LeMond: "I'd Never Have A Friendship With Armstrong"

Greg LeMond joined Anthony for a "no holes barred" conversation about his career, life and doping in cycling.
You can check out the full interview here • My Untold Story of EPO...

[@domestique3954]

Greg is a man of integrity! 🤙

[@peterwalsh5068]

Lance won more TDF’s though so who cares

[@THEALCOHOLICdAYTRADER-vd5ti]

Men of integrity always mention confidentiality agreements before they start spilling the beans. Based on what I just said, Greg's integrity and yours are the same. You are both completelydevoid of any integrity. Be careful who you worship. I hope you aren't caught up in all this.

[@sabretooth5404]

​@@peterwalsh5068 I just had a look at the list of TDF winners and could see Armstrong's name anywhere

[@mnmarcus4070]

I won't buy a trek until LeMond is vindicated

[@wesleytwiggs7687]

lol. I’m sure the company will survive without your support.

[@keepitreal1547]

Armstrong is not anyone to have a friendship with. Said with absolute conviction and the same as many would say, who's crossed paths with him.

[@wesleytwiggs7687]

He’s actually a cool dude.

[@wvu05]

Asteriskstrong is a psychopath. Of course, he'll never sincerely apologize or even think he did anything wrong.

[@davidthomson2428]

Narcissist is what Armstrong is

[@disel4life]

Greg beat Claudio ciapucci- dopped PDM- dropped Pedro Delgado-dopped. Fignion-Dopped. He must.be really good.

[@blackdog2994]

Greg Lemond was one of the greats. If he wasn't shot in the back, he would have won the Tour de France 5 times. He beat Hinault, who rode clean.

[@wolfman231]

Greg tested off the charts, genetically. He picked up cycling when there was no snow to ski one year, and right away, as a 15 year old, he was beating older elite racers. Lance tested high, but not that high. That's how Greg knew Lance's performance was enhanced.

[@timfox4613]

All while Eddie B was blood doping him

[@blackdog2994]

Armstrong still behaving like a bully. Which is worse than being a liar and a drug cheat. A leopard can't change it's spots.

[@greghenderson6011]

At some point you have to let it go for your own sake…

[@fernandog.aguirre2791]

LA, a real disgrace to the american cycling sport. Nothing to do with doping or not. Just the way that this bully treated his team mates and media. This guy is disgusting and hurted so many new pros trying to put a foot in Europe.

[@aliensarereal7832]

Boy, you are as bitter as greg.

[@E4RLIES]

I kind of agree. But every winner has to be dominant and single minded to win, so bullying is a small part of it? Thing is Lance went full sociopath. The shit he put Greg and Cathy through was truly unforgivable. To have not even apologised yet speaks volumes about Lances character (or lack of it)

[@hendrikheemels8615]

​@@E4RLIESNot true. Watch Pogacar, MVDP, Van Aert. All good guys.

[@Mirici1]

Greg won without EPO . In his era they all did testosterone patches, diuretics and cortisone

[@michaelhoward6752]

Greg needs to get on with his life.

[@seashackf1]

He is. Once done competing many great athletes career then becomes talking about the the sport and their involvement. Having another champion of the sport come after you and get your business related to the sport shut down will always be relevant. People will also always ask him questions about it, just like they will ask Lance questions about it and his time in the sport.

[@m.talley1660]

He has (a life) as is displayed here. Further he's welcome in all cycling circles that matter. He has no need to build an ecosystem of disgraced partners in doping around him. Lemond could offer a master class on how to get out in front of pathological types. It's a hard knocks set of lessons but he has them learned. So many fans, followers and sycophants of this type of "leadership" suffer but position themselves as operating in agreement. They aren't, they are used and the closer they are to their admired leader the more they suffer. Someone at Trek knew what was going on and leaked the documents Lemond references. I worked with a former VP of sales of Lemond's products. There was a lot truth telling amongst employees never made public. Lemond sued Trek (actually counter-sued - Trek went at him first). Lemond won and that fact and the amount were never disclosed - he donated the winnings to charity. Bottom line - John Burke appears to have little integrity unlike his father (Trek's founder).

[@termita358]

My man telling it like it is. 💪💪💪. That sociopath is still going arround getting g interviews 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[@timfox4613]

He's a drunk

[@paleo704]

Lemond is so bitter than Lance obliterated his records

[@jjmoto65]

Exactly he's acting like the jilted ex girlfriend 😂

[@chasman9662]

I started biking because of Lemond's Tour wins. Amazing cyclist with seemingly unlimited potential.

[@ChrisBKurimu]

Greg Lemond was the Best US cyclist, one of the best ever and is one of the most decent person ever. Lance is a child.

