PANTANI - Greg LeMond Interview - CLIP (DVD Special Feature)

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[@derekhenderson1730]

Greg was absolutely the greatest rider of his generation, barring that shooting accident he could have had 5 tour wins, as there was no one in his class from the mid to late 80s. His TT in Paris against Fignon was poetic, a real masterclass in bike riding. Great to see him flourishing again, a real good guy with still tons to offer the world of cycling. .Power too you Greg.

[@htmonaro1969]

Who can forget his team making him sit up to wait for Bernard Hinault. It was a travesty.

[@PoliticusRex632]

@@htmonaro1969 from his point of view not from the team's or Hinault's or the race's for that matter.

[@78uksub]

You have obviously never heard of sean kelly

[@PoliticusRex632]

@@78uksub we've heard of him. His point still stands.

[@ashleygreen3634]

Well ... it would have been great to see him battle Fignon if both had stayed healthy. I was never a Fignon fan but he was pretty awesome at his best. Fun to argue about.

[@gyp3xp48]

It is pleasing to see him happy with his life after competitive cycling and with his reputation intact.

[@durianriders]

he never got caught...

[@gybx4094]

Wow. I'm 62 and this takes me back to my amateur racing in my 20's! The strategy, working the gears, drafting, heart rate, cadence, climbing out of the saddle, as low as I could go on the drops, the joy of carb loading on pasta the day before! The primal fatigue after a race and the deepest sleep after it was over!

[@keirfarnum6811]

I feel the same way about my time mountain bike racing in the early 90s. Best time of my life. Unfortunately I developed ME/CFS in 93 and never recovered. There was less strategy in XC racing, but it was still a lot of fun.

[@forresthaggertychannel4301]

I love Greg Lemond. I started watching him in 1986 and because of him I still ride today. One of the greatest EVER!!!

[@MrMcdob]

Watching Lemond, Kelly and Roche are the reason I started cycling and still cycle... Proper cycling legends.

[@MrMcdob]

@@robbiddlecombe8392 that whole era.. Sean Yates, mattieu ven der poels dad, ardi. It was a glorious time for cycling. Check out the nissan classic races on KZbin. I think its on a channel called classic cycling and watch all the greats and Brian Smith🤣

[@graemelewins3586]

It was Martin Earley on Holm Moss that got me hooked 🙈

[@tedoyle61]

And don't forget Phil Anderson!

[@durianriders]

both doped.

[@josephlouis839]

Met Greg at Stanford University for a fund raiser when he was sponsoring the cycling teams. A real champion.

[@bryanaulisio4164]

Greg is a very smart, tough guy. He represents everything right with professional cycling, and is an American Hero.

[@abone2pick]

He was a doper just like the people he was beating

[@ikerartolasoria9246]

And a cheater yep

[@bryanaulisio4164]

@@abone2pick show me the evidence

[@bryanaulisio4164]

@@ikerartolasoria9246 show me the evidence

[@ikerartolasoria9246]

@@bryanaulisio4164 show me your brain

[@johntechwriter]

Watching Greg blossom as his reputation is vindicated is so gratifying. I take pride in riding my Lemond bike. Class always tells.

[@lildannefantom6195]

So true. He's always been the same. Lance going after Greg was his biggest sin in my opinion. That story alone tells you everything you needed to know about that pagan idiot.

[@tsmith1487]

100%. Such a classy guy. Side note, just picked up an old Buenos Aires on Craigslist. 853 steel rides like butter. Great rider and he made great bikes. Ride on Greg 🚴‍♂️💨🤘

[@rollinrat4850]

Greg’s my hero. We’re the same age. He was my inspiration when I was a roadie. Without that hunting accident, the lancehole and doping, I believe he would have won at least 5 tours. ‘85 was his and the early 90s were stolen from him. Maybe even with the accident! Greg had one of the highest VO2 max recorded among endurance athletes in history. The debacle caused by lancehole and company is almost unforgivable. Its left a shadow over this sport to much more of an extent than others where doping is more acceptable or simply ignored. . I believe doping and corruption is common and rampant in all sports where big money is involved, but there are a few very special riders such as Mr Lemond who can still compete clean and be competitive. There has never been a shred of evidence from his teammates or staff that Greg took anything.

[@domestique3954]

So true!The hero of our youth,even in Europe after his bad hunting accident-maybe the last clean guy to win the tour! I met him back in the eighties at “le grand boucle” and he and his wife had been soo paranoid about the food - they thought maybe someone would put some drugs in there to have him disqualified. The better he got,the more fun about racing went away-politics in the team,he beeing not a french rider...He basically had to fight EVERYBODY! A real WORLD CLASS RIDER!

[@MP48]

Form is temporary class is permanent

[@markrobinson6489]

I love listening to Greg talk, absolutely no bullshit, no ego, and he drops wisdom on cycling with every breath. Unlike that other guy....

