was Paris Roubaix 2010 where Boonen towards the back of a small group eating. Cancellera noticed and took off, and everyone looked at Boonen to chase “you are the big favourite”. Its nice to say “Ive spoken to people who knew”, but 13 years on I’d expect to see someone say “I did it”.

[@oldtwinsna8347]

@@TheRflynn Omerta

[@philipk4475]

See 2024 Flanders how vdp hit 60 kph on cobbles??? Morons

[@jesperschultz2727]

@@TheRflynn Correct. I once talked to Cancellara about it and he explained to me how he was more effective in his output by sitting down. Even when he (rarely) participated in sprints he had to sit down to make it effective. You can find various examples of this. I remember a Paris-Roubaix sprint on the line (they were three guys, I believe he got second) and a couple of Tour de France sprints where he sprinted sitting down. For instance the one where he took of a kilometer from the finish line in the yellow jersey. He only rose from the saddle very shortly a couple of hundred meters from the end even though the sprinters were breathing his neck in the end.

[@bg-jo7kj]

Greg is spot on.

[@Moishe555]

i watched the whole interview, it was captivating, great work roadman!

[@TheRoadmanPodcast]

Thank you Michael. Appreciate you tuning in. I've a great interview coming this Thursday with Joe Friel

[@samorourke8837]

Yeah I was amazed at how much I was drawn into it! Re bike changes… I think without googling at now that Michael rogers on the tour down under happened to find a bike with the same pedals, and bloody good brand as well, close to similar seat height etc etc… and swapped to that one to go and dominate. That when I first saw it years ago for me was like ‘….ok..!?’

[@outdoorvertical]

Luigi on his motorcycle.... 😅 great stuff

[@frankreyes4]

Thank you for the effort to enrich thru balanced conversation!

[@SteveNinetyski]

Balanced😂😂😂

[@percyveer2355]

balanced? sarcasm i hope. where were the voices of those in the peloton, those that are being slandered, mechanics who work on these bikes. manufacturers who make these things.

[@mfh6982]

I never rode with Greg and never heard any rumors about him using PED's. But I was a top road racer back in the 80's and knew and rode with most of the top US riders then. I lived in Boulder at that time, and we all formed our close-knit bunch of guys and gals who were racing. The discussion of PED's, how, where, what, was constant. I used them and so did everyone else, they work really well. I would be very surprised if Lemond didn't.

[@secretagent86]

Eric Zabel. Just said “of course i doped”

[@ulrikmortensen9426]

Remember seeing froome braking going into a hairpin on the way UP😢

[@jayaybe1]

Saw Contador do that too.

[@marcouno4118]

Yes. Armstrong did that in Sestriere in 1999. The watching reporters in the TV room all started laughing. So-called “Tour of Redemption”.

[@percyveer2355]

many do that, ive done that. do better

[@stephendavidson4359]

So, if Greg wasn’t doping, how did he win the Tour de France against everybody who was doping.

[@DurianriderCyclingTips]

he is from USA!! USA dont use drugs!!

[@clean1566]

His VO2 is more than most riders. His lungs are bigger.

[@Mockle07]

@@clean1566hahaha sure, that’ll be it 🙄

[@clean1566]

@@Mockle07 research it. His VO2Max was more than any other rider of his time.

[@Mockle07]

@@clean1566 And you’re telling me that you don’t realise that doping can absolutely increase your V02Max?!

[@thecoffeeblog]

I saw that 2010 sprint you mentioned at Flanders. It's hard to believe. I guess Cancellara needed to produce at least 2000w for more than 3 minutes to achieve it. Few people can achieve it but not for that long.

[@fredman1085]

2000 what's is more in league with track sprinters.

[@collax2613]

Honestly have a big doubt about Cancellara and Froome having a motor, because when you look at their climbing time, you can find plenty that were faster.

[@TheNotSoFakeNews]

Dosen't have to be the fastest to still be doping though

[@ivanboesky1520]

It’s not about their climbing times being the fastest. It a about their times being fast enough to win stages and races. And Greg’s point about Froome’s accelerations and drops in wattage is the proof. You simply do not see a rider putting in acceleration efforts to drop other riders and their speed up a given grade increasing and at the very same time their measured wattage output is dropping, not maintaining and not going higher. That’s the proof right there. Plus the bike changes Froome and Sky were making made no sense. No one has that many mechanicals repeatedly in important stages. Cancellera was the same. They were both cheats and had a number of performances that were literally too good to be true.