[@markadams8041]

Lance could have done that Big spiritual thing on behalf of bike racing after cancer. He coulda said I took EPO, it worked like a nightmare affirmation, I got cancer of the balls. Then he could have taken the lead and done either block chain or reality TV. Just a parallel universe fantasy. But giving the Dodgeball story to kids in cancer wards, low as pond scum.

[@miroslavivanovitch384]

L.A. has been very lucky not to end up in jail for the horrible things he did, like a mafia boss, to Lemond, Walsh, O Reilly and Betsy Andreu

[@darrylperry6029]

Armstrong is an unstable sociopath who had everyone fooled, even me, because I truly wanted to believe in the better angels of ourselves. At their prime, riding clean, Greg would have kicked Armstrong’s butt everyday of the week and twice on Sunday’s. You can’t compare Greg’s V02 max of 92+ to Armstrong’s 78. Not only that, but Greg is a better person, period!!!

[@uclaalum88]

I’m a huge fan of both Greg & Lance. Remember, Greg’s main income was his bike company. But Greg screwed up when he attacked Lance publicly (he was well aware of the code of silence in the peloton). I believe part of his motivation was to catapult his Lemond bike brand; as well as himself. That was a big mistake. (Greg didn’t have a good advisor back then.) But I know how we can settle this - let’s put them both on bikes and get them out racing against each other. I’d pay to see that!

[@bdog6160]

Complaining everywhere this guy

[@J.e.f.f.r.e.y]

I feel like he has the same personality as Lance. Both arrogant and proud, both believe they are right all the time and both must be the best at all cost. They go about it differently but neither are without fault.

[@VladimirLim-bq5qk]

Agreed! Lemond didn’t ride clean, just didn’t get caught like Armstrong did…

[@wolfman231]

Standing up to a bully doesn't make you a bully. Lance and TREK did Greg dirty; he has a right to be indignant.

[@ranisharoni75]

Does Greg has any friends from the pro cycling world?

[@andrewsandoz8005]

George Hincapie

[@ronm9357]

That's a really good question. As "cancelled" as Lance was/is, there a few former pro cyclists that seem to be a good terms with him. But Frankie A? Not so much. That to me is telling.

[@jenspetersen5865]

Funny, Funny Try asking Greg to release the intake drug test when he was shot, or why he had to be taken to court to pay his doctors. Lemond started dominating after EPO was available for clinical trials in California.

[@ranisharoni75]

@@jenspetersen5865 He blames everyone for something he also clearly done. Such a baby

[@alan_davis]

​@@ranisharoni75heard of libel law?

[@johnnypk1963]

Is there a bigger liar in all of sports history than Lance Armstrong?!

[@sidhayes6168]

Gregg, take a walk over a short pier.

[@pierheadjump]

⚓️ Geee Sid 🌈 nothing more original? Maybe you have some facts or insight into Armstrong’s bullying? 👎

[@sidhayes6168]

@@pierheadjump Afraid of him ?

[@jenspetersen5865]

It is a disgrace that EPO Greg is touring as "clean Greg"

[@bikerjk1205]

Is that you Lance?

[@endokrin7897]

I don't know what to think of Greg LeMond. I grew up with him as the first American cycling hero. My Dad loved him and I knew about him and his accident when I was a little kid. I thought he was great. He's about as well known for his anti-Lance/anti-doping rhetoric as his 3 Tour wins, which is sad. I keep seeing him talking about Lance!! Maybe it's because journalists keep asking him? While he doesn't come off as 'bitter,' he certainly seems to think about doping A LOT. Maybe he should stop talking about Lance, and just comment on cycling and fitness? 🤔

[@jenspetersen5865]

@@endokrin7897 The thing is that everything in his career points to doping. All his compatriots doped, the people coming before and after him doped, he had all his success after EPO was in clinical tests in California and until it had been on the market for 1½ years, after which he claims that he could not keep up because the others doped, yet in 1989 he was faster than later doped riders. He would have gotten EPO with his accident, his doctors say he was not clean when he came in. His hate for Lance and love for Greg seems to be the driving force.

[@aliensarereal7832]

​@@jenspetersen5865you nailed it. Thanks.

[@alan_davis]

​@@jenspetersen5865you seem to think you know a lot. Sources?

[@alaefarmestatesllc]

This is what a hater looks like

[@josephreilman8527]

He got a lifetime ban from all UCI mountain bike events too as of a few years ago. Then said he wanted to try soccer. No one is clean in this argument

[@mrbear364]

Get over it and stop using the man’s name, what have you done for cycling but cry🥲

[@sabretooth5404]

Besides being one of the most successful cyclists in the history of the sport, he also Introduced aerobars. He also brought in full carbon fiber bikes, introduced the world to Oakley sunglasses and Giro helmets, not to mention his bike company manufactures some of the most technologically advanced bikes on the market What has he done for cycling? A hell of alot tbh