[@ritid69]

Mark Robinson the other guy , is the GOAT

[@coltstooth9967]

R. Guardia the entire pack doped though - ergo ....

[@coltstooth9967]

R. Guardia why would it be impossible? The trinity was widely employed throughout the peloton. Yes not everyone responds the same way - there are so many variables man - the playing field was as level then as it is now. Vilifying Lance for the dope is fine - but everyone bar a couple of riders should also be vilified if you’re going to do that. Lance admits that he wasn’t a very nice chap at the time - lies and nastiness - but he has moved on - maybe you should too dude - he remains one of the greatest cyclists of all time.

[@coltstooth9967]

R. Guardia you need to get over yourself pal - ZERO

[@darrellcriswell9919]

In his racing days he was a whiner. He was always making excuses when he lost like he deserved to always win. I heard him talk and he was really a pleasant individual, but publicly he complained as a racer and still complains about his business deals all the time. He had a terrible falling out with his father over his business.

[@E4RLIES]

Still the only American Tour de France winner, got me into cycling watching Greg in 86 🏆 so glad he’s finally being recognised as the winner he is 👍🏼😀

[@PoliticusRex632]

I remember Eddy saying it hindered Greg being an American. That if Greg had been born and raised in Belgium his talent would've been recognized sooner and he would've been pushed, tutored and praised much more fervently. Eddy said if Greg was Belgian or French he would have been the best ever. Whether he meant it or was just being kind (Eddy is kind) I don't know.

[@berndtherrenvolk1951]

@@PoliticusRex632 The world's kindest Kannibal.

[@stevestewart-sturges2159]

Had a hour with him over lunch at a trade show in Toronto some years back. Terrific guy, he was one of those blokes who seemed to be honestly interested in your story. He seemed genuinely surprised when I recounted seeing him, maybe 10-15 metres away from where I was standing, fuming away waiting for a wheel on the Col de Marie Blanc in the 90 Tour.. He said he thought he'd lost the Tour then, he waited for ages for his car, that old road was basically a single lane up...

[@williamoftexas1489]

awesome. I spent about 10 min with him in Las Vegas at Interbike. great guy interested in my feeble amateur racing. my all time hero

[@stevestewart-sturges2159]

@@williamoftexas1489 Truth be told there were I think 5-6 other industry guys there as well, some he knew, others he didn't, but true class, he went around to each of us and asked our name, shook our hands and asked us about ourselves, I remember telling him I was just a hack cyclist, he laughed and said, so am I... Very warm and funny guy, glad you had a similar experience!

[@Enigma71559]

My wife, daughter and I played a game I heard on a radio talk show recently. Each was to name the three people they would most like to sit down and have lunch with. Greg was my #1. I love this guy!!

[@MilesCobbett]

He waa fun to chat with when he was 15. Him and his dad parked their VW Westphilia next to my van. We chatted before the race in Santa Cruz Ca. I became an instant fan.

[@PoliticusRex632]

Mine would be Greg, Lance and Floyd. At the same table.

[@marklloyd8693]

There can't be a more deserving winner of the Congressional Gold Medal. His win in 89 was one of the great moments in sport, made even better by what he had to overcome.

[@darrellcriswell9919]

His win was totally unfair. Fignon was not permitted an aerodynamic bike and Greg was, that was the only reason Greg won.

[@PoliticusRex632]

@@darrellcriswell9919 is that what you think? 😂

[@PoliticusRex632]

His 89 victory was beyond thrilling and 90 was so impressive from a tactical standpoint but I always felt like he was playing catch up. He was so super-focused on trying to get as many wins as he could back into his "spilt basket". When he won his 2nd the entire cycling community were aware it should've been his 4th or 5th and when he won his 3rd it should've been his 5th or 6th. Like he was chasing himself.

[@darrellcriswell9919]

@@PoliticusRex632 Absolutely, I followed the race at the time and it really made no sense why they let Lemond use that bike.

[@PoliticusRex632]

@@darrellcriswell9919 why not? 7/11 used all the same equipment in the previous Tour. Francisco Moser used even more extreme tech to break Merckx's hour record in 84. Fignon had the equipment available, he chose not to use it. He even used a solid disc wheel, not a smart choice in a crosswind. It is regrettable that the title was decided by technology not tactics, I would like to see a "retro" Tour. Everyone on steel single speeds with no teamwork allowed. Every man for himself.