[@collax2613]

@@ivanboesky1520 Froome wattage was up to 650W during his attack on Contador when looking at his data. He also attacked on an area with lower gradient.

[@TheSheriff1989]

have you seen the footage of cancellara riding away from boonen. Boonen is just about sprinting out of the saddle and cancellara's legs look like they are flicking up faster than he can pedal and rides away easily while seated. it made no sense.

[@collax2613]

@@TheSheriff1989 Then you compare the climbing time and you see that several cyclist have been faster than Cancellara up this climb. If you watch the full race you could see that Boonen was starting slowly to crack before that point and that he was just cooked there.

[@boomshankah1123]

I became suspicious when Trump posted his record time up Angliru.

[@ChristopherCudworth]

lol

[@dougbella]

My moment came when they said Biden got 2 billion votes.

[@suttonfarms2343]

It's a shame, but anytime you're competing in ANYTHING, some people will cheat. Doping, motors, etc, all ubiquitous. When you see something that seems superhuman, it's nearly always a cheat. Not always, there are outliers..........and when someone has a unique talent and feels it on a given day, kudos to them. But, Lemond is right. Be skeptical of some of these performances.

[@TL243]

❤️❤️Lemond!

[@revelationdetailers894]

Make sure all bikes are inspected prior to the support team vehicles take off for such things.

[@digdougedy]

But how do you inspect a bike without dismantling them? The only way I can see is to use an xray machine...

[@kurtallen8837]

As a ex pro back in the late 80s Doping was rith, back then . Luckily I didn't do it but other team mates did . I was dropped from the team as I was too slow . GL saying he never did ... he did ... look at the white of his eyes back then .. then look at Mikel Landa when he rode for team sky

[@MarufoVega]

so what exactly is the issue with 5 or 6 bike changes during a stage that points at a motor in use? Replacing depleted battery?

[@bryanhodges3005]

No, the bike is inspected at the beginning of the race, then the bike with the motor is switched with the non-motored bike, then switched again in case it is inspected. Now the rider can rest for a entire stage by using a motor and is fresh for the next hard stage. Then in the hard stage they can pick when they want to use the motor powered bike and usually in the big climbs.

[@alphaniner3770]

It is great to have Lemond sharing his ideas, I really enjoyed the interview, but unfortunately hearsay in a hostile world of envy and deceit is worth next to zero. It would be good to really dive deep in this motor twilight zone, form a team of different investigators (technicians, physiologists, race commentators, cyclists etc ), stack up all the evidence for and against - thén draw a conclusion.

[@DavidDudley-yy2ui]

or look at the bikes

[@alphaniner3770]

@@DavidDudley-yy2ui they are doing that for quite a while now. Only one with motor found so far - spare bike at women's cyclocross a few years back.

[@DavidDudley-yy2ui]

exactly which is why even Greg Lemond needs to be taken with a grain of salt....his time trial on the first aerobike is still the fastest, how was that done, considering that modern aerobikes are really much faster than the one he rode@@alphaniner3770

[@ivanboesky1520]

The proof is in Froome’s own data going up Ventoux. Putting in accelerations with increasing speed up relatively constant grade sections while his wattage numbers are simultaneously falling. That make no sense from a physics standpoint unless some artificial help has suddenly kicked in. And Greg is correct about riding at 110 RPM’s being too high to be efficient performance wise if you are riding naturally. That cadence is only being ridden at competitively in a TDF climb if you have mechanical assistance helping you.

[@alphaniner3770]

@@ivanboesky1520 most numbers that people bring up are inferred, not the actual measurements. Not sure if you ever cycled up the Ventoux - guess not - but wind plays quite a role there, hence the name. Bringing up numbers as actual proof, you have to make sure they are correct first. Still, if they are correct, yes we can start a discussion.

[@clarkmatthews5989]

Just curious, do they test all the race bikes for compliance at the races?

[@ZenEndurance]

Sure! And then you just put another bike they never tested on the roof of your team car along with the others and give that to your guy before a big mountain. And then after he does that part, put that bike back on the roof and then give it to somebody on the side of the road that hides it until next stage.

[@corsomagenta]

I beg y'all's pardon in advance but I just have to say that Roadman reminds me so much of a young Eric Idle. Monty Python rules!

[@ralphhorne9743]

I have a Lemond Team Gan that I bought back in 1995. Not like riding with Greg but still a beautiful bike!

[@Bluetoothedshark]

I have a Tri-Ride T-Rocks attached to my wheelchair, I can go up serious hills at over 20mph and I'm 19 stone. These motors have power.

[@LebronPhoto1]

As a former amateur cyclist, I'm glad Greg is pointing out much of the things that negatively impact the sport. Unrealistic performances, not achievable by the normal human being, along with the push towards much more expensive bikes, which are unattainable to many, will push people away from the sport. To grow cycling as a sport, we need realistic races on attainable bikes. Something the average Joe (or Jane) can see himself doing.

[@Philobiblion]

Class act, all the way.

[@paulbradford6475]

In the 2013 tour of Flanders, I was very impressed when Cancellara surged ahead of Sagan at the summit of the Paterburg. Within 30 seconds, Fabian was almost one kilometer ahead of Peter. Was Fabian's sudden spurt of energy due to a motor I wonder, or was he just a superman on that day? Hmmm.

[@ivanboesky1520]

Cancellera was a massive cheater and there is no way he rode away from Sagan like that without artificial help. He’s another guy, who no one should take any of his results seriously. And he definitely used motors in multiple races beyond the regular drug doping.

[@torma99]

When he won the Tour de Suisse in 2009 I said to myself what an outstanding performace, riding the mountains so well as a TT specialist... it was just too good to be true.

[@craigkennett6226]

Clearly a motor

[@johnnysecular]

:( i got super interested in cycling starting in 2012 and watching the 2013 Flanders Cancellara attack event unfold i was super confused. i feel like an idiot sometimes that i still watch.

[@evanatkins1888]

Have a look at 2010 and see what he did to Boonen. Not natural

[@richardpowell1425]

It is fair enough if people point out that certain things they see defy biomechanics or physics and say that it looks suspicious. If something is impossible to do without cheating, and a competitor does it, they they shouldn't be able to sue people for pointing this out. Not cool to slander people without evidence, but with some evidence, why is it bad? Look at Lance successfully suing all those people who called him a cheat, and then he admitted he was a cheat.

[@leskennedy]

Any examples of people changing bikes 5 or 6 times in one stage ? I can't recall seeing this. I just can't see how a team would get away with something like this.

[@SimonHarlow]

Watch the races motioning Cancellara and you will see bike changes for which there was no obvious reason. This is not proof of cheating but it was odd to watch the races at the time. Also the excuse of a top rider changing a bike due to a mechanical and then changing again a short time later, supposedly because they "preferred" the other bike. Top riders should have a spare bike that is set up properly for them, they should not need to change back because it does not fit properly or is set up differently.

[@leskennedy]

​@@SimonHarlowso the guy who won 4 world championship TT titles and 2 Olympic TT Gold medals somehow needed a motor to help him win in other races ? That just doesn't sound credible.

[@SimonHarlow]

Hi Les. I did not say he cheated. I have watched most of the races of that period quite few times due to the boredom of turbo-training sessions and there were quite a few unexplained bike changes, by Cancellara and many others. Just as a UFO is not an alien space craft, an unexplained bike change is just that, unexplained, but it might have a perfectly innocent explanation. He had two bike changes in the 2010 Flanders, one with about 50 km to go. From what I remember, the changes did not appear to be due to flat tyres. I would like to think Cancellara was clean but I am interested in Lemond's views as well. The Saxo bank team manager was Bjarne Riis, "Mr 60%" as I remember: a reference to his blood hematocrit level in the mid 1990s. Best wishes. @@leskennedy

[@guycoghlan7909]

Greg is so informed about all aspects of cycle racing. A legend and yes he was robbed of more than one TDF.

[@durianriders]

If you think Greg didnt use PED's for his wins then you are DREAMING lol. Watch how he sprinted down his USA team mate Boyer at the 82 worlds and what he then says about that in the interview...