[@josephhorton85]

In Sausalito, Ca. I was coming back from a ride and in the corner of my eye I could see this short Asian man walking out of a building, turns out it was a bike shop, with Greg LeMond. Greg had 2 bikes with him and the other guy had a titanium bike that was unmarked. It looked like a prototype of Gregs for the next season to come as a frame/bike manufacturer. I kept riding and said “Wow that was Greg LeMond!” The next day I jumped out on my CX bike and headed to Mt Tam from San Fran. When I made it to Mill Valley I started thinking of all my possible routes I could take to Fairfax and wouldn’t you know it that Asian guy and Greg LeMond came out of the woodwork and turned right in front of me. Wow! I grabbed a wheel and let them know I was there and they just nodded and kept talking. Then @ the Book Depot a dude on a Mt. Bike and backpack grabs my wheel and says in French “Who are you? You don’t look like anyone.” Just then Greg laughs and says “Leave him along he is just sucking on our wheels”. I played dumb as to not know what they were saying ... Long story short, Greg gave that rude French speaking older man an interview while riding up Mt. Tam and he hated him for it. The most important thing I got from there conversation was that Bernard Hinault and Greg were always hoping that the other would come up positive for drug testing. Greg knew that Bernard was receiving medical/nutritional advice years prior and they were not sharing with Greg. Hinault on the other hand knew that all the young riders were beginning doping programs and assumed Greg was too. Also Greg was American and still winning? Hinault one day welcomed as many test as possible unannounced to prove he was not doping, but Greg felt that Bernard did it to see if he was really as good as being witnessed. Turns out LeMond and Hinault VO2 max was greater than most racers anywhere in the world. Thus the outrage of of both riders when accused of “being on the Juice”. I will not forget that ride ... ever. Oh yeah, the Asian guy then turns onto the road and Greg follows ending the interview. The Frenchman asked me in English if I knew the way to Fairfax, I said “OUI,Oui, je connais le chemin de Fairfax” and kept climbing up Mt. Tam and he followed me never saying a single word ... so I went Stenson Beach. LOL, he followed.

[@mkemmer]

I hope you smoked him on Fairfax Bolinas. Great story!

[@noe616]

Yes the greatest American Cycling Champion. I named my son Greg Edward for Greg Lemond, and Eddy Merckx.

[@richardstaal5559]

They almost all dope , the best rider ever stays for me Armstrong... and second eddy ... Greg isnt even in top 20 ;)

[@manuelaguirre1062]

@@richardstaal5559 there always has to be a contrarian. Lemond was a cycling prodigy during his teenage years. U can find interviews of his early contemporaries and they say he was a very strong rider. He beat the Russian team by himself during the Coors classic. Eddy Merckx is the undisputed GOAT. Its not even close. Armstrong only focused on the tour. From what I understand, the earlier forms of dope didnt really increase performance like EPO. Look into the allegations of doping during the 69 Giro, and how Merckx responded with the biggest winning margin in modern Tour history ( nearly 18 minutes.) Over 500 victories. Theres lots of arguing over whos the GOAT in other sports, but in cycling theres only one, MERCKX.

[@PoliticusRex632]

@@richardstaal5559 you sound like you're on dope. Even Eddy said that Lemond was the greatest natural talent he ever saw.

[@PoliticusRex632]

@@manuelaguirre1062 if not for WW II it might be Coppi?

[@manuelaguirre1062]

@@PoliticusRex632 Coppi definitely one of the greats. Merckx dominated the tours, the classics and he did his share of track racing. Hinault had that type of succes on the road and with the classics. Bartali without ww2 wouldve won more tours.

[@johnzook8386]

I absolutely love listening to Greg talk. His brain is kicking out ideas faster than his mouth can put them in sentences. He has so much to offer and I'm glad the feud with Lance has died down. I ride my LeMond Zurich every chance I get.

[@bertfarin8755]

Greg Lemond = GOAT. His final stage TT win over Fignon was my favorite sporting event of all time (after all 3 Broncos Super Bowl victories)

[@herwig666]

The one and only greatest of all time is Eddy Merckx . No other rider comes close . Check his stats

[@peterf1]

@@herwig666 Yes, of course. Us american fans have lots of great reasons to love LeMond. It's his story that is truly one of the great sporting comebacks. Having said that, nobody can touch Merckx.

[@johns3106]

GOAT?...no, that undeniably goes to Merckx (and just possibly in a few more years to MvdP!) But what younger fans and riders don't realize is what a groundbreaking, uphill struggle Greg surmounted early in his career, long before his awe-inspiring comeback. For an American kid to break into the Euro-centric world of cycling, win the world championships, win the Superprestige, join the (arguably) strongest team etc. etc., this was all virtually unthinkable to the (small) U.S. cycling sub-culture...I don't think fans in the post-Lance world, where numerous U.S. riders and teams are doing well on the world stage, have a good sense of just how many barriers Greg Lemond broke down!

[@gregsolovieff6711]

Herwig de jong Nobody said Merckx wasn’t greatest ever, or that Lemond was.

[@rollinrat4850]

Bert Farin No other win in any sport Ive witnessed got to me in such an emotional way. It was unbelievable. What few people remember is that Greg won in ‘89 almost all by himself which is unheard of today. ADR was a pretty weak, low budget team and he had practically no teammates to help when he needed them most.

[@Nosh_Feratu]

Hero. Absolutely love LeMond, he's just such a genuine, passionate guy who's always stood up for the good of his Sport, whatever the odds. Awesome

[@alfalfabojengels5646]

This guy is really the real deal. Just pure talent, hard work, & guts. The last OG. He deserves more recognition than Armstrong. When cycling & winning really meant for champs, and not cheats.

[@canitogalicia]

great teacher, great bike builder... every era has a champion and mine is Greg Lemond.....

[@nathaneley6486]

Joe Rogan should have him on the podcast. Idol

[@bigsprinter]

Nathan Eley brilliant

[@xtractstudios]

that would be awesome

[@JesseDishner]

Good idea!!

[@rustywidebottom4678]

Ooooooooo that’s a goooood ideaaaaaaa!

[@cruzanbum3108]

Unfortunately, it would be quite cringeworthy to anyone who’s a fan as JR is so cycling inept.

[@johnchap5052]

Honest & Inspiring Champion

[@kimjansson2338]

John Cheape but he never admit that he was a doper like all top cyclist are🤥

[@bikeme218]

Why hasn't Greg Lemond become a team director? He has so much experience to draw from both success and tragedy, it seems strange the team's are not always pounding on his door to get him to coach there team

[@asnark7115]

Because he wouldn't help his riders cheat with drugs, that's why.

[@oldtwinsna8347]

Riders who were more of the underdogs in terms of physical strength usually are better when it comes to coaching. Greg had so much natural talent that he didn't need to maximize other tactics and yet still won.

[@billlane9251]

I still remember when he beat Laurent Fignon by eight seconds. I was elated! So glad he did it without drugs! What a hero!

[@abone2pick]

You must be restarted to think you can beat all the doped up riders from the 80s and early 90s without drugs.

[@asnark7115]

@@abone2pick Doping then only improved sprinting and weight management, genius. It didn't impact overall results in stage races. If Lemond had doped, he'd have won a lot more stages and 1-day classics at the finish lines. As it was, he could only win the rides that were so hard even leaders would drop out regularly, because all the dopers had was short-term top end muscle speed. There was no existing drug that could get them up to Lemond's ~93 VO2Max and sustained power output. The races Lemond won were never decided by short sprints, but by survival endurance, like the Tours and Worlds. In short, steroids couldn't do a cheater any good if they tried to hold his wheel for while. They'd just make them lock up with lactic acid faster.

[@JMcLeodKC711]

@2:11 "What makes the mountain stages so important is the drafting" If you understand cycling and what it takes to win a grand tour, that statement makes total sense

[@lekcindr]

An underrated athlete in the whole spectrum of sporting greats. Not only for his accomplishments and come back, but he was the American that kicked in the door for other American riders to follow through en route to the European peleton. A true trailblazer and the only American winner of the Tour de France and one of the all-time cycling greats.

[@gavinsloane6282]

Great explanation of drafting and tactics in bike racing from a truly great rider.

[@Mosely2007]

Still a class act. Thanks for the great memories Sir. Maximum Respect to an American Legend.

[@SubtleForces]

Thanks for the video and thanks for all the commentators...for not making me feel the only old man who would remember him...yes these ticking seconds in Paris...we'lll never have that ever again probably.

[@hawkrider88]

A great champion...naturally.

[@RobinHood-yk8og]

I've no doubt Greg thinks he was clean, but in '89 he went from zero to hero in 10 days, from losing 17 minutes on a stage, to taking 2nd in the final ITT, after being prescribed "iron injections" and "sleeping pills" by ADR team Dr Yvan Vanmol - www.dopeology.org/people/Yvan_Vanmol Greg was still recovering from his gunshot injury, had zero pre-Giro form, and got a lot worse during the race both pysically and mentally all but giving up on pro-cycling. But by the end of that race he was in tour winning form against known dopers. I have a lot of respect for Greg, but I think he's a little naive about this period of his life and the honesty/integrity of his team & team Dr.

[@gregsolovieff6711]

Robin Hood Interesting observations.

[@rollinrat4850]

Robin Hood Maybe, who knows? He never failed a test and nobody has ever come out and spoken otherwise. Only lancehole and his fanboys make assumptions. But I guess its pretty hard to prove you’ve never done a thing.

[@garytilley3217]

@@rollinrat4850 many other world tour cyclists over the years have never failed a test. All that means is they have good doctors

[@jackdanielss]

Highly unlikely

[@raymondmalan487]

The Only True, Clean U.S Le Tour Winner.

[@cyclingwatercolours]

The 1989 Tour is the best I have seen...will that year's finish ever be bettered?

[@coachrobwille4176]

I could if they had more Time Trials and longer ones they should have a few over 100 kms.

[@cyclingwatercolours]

Rob Wille I would have some Tours with no time trials at all, to mix it up...

[@HartfordHD125]

I will never forget that final stage as long as I live. All the so-called experts were confounded, and Lemond achieved something which was almost impossible. I was delighted for him and I can honestly say I shouted and cheered so loudly at the TV, that the house must have shook !