[@Petespans]

@@durianriders You clearly haven't heard him saying he was done out of 2 tours due to rest of peleton's abuse. Clearly innocent.

[@pierovittori1076]

That would explain his time on zoncolan climb 😅

[@user-rp9om3pr6g]

LeMond is awesome because he tells the truth and not afraid.

[@danfuerthgillis4483]

Fabian Cancellara without a doubt has used many motored road bikes. His bike changes were literally outrageous with no damage or any issues with his bikes. Another damaging clue is he always had someone waiting at the bike changes which is very telling since he did not want anyone to look at his bikes that he changed. Why would someone be further down next to people waiting to get his other bike and take it with them? Why not swap bikes with the team car, he was the only one doing this at that time. I believe he did not want his bike swaps examined so he had his accomplice take the swapped bikes, remove the seat post motors and then bring them back to the team cars at the end of the stages.

[@markfournette2483]

Nothing like Mr. Iron Injections raise questions about everyone else's performance.

[@TwentyTwenty90]

At least Greg was talented

[@jimfree0]

Screw you, Armstrong.

[@deanwaring6100]

Still going on today 😊

[@umutaymakoglu4418]

Do they not inspect all the bikes that are on the cars?

[@Jan-se1nd]

They didn't really inspect the bike at all in the Froome era.

[@CameraRay]

I always felt like Alberto Contador may have had motors. He would always change bikes on the big climbs in the Tour.

[@321bytor]

Well if you 'felt like' it, it must be true

[@CameraRay]

@321bytor I'm always correct so I guess so.

[@321bytor]

@@CameraRay 🤦‍♂

[@fredman1085]

You might be right but teams do have mountain specialty bikes. Not making excuses for him, I'm afraid I don't trust any of the, from the 90's going forward to today. Too many screamed their innocence from the mountain tops and eventually ended up confessing or being caught anyway.

[@spennyfumepipe]

He always was out of the saddle going uphill though

[@user-xe2mo4fm2h]

You cant really unhear that -

[@ftlikemike]

5.08 no, not at all correct on that Boonen was full gas. Clearly the opposite and if you care to look at the footage properly, by that I mean impartially and the bigger picture shows he was bonking, his legs were gone completely. He got his fuel all wrong. Far too much focus was put on what Spartacus was doing away from what Boonen was experiencing. Look again...

[@elviracatherinetalaoc2070]

They should x ray all the bike before and after the race.

[@paulbradford6475]

They do that.

[@germurphy4986]

Well Kelly was caught doping a few times....

[@RB..1]

Froome, Spartacus, so many others

[@RIFIANBOY]

Looking back at the 2013 Ventoux footage when Froome attacked. In the overhead shot when he starts to drop Contador, his cadence looks so unnatural, as if he had no chain.

[@papalegba6796]

I couldn't believe it when I saw it at the time, then a few years later I tried an ebike & knew exactly how he did it.

[@cyclingseth4580]

How does Gregg know the wattage display was accurate 100% of the time ? I love Gregg but I think sometimes he makes a lot of assumptions.

[@freebird61885]

Have you seen the footage? Sky admitted that the power file was leaked/stolen. I think we can be pretty sure it’s legit.

[@jasrod2012]

This guys just needs to go away.

[@clean1566]

I could say the same for you. lol@@jasrod2012

[@DjDeepfry1]

I am about over Lemond’s holier than thou attitude.

[@othgmark1]

The first time l rode an ebike l knew they were cheating. As someone else stated you do not break away by remaining seated. As soon as you stand up you cannot ride the engine properly. There is a famous video of Cancellara remaining seated while pulling away from a peleton on the flats. How much faster would you have to be to ride away from the pack without ever standing up?

[@S9999Frank]

For many riding seated is more efficient. Cancellara claims to have done an 11km time trial, probably seated 99% and with average watts of over 500. Riding away on the flat is as good as always done by accelerating from behind, and passing the front riders at a higher speed, it then depends if they are able to respond immediately, if not they will have to ride harder than the guy passing to catch him. Very often there is a lack of cooperation with the guys behind, enabling the breakaway guy to stay away.

[@othgmark1]

@@S9999Frank No doubt he doesn't stand in a time trial much. That is for aerodynamic reasons more than anything. Time trials are about steady high speeds not rapid accelerations. Did he stay seated when accelerating from the standing start? I will wait for the video to surface. No one drops a pack of the worlds top riders gradually picking up momentum without anyone staying in the draft. Indurain was a far better time trialist than Cancellara and he stood on the pedals to attack.

[@S9999Frank]

@@othgmark1 There are lots of cases of people just riding others off their wheel while seated on an uphill. Draft is not that strong, for an example from today have a look at demi Vollering destroying the others through a steady seated effort in todays stage of la Vuelta feminina.Her first win of the year !Most such attacks would come by a steady acceleration from the back of a small pack, catching others by surprise.

[@stevenwoodies2659]

Lot of bike changes at the base of a climb, for gearing i guess 😮

[@s-ultracycling]

I watched it five times. I thought GL was a bit of a hater at first , but I have to agree with him. His power goes down , gap extends , HR not really going high as much. With just 350 W Froome destroyed. That's not big watts for a pro. Very decent for me 😜

[@cyclingseth4580]

Could be faulty power meter as well.

[@s-ultracycling]

@@cyclingseth4580 yea. Definitely, it could be. But both HR and Power are faulty , unlikely

[@cyclingseth4580]

@@s-ultracycling maybe froome has a very low HR compared to most pros unless you are saying his HR didn’t go up at all during the attack then it would be suss but if you are saying it was let’s say 150 160 therefore sus well his max isn’t very high so threshold could be 150 or maybe lower. Lionel sanders threshold I believe is in the 140s which is most people’s zone 2

[@s-ultracycling]

@@cyclingseth4580 correct, didn't go up much during the attack

[@s-ultracycling]

@@cyclingseth4580 valid points though. We don't know much about the file , his bio numbers , the accuracy of the meters

[@onokaya]

While not a fan of Lemond I agree with him about Froome. Watching him on Ventoux made me sick at the time. It was really beyond human and it was either an insane amount of drugs or a motor. I literally got nauseous.

[@papalegba6796]

Same here, could not understand how it was possible. Wasn't until I tried an ebike myself, years later, & started flying past ordinary bikes on hill climbs in the exact same way, that it clicked how he did it.

[@alaefarmestatesllc]

Both plus his inhaler. And who knows what was in that

[@DataToTheZero]

One sad thing was we never got to witness one of this lithium powered monstrosities catch on fire during a race. The defenders of the team would be online arguing ' have your ever seen a composite fire? That's just the way composites burn.'

[@zluca05]

Just look at the 2012 summer Olympics. Tell me GB wasn’t using motors…..

[@stephanel4770]

I watched this weekend the infamous 2006 Floyd Landis come back on Joux Plane stage... and noticed he switched bikes at one point. For no reason. Didn't seem to have any problems with his bike. No flat tires. No chain problems. His bike seemed to be going well... It looked very planned. Was during climb of Col de la Colombiere. So, I wonder... besides the blood doping and the testosterones that he admitted to have used... was Landis also motor doping?

[@aliofly]

Very disappointing after everything if he had been doing that, which means he still hasn’t been totally honest

[@freebird61885]

I don’t think so on that one. Don’t think the tech was there yet. I think he was switching to a lighter bike. Motors at the time might have given you a thirty second burst and then be dead. It wouldn’t have helped Landis that day.

[@ulrikmortensen9426]

It was a mountain stage all day

[@DurianriderCyclingTips]

He switched to an even lighter bike.

[@papalegba6796]

Of course he was 😂

[@brianlewis8722]

Thank you Greg LeMond! It's a shame cheaters ruined this professional sport.

[@donsemininski6535]

The only man in the history of pro cycling that never cheated in any way, shape or form. K.

[@PerryScanlon]

I hope he was clean. It's hard to know these things with certainty. He gives a great interview.

[@robbo3132]

He recovered from anemia post gun shot wound with injections and won the tour when they werent sure if he could ride....that was about the time epo became available

[@PerryScanlon]

@@robbo3132 I've wondered about that. If he was clean, then maybe the heart surgery increased stroke volume? It would be through compliance of pericardium or myocardium, if that's even realistic. The simple explanation would be EPO.