[@indonesiaamerica7050]

@daAnder71 The Tour is no longer looking for French winners. Be serious. The courses are designed to favor climbers from South America or anywhere but the traditional cycling countries. That's why they keep reducing TT kilometers.

[@indonesiaamerica7050]

@@cyclingwatercolours It's not supposed to be a climber's game of chance. They have plenty of tours like that already.

[@tungstenkid2271]

I'm surprised Hollywood haven't made a Greg Lemond biopic, not many riders could get back to the top after being shot in the back.

[@wreednelson]

Check out the book Slaying the Badger if you haven't already.

[@jwesthoff1021]

It's too late now, but Tim Roth would have been perfect to play LeMond.

[@asnark7115]

He was used to it after being stabbed in the back twice at La Vie Claire.

[@markrobinson6489]

I think Greg is underrated on the pantheon of the all time greats. He missed two tours he would have won. If he was on a different team in 85 from Hinault he wins in 85. He was better than Hinaukt in 85. He could have one six and if he raced in an earlier era he would have raced and won many classics. Came in 3rd in his first tour. Two incredible world championship wins. I think he was as great a talent as Hinault. Better than Indurain, do we think he rode clean? We know Greg did. Its a shame the hunting accident. He had five in the bag.

[@kendu5636]

Would sure like to meet Greg before I die. So many thrills! Great man.

[@paultrepanier6586]

I spoke with him for about 15 minutes about 20 years ago in Toronto. It was a pleasure and I have only good things to say about him.

[@kendu5636]

Lucky dude

[@MilesCobbett]

I met him when he was 15. Right away it was apparent he was the real deal and would be going on to race in the tour

[@kendu5636]

How was it apparent? Motivation, attitude etc. Good on you! I was just getting into cycling in 89.

[@MilesCobbett]

@@kendu5636 he n his dad were parked in front of my van (they had a cool green VW camper van). We chatted before the Cat one race in Santa Cruz. If I remember right he won that day. Next I watched him race in Pacific Grove and finish 2 1/2 laps ahead of second place. Next time he raced at Leguna Seca and road off the front almost right away n raced the entire 128 mile race about a half mile ahead of the chase pack. That all while he was 15-16 and racing against the best 18-34 age men that USA had. Oh that was same time he raced Cats Hill in Los Gatos and destroyed that field too (including Wayne Stetna USA Road Champion).

[@firestarter7680]

I like it so much passion in his words

[@brocongonigga3690]

One of the best

[@veloman59]

Love listening to Greg talk 👍

[@dmkinsey]

I really enjoy listening to LeMond

[@jamie4293]

I met Greg Lemond once. SUPER cool! THE greatest.

[@JesseDishner]

One of the relatively few people I would be truly excited to meet.

[@ColonelBummleigh]

Outstanding! Sheer class - Vivre Greg Lemond!

[@pahouseholder]

“Why TT & mountains are important? Pure raw talent comes out.” #genius

[@b991228]

One aspect that Greg Lemond didn’t bring out about the Tour de France is the suffering the the specialist who are not final category riders go through. In the mountains the sprinter specialists and time trial specialists suffer just to not get disqualified by not finishing below minimum time. In the flats the mountain specialists try to not get caught behind a huge break of powerful rouleurs. No day is truly easy.

[@MilesCobbett]

I watched him beat the best senior one racers USA had in Northern CA when Greg was 15-16. His cardio was incredible. I knew he would go on and race the TdF

[@renegonza4327]

Clean rider , true cycling champion

[@rollingschmon]

Thats debatable.

[@paulhowell7103]

@@rollingschmon no it is not

[@johnq.public1689]

@@rollingschmon No, it's not.

[@audrichvuneo181]

John Q. Public yes it is

[@johnq.public1689]

@@audrichvuneo181 Why don't you provide some facts.

[@BanjoLuke1]

I had a little disdain for this fellow in period, because he wasn't a European. He was "too professional" and "too serious". The same sins that Kenny Roberts brought to 500cc motorcycle racing. In a post-Lance world, I am prepared to accept that I was very wrong. This man is a legend. A real legend. Nearly as much of a hero to me as Fignon....

[@arthurmcneal6421]

Still the only American male to win the Tour outright.No EPO or other illegal crap that others used.Much respect to you Greg.

[@m.amonroy4465]

Lol no EPO or other illegal crap, that's funny, in fact Lemond was the one who introduced doping to the teams La Vie Claire and PDM-Ultima Concorde.

[@simonworsley8631]

@@m.amonroy4465 on what evidence do you know that? I’ve never heard that theory

[@paulhowell7103]

@@m.amonroy4465 you are just a clueless troll go crawl back into your crevice

[@m.amonroy4465]

@@paulhowell7103 I don't remember asking for your opinion.