[@PerryScanlon]

@@robbo3132 actually there's a lot of factors affecting stroke volume. It would be interesting to hear from a cardiologist.

[@robbo3132]

@@PerryScanlon anemia is low blood cells. He was under the impression that the doctor gave him vitamin B injections to raise red blood cell count, which didnt seem to make sense. It reminded me of a high school running team that started breaking 4 minute miles after intramuscular calcium injections. I spoke with a dutch guy that trained with a spanish pro tour team that had to sign something that said he would take what the team doctor perscribed him without asking what. This was probably to keep the moral burden off the riders and protect the teams.

[@hansmiddelburg1366]

In the future AI is going to proof mechanical doping from the past 😮

[@Gary-le7dz]

Lemond needs to realise he has as much uncertainty about his cycling career as anyone , doping was rife in the mid late 80s ….. fignon completed several TDF s “ clean “ but was doping , lemond for all we know did the same

[@user-jv9qz2bu1r]

why would six bike changes suggest use of a motor?

[@S9999Frank]

the idea is that the battery in the bike would empty quite quickly.

[@davidgillen777]

Look people motors and batteries have been going on for years. My wife uses her motor with or without batteries.

[@yozimerio]

With Froome, take a look at his heart rate going up Ventoux. Increasing RPMs to >100, and his HR barely touches 165. Give me a break: he's an Alien.

[@Moishe555]

"from another planet" lol

[@collax2613]

Froome max HR is really low at 174. 165 hr is basically 95% of his max hr, basically a vo2max effort for him.

[@h20s8804]

@@collax2613 Right. Max is max. My max HR has always been super high. Unfortunately this doesn't translate directly to power.

[@oldtwinsna8347]

Difficult to base on blind analysis of HR. Really depends on each person. I can do threshold in the low 140s but even little bit more than that (maybe 10-15 watts more) and I'm suffering into the deep 160s. Very non-linear.

[@paulsolon6229]

So? Indurain climbed at 155

[@huntychunks]

Froome - we've all been suspicious through the years. I know he sustained some serious injuries in that crash but perhaps the focus on motors explains why he is an absolute hack these days.

[@acelectricalsecurity]

Unless someone blows the whistle it's all hearsay

[@wickedpawn5437]

The biggest evidence is: Froome ALWAYS attacked SITTING on the bike. If you have a motor, you can't never stand on the pedals or you'll lose synch with the motor (the engineer from Hungary who manufactures the motors explains it well). The natural way to attack is to stand on the pedals. Froome never did it. He was using a motor. Period.

[@papalegba6796]

Any experienced cyclist who has also ridden an ebike should know froome was using one, it is blatant. I'm really suspicious that this isn't openly acknowledged by the cycling community, guess they need their fake heroes to keep selling new stuff that people don't really need 😂

[@domestique3954]

And don’t forget Ryder Hesjedal who won a Giro with these motors....

[@mirkokovacic8383]

He used to attack a lot standing on the pedals, if you don’t believe me you can watch his attacks on Mont Ventoux (not the one when he dropped Contador but the other one). You can also checked the one on stage 20 in 2013 in Semnoz or stage 10 in La Pierre st Martin in 2015. He generally gives the impulse standing on the pedals and then sits down with a high pedaling frequency

[@Gary-le7dz]

Absolute crap …. Froomes vo2 max was 88 , higher than any winner of the tour except lemond , to say period just shows the arrogance of your argument…. Froome was the start of when cycling was a lot cleaner …. Yes rules were bent but the days of lemond arnsttong contador hinault etc juiced up were gone

[@Gary-le7dz]

Crap when you ride an ebike your cadence is lower ….

[@dulls8475]

I used a motor on my bike to place first against my wife during a ride and picnic competition. That kept her in her place for a week or two.

[@NeverTakeNoShortcuts]

Sounds like most Zwift races too...

[@wackybacky6624]

Vingegard did the ventoux 50s quicker than Froome

[@sweatnosweat]

100% true

[@dirtyoffroader2093]

Genuine question to those that are knowledgable. I'm yet to hear a silient ebike motor.. even today in 2024.. so what magical silient motor was Froome supposedly using back then? And why isn't it in production today?.. Surely every rider around him would of heard the typical emotor whine 🤷‍♂️

[@emersonVZLA]

Has Froome responded to these facts? Let’s call them “allegations” for now…

[@jasrod2012]

And all coming from a guy that looks like he ate bikes rather than rode them. You tell me who looks like the better natural athlete Lemond or froome.