[@tonygSDWR]

Where did Pantani come in? I was there because it was GL in the video, assuming the interview was longer and Pantani edited out in this video?

[@boydmccollum692]

He mentions Pantani around 02:25 in. He doesn’t really talk about him, just uses him as an example of staying fresh in the early stages of the tour so a mountain specialist can be fresh in the first mountain stage(s).

[@32446]

LeMond is my all time favourite cyclist. ❤❤

[@emersonbolen784]

The EPIC 1989 Time Trial was incredible....on the aero bars and smoking the course!!!

[@user-bz9ld2go3g]

Lance should interview Greg on the issues of doping in cycling 😜

[@craigross341]

Paul Kimmage (A Rough Ride) describes team Lemond going past when Greg was - ahem - very, very ill with an upset stomach. Kimmage said that if he was in that condition he would give up, but then again he didn't have a chance to win the Tour de France.

[@angelodiavolitsis2665]

bottecchia and GREG LEMONT The no.1 forever.Thank you.

[@runzization]

Thank you Greg! Anyone have a LeMond book recommendation?

[@stevenmeyer9674]

Yes.... "The Comeback" by Daniel DeVise. Great book and life story of Greg.

[@fulltimereds8547]

I thought this was about Pantani- Greg talking about Marco????

[@johnrudy9404]

GL great cyclist. But it must be understood by the lay public, that professional cycling is a team effort. And people, the T de F, is NOT the only stage race. It may be the biggest, but there are others, Italy, Spain,Switzerland, Sardinia, etc.. plus the classics like Leige Bastonne Leige. And each stage race has points awarded for things like best climber, sprinter, general points, that follow through the season. It's a great sport to get into and watch.

[@9Ballr]

Greatest American cyclist of all time.

[@DelWarne-lt8bo]

Best ever

[@timgainnes5534]

I have lemonds autograph, lucky me. great cyclist. beast on the bike.

[@FranciscoElNeneGalan]

This guy is legendary. .one of the true, honest, gentle, educated, respectful, humble American...if ALL the Americans were like him...The whole world would LOVE IT, not hate it cause of its politics...invade, exploit, enslave...

[@richardmcclendon5753]

but do you like him?

[@FranciscoElNeneGalan]

@@richardmcclendon5753 yes, otherwise I wouldn't have written what I wrote...true gentleman

[@recyclespinning9839]

I did a bit of road racing and always got dropped, but after a couple years I ended up pulling my fast buddy all the way home . We road maybe 40 miles out, I drafted off him, but on the 40 miles back , he drafted off me , probably averaging 20+ miles per hour. I got turned off to cycling because soo competitive. Now I do still have a road race bike bike looking to cafe touring 😎

[@abone2pick]

Well no shit if u doing the sport just to compete then it will become something you don't like eventually. Gotta learn how to ride for fun bro that's how you stay consistent.

[@marcdaniels9079]

Absolute legend but, and don’t hate me please, did he really win the Tour clean? I am sure at that time doping was rife so I just can’t dispel the doubts …. Sorry. PS. I have the same doubts about Wiggins, Froome etc and definitely EPogacar. I have know a few semi pros back in the day and they told me everyone was on it.

[@robertbankers8003]

I really wish someone ask him if he ever used performance enchanting drugs or blood doping, I guess no way to prove if he did. Correct it was rife in cycling in the 70 and 80:s.

[@kenohtsuki9607]

グレッグ・レモン、おじいちゃんになっちゃったなぁ😅 ロードレーサーに乗るきっかけを与えてくれたmy legend サインをもらったアルカンシェルは宝物です😄

[@ernest1576]

Greg LeMond from Reno,Nev. Greatest Rider Ever. Beat all those stuck up riders

[@ilanpi]

The explanation of tactics is misleading. The point is that teammates in the peloton sacrifice themselves, i.e., ride all out and then drop out, whereas the break has to go to the finish.

[@donovan9564]

Greg lemond is all a legendario bike man

[@whatstrue1481]

The ultimate "control" on breakaways is radios....!

[@jcf20010]

I saw Greg race a Criterium in Athens Ohio. It believe it was his first race in the U.S. after his 1989 TdF victory. He was riding for someone else on his team and not for himself.

[@briannoojin1710]

LeMond would be a great live cycling commmentator. He can explain tactics and strategies very well.

[@death2pc]

He has been permanently "86'd" by the powers that be via his openly speaking to Armstrong & Co's drug usage. Shall I remind you of the names...? Millions of you yellow wrist band wearing apostles excoriated him at the time and only in the past five years have you most conspicuously changed your tune, you worthless pieces of S...........

[@briannoojin1710]

@@death2pc relax, Francis. I never wore a yellow wristband. And now that LA has been exposed there should opportunity for Greg to take his rightful place as greatest US cyclist.

[@DrJohnnyJ]

Lemond won without a team. His time trials show that he was was above the competition, even after being shot.

[@buddhaboy-]

Campione Del Mondo!