[@martincurmi3915]

Completely different eras! Riders in general are a lot more slender and hence lighter these days compared to 30+ years ago. That's how they can go faster with same power output

[@jayaybe1]

@@jasrod2012 On the face of it, they both look perfectly suited to their eras. In the 80s, about the lowest gear you could ride was a 42 - 24. Imagine trying to grind that for 45 minutes up Alpe d' Huez or the Tourmalet. That's why riders of that era had such big, strong legs. Froome's era brought in much lower gears with more of an emphasis on cardio and high cadence.

[@jasrod2012]

Actually high cadence came to the fore long before Froome. The honest truth is that Froome is twice the athlete Lemond ever was. For Lemond to accuse Froome of cheating with a motor is laughable.

[@martincurmi3915]

@@jasrod2012 Lol. Lemond won multiple world championships and made the podium numerous times in one day monuments as well as his 3 TDF. And all without abusing the TUE system, benefitting from any of Sky's other dodgy practices, sorry, "marginal gains".... and no army of lawyers to overturn failed doping tests.

[@SamHocking]

LeMond is so full of nonsense its tiresome. To claim when using a motor, your power meter reading should increase in watts proves he simply doesn't understand the basics of how a strain gauge works in a crank arm or bottom bracket or even rear hub. The purpose of any such motor is to assist the rider and so it outputs power 'downstream' of the riders own power, and so the strain on one side of Froome's SRM cranks would decrease when activated. Decreasing strain in a strain gauge = less watts possible to measure and so any SRM would decrease by the watts the motor is outputting, unless SRM linked up with controller of the motor and offset the watts accordingly. I highly doubt SRM would be interested. Also the number of crashes a bike and wheels get broken into every race with crashes, people on the roadside and live TV would easily have recognised wires, controllers, magnets, motors and batteries spill out, but it's never been witnessed once! I remember Greg was also a big proponent of Mr Varjas's magic wheels being used by Sky. French police concluded an investigation on him saying he had a habit of making up stories and had only minimal engineering understanding to make such a wheel. He's since disappeared it seems?

[@daveyboy6210]

nice reply sam ,lots of dum comments on here to feed the none thinking people.

[@msheron]

I too hate so many bike changes for no other reason than it appears they are changing for a reason other than mechanical failure. Who knows in all reality???? They should have to be like NASCAR and have their bikes x-ray'd after a stage to see!

[@hennessysean]

Those without sin cast the first stone.

[@MikeStarr1000]

motor doping is beyond all levels of cheating, too bad we're still in awe of these fake moments in our sport

[@borisgurevich5504]

At least it does not damage people’s health

[@Jeromin]

It's all but impossible now with the tablets/xrays they do on almost all of the bikes especially the winners. You really can't hide a battery/motor or you risk a very risky bike swap to do it.

[@Jan-se1nd]

They can't get away with anymore. Fortunately.

[@phdinporn5146]

@@borisgurevich5504 So you wanna tell that you can have a cake and eat it too?

[@taylordw]

So true, it’s one thing if it’s human bodies and everyone is doping, but quite another when you introduce machines to do some of the work

[@garygrainger5810]

Oh go sleep somewhere 😊greg😊😊

[@juanitoblanco1133]

Hell yes Froome had a motor.

[@alaefarmestatesllc]

And everything else, including his inhaler lol

[@jackiewilkinson3122]

No I doubt Froomie had a motor. Really doubt that.

[@waynesilva9157]

LeMond was right about Armstrong from day one, I would never doubt the greatest US cyclist ever.

[@alaefarmestatesllc]

Greater than all the other dopers at the top but natty eh? Lol

[@andrewhanson5942]

Can't stand it that somebody outdid you, eh Greg?

[@chasejiannalone8763]

Greg enjoys the benefits of fuck you money and a clear conscience. Listen to your elders they will show you the path forward.