[@justinleighton9150]

Nobody knows who doped and who didn’t dope except the rider himself. Believe non of what you hear and half of what you see.

[@cliffcox7643]

Yes, people do know who actually doped and speculate on some that may have doped or not. But there are definite dopers who have been exposed. Pantani was one of them.

[@abone2pick]

You know someone is doped when they pass a certain line. Once you been working out for a really long time you develop a good idea of where that line stands.

[@jasonbreen1739]

A True Cycling Legend The Only ever American to win The Tour De France

[@northman77]

ha common.....

[@SolicitorRandolph]

LANCE ARMSTRONG 7X TDF CHAMPION

[@82vitt]

You clearly didn't get the irony in his comment ;).

[@SombraPiloto]

ole gunar or he understood the comment and disagrees.

[@arthurmchugh5184]

How about this, I was at the track world championships in Zurich in 83 competing in pro sprint, Gibby Hatton, mark Whitehead and myself went out with Greg and some of his team for a ride on the Saturday, the next day, HE IS WORLD CHAMPION!!😎😎🚴‍♂️🚴‍♂️🚴‍♂️🚴‍♂️🏁🍺

[@lazlo2511]

Cycling has had many Champs, but Greg was 'that guy' , that guy who came, who conquered, despite the set backs. That 89 TDF is forever grained in my mind. It shook the cycling world and in turn made one of the most amazing sports moments in sporting history! .. and then came another Yank and F*** the whole sport up. Yes you, Mr Lance a Lie ALot!

[@callelindqvist123]

My first and only idol. I had de Brancale shoes and helm, Oakley factory pilots shades,

[@jbratt]

callelindqvist123 👍 I had the same shoes, glasses along with the Giro helmet 😂

[@callelindqvist123]

@@jbratt i remember that i also had a very colourful jacket with his name on the back, homemade it was and a bit ugly, but i felt as a King

[@tungstenkid2271]

Greg was shot in the back and made a great comeback, so hopefully Froome will also come back after that wall sneaked up on him and trashed him..:)

[@joesutherland2017]

Regarding the buying and selling of races, and what's going on when you watch a race on tv and can see the riders in a small group are talking and you can't hear them because your view is from a moto camera or a helicopter, four words: "Dog In a Hat". It's a book by Joe Parkin. If you haven't read it yet, it's worth its weight in gold in your cycling library. Also a fair bit about doping in Parkin's book too lol. Guaranteed to drop your jaw more than twice while reading it.

[@franciscolopezgarcia6964]

Porfavor ponga el subtítulo en español....🚲🙏

[@craigross341]

200 watts at 20mph, 300 at 25, 400 at 28, 500 at 30, silly above 30! Two very average riders working together can nearly always beat the strongest individual on his own. They can take turns at 600W, but no individual can sustain anything like it.

[@pjw1016]

Still Americas top rider

[@stevestewart-sturges2159]

Sometime in the mid 90's I get a phone call from a mate of mine who owns a cycle shop asking me if I wasn't to go to a trade show in Toronto, three day affair, I say sure, we were in Vancouver at the time. So, pile on the jet and off we go, somewhere over the Saskatchewan, my mate tells me were are invited to a lunch with one of his mates who owns this company, OGC, and they have just agreed to carry Lemond bikes, so the much will be with Greg and unknown number of guests... So, the lunch date comes up and we are ushered off to a small board room ,not a large hall, and were we soon joined by Greg, the owner of the company, two ex Canadian pro riders who had just opened up their own shops and ourselves, the was it... Greg first went around to all of us and shook our hands, I commented that I was really only just a hack rider, Greg laughed and said, so am I... We had a hour with him and he was such a down to earth guy, just made use all feel like we had known him for years. I had actually been on the Col de Marie Blanc during the 1990 Tour and seen Greg struggling with a puncture, just below the summit, finally get a team car ( the road was skinny little strip of bitumen the ) suddenly throw that bike down and get his regular bike back. Just on the other side of the summit three of his team had ridden back up the hill and waited for him. Anyway, I recounted this to him and he told me he was sure he lost the Tour then, he was waiting over 5 minutes for his car. His recollection was absolutely vivd, as mine was to this day, but he seemed pleased that I could recount everything so well. Anyways, after coffees and photos, we all trooped off to the booth where he was signing photos and I was amazed at the queue waiting to see him... That hour has stuck with me ever since, Greg is 100% a decent guy and champion..

[@recyclespinning9839]

Tactical and raw talent , and in a way you are a racing driver, can be dangerous.. and you need to be able to handle the bike as a racing driver.. Boy its complicated and brutal. Even club rides turn out that way. I'm looking into touring, I dont think will make it to win the tour deFrance 🥸😔😁

[@simoncbr900rr]

Greg Lemond is great period

[@petyrkowalski9887]

He should have been a team manager or sporting director after he retired.