[@tomrachellesfirstdance7843]

Has Greg not watched Primoz? He accelerates with a crazy high rpm as well, he would drop watt bombs at what looks like 130 odd rpm. I would say he is quicker whipping up the cranks than Chris Froome. Also in regards to King Kelly i bet he has it in his contract not to talk about doping and put eurosport in legal difficulties.

[@timothymburton]

They also use shorter cranks now - way easier to spin like mad.

[@N2theLAS]

True but his watts would increase during his accelerations, whereas according to the data Froome's didn't.

[@ivanboesky1520]

Roglic is a persistent doping cheat.

[@stevestewart-sturges2159]

not sure but Cancellara did when he blew by Boonen like he was stand-in still...

[@ftlikemike]

because Boonen was standing still. Simples.

[@geem4973]

If he’s saying this he’s saying that British cycling was involved

[@isitrachelorj3953]

Wow, ya think? Brailsford, Sutton, Freeman, Wiggo - duh!

[@dustind9242]

Jiffybag

[@aliofly]

No shit. The TUE leaks alone with Wiggins show that Brailsford/Sky was doing highly unethical stuff at best, and they were overlapping massively with British Cycling at that point (which was a whole other dodgy situation in itself)

[@cyclingseth4580]

@@alioflymaybe but a TUE is majorly different then putting a moter in someone’s frame

[@aliofly]

@@cyclingseth4580 not the way they were using TUEs with Wiggins, I would argue. Also that was happening when they were publicly stating they had a ‘no needles’ policy I believe, even for legal treatments (not that the TUE was that in reality anyway). With that level of dishonesty I wouldn’t put anything past Brailsford in particular

[@jamiepaolinetti5087]

No motor, just the tackle box from the SKY doctors,

[@Check-it-out]

Want to see a motor ? One word; Hesjedal.

[@RB..1]

Right. Didn’t he crash and the back wheel kept spinning?

[@sparky6612]

Have to disagree with GL re Froome, when I increase my cadence and spin lighter gear rather than push a high gear my wattage goes down.

[@clean1566]

When you do as you say, do you go faster uphill?

[@SamHocking]

@@clean1566 He's pointing out LeMond's understanding of the evidence he's claiming is flawed because a motor can't increase or maintain read watts while going faster as claimed by him.

[@Bobbibouchersmumwasright]

Magnets in Basketball, Gps in NFL balls also the goal line and var tech controls the ball in football .. golf is also suss but the others are obvious ..

[@mdpemberton]

Did he? Watched it, don’t know

[@realcorkdan]

lance was defo using a motor ,,, ryder hyjerdal also in the giro ,,, where is he now …. Fabian was so obviously using a motor

[@shawnlavigne9069]

Must be very tiny motors.

[@MarkKanaster-ev6pq]

Greg is the greatest but there will always be douters but I was at his training camp in 1996 in Sacramento with 7-11 team and he was the greatest cyclist I have ever seen 😊

[@andrewpitts2894]

No Eddy Merckx

[@ivanboesky1520]

LeMond was better than Merckx. No doping cheating like Eddy. 💉

[@clean1566]

Maybe he didn't see Mercx:-)@@andrewpitts2894

[@jamesfitzgerald6636]

Eddie got done for drugs, you didn’t know?

[@simonclarke7309]

To win on jubilee year mmm

[@shawncollison639]

Did Armstrong use a motor?

[@ohnezuckerohnefett]

What's a Froome?

[@N2theLAS]

An Albino Kenyan from outer space.

[@jayobannon5359]

Except for shimano cranks, they are crap. Had 2 break!

[@timw4369]

He's probably right they were cheating. I think there was lots of drugs in his era too. I knew someone who rode in his era in Europe and he was so messed up by the drugs he had to quit riding

[@jetthamilton8131]

Chris Froome didn’t use a motor. Greg said that you aren’t efficient up a climb at 110rpm but that’s not true because it depends on rider style, gradient, power, fatigue levels and what you feel comfortable doing. Efficiency on a climb is spinning at a high w/kg / power. I personally ride at a high cadence - power up a climb on hard efforts for me eg 20min @7-8% grad I’ll do 400w @68kg @100rpm and I’m only 16 nearly 17yr old so how could I be doping for example?