[@surfinDelMar]

Petyr Kowalski Yet he wasn’t...I wonder why??? Maybe no one wanted him. There’s more to Greg than the squeaky clean image he tries to project. Don’t be naive.

[@petyrkowalski9887]

surfinDelMar ok mr know-it-all, you realise he went into business and was and is very successful. He didnt go into team management becasue he didnt want to. Its just my opinion that he would have been excellent at it.

[@johns3106]

@surfinDelMar I've followed Greg's career since he was 19 years old, and have never seen or heard of anyone (except Jonathan Boyer, Hinault, Fignon and Armstrong) making any disparaging remarks about Lemond. And we all know those listed riders all had their own axe to grind!

[@surfinDelMar]

@@johns3106 What makes you think Greg doesn't have his own axe to grind? Especially when it doesn't place him at the top of the cycling world in America. I like Greg but he has always struck me as a bit of a whiner. These guys are doing superhuman efforts, especially riders in the TdF, and it's a sport that couldn't be more perfect for doping. If you don't do it, you won't win. Plain and simple. If nothing else for faster recovery alone. You're riding more recovered and faster the next day over a rival who isn't doping. I find Greg's results highly suspicious. People think the Tour is clean now that the evil Mr. Armstrong is gone. Please. Average speed hasn't dropped. Do you really need me to connect the dots?

[@johns3106]

@surfinDelMar You're quite the troll for this clip!!

[@Handletaken4]

I'm always amazed that guys who were 140lbs as tour riders blow up to 220lbs after retirement. The muscles are there, nothing else. I'm 6-1 185 and would need to be 130lbs to even glimpse being "fast". Riis at 178lbs was a domestique, but he went to 158lbs and won the Tour

[@XBKLYN]

Just kinda shows how unnatural cycling is with respect to human anatomy. Nature doesn't need or want 6 foot males at 140 lbs in the wild!

[@albertvaninwegen601]

I love Greg. Still our only American tour winner. The 89 time trial is the greatest tour moment. Greg paid his dues at a time when Americans didn't even know the Tour existed. A great competitor Unlike that lying , cheating, and disgraceful person whose name I will not mention here.. Thanks for everything Greg,

[@BoxTunnel]

I have no inside information, but it seems to me there was a 28 year gap between clean winners, Greg LeMond and Geraint Thomas. My all time sporting hero was Armstrong, so disappointed to find so many of his team members, and competitors, were full of drugs. Doubts about every Spanish or Italian winner in this period (especially Indurain), doubts about Froome and Wiggins. If Thomas is found to have taken drugs I'll just throw my bike into the crusher and find something else to do. LeMond also. To all the other professional cyclists out there, please do not keep disappointing us amateurs who love the sport, and to the professionals who resist, who rely on your legs, heart and determination, you will always be heroes to me.

[@frank.l181]

I own 00' Lemond Zurich best riding frame ever!

[@tubemelly24]

When I think of Tour de France I think of Greg Lemond!!

[@goggleboy2464]

I think of miguel indurain, lance armstrong , and tyler hamilton. And greg lol

[@robspierre3446]

G.O.A.T.

[@michaeloprisiusr6909]

Dreaming he was in the tour of Italy and could barely get up the mountain and 5 weeks later went on the to win the tour.. bullshit. Epo came into use that year

[@jackdanielss]

Was Lemond clean?

[@rufusgoldstein2655]

Absolutely

[@royoser9956]

Nobody uses the Tour de France for training? How quickly the sport changes! This year (2023), Mathieu van der Poel clearly used the Tour as training for the world championship road race two weeks later, that he ended up winning. At the Tour his only real job was to lead out Jasper Philipsen in the bunch sprints. Otherwise, he was training. They're getting closer to the point where anyone serious about winning the Tour needs to make that their only goal for the season. Everyone else will be a domestique or trying to win a stage or one of the other jerseys. Or training.

[@therealcrab]

good clip of Lemond but if you came here for Marco Pantani, he doesn't feature - move on...

[@tacerequerella1716]

2:25

[@Trinita75]

looks like Rick Flair, whoooooooo !

[@zedgee4514]

very misleading title.

[@OUTDOORS55]

Zed Gee who cares lol. Its free content stop complaining 🤣

[@zedgee4514]

I made a comment on this video , what dose it have to do with you , are you so bored with your life you idiot will not reply to anymore of your comments go find some freinds get a life troll

[@goldstandardaviation1667]

Greg blew up like a balloon. What the hell is he eating? Jeez

[@SirPeter6464]

Lemond was great for the sport. Armstrong was the exact opposite. Always wish the guy well.

[@Dk-xp3yx]

Greg always looked a pure natural on a bike, pure class act.lt was horrible to see that scum bag bully armstrong try to ruin him. But it was great to see how it all ended.

[@bh8605]

The title had nothing to do wit Pantani. For this reason, its a POS. I am a LeMond fan, but not if this clip due to BS reference