Back in the day....uphill both ways...

[54ny77]

awesome photo on pez today:

http://www.pezcyclingnews.com/photos/races12/misc12/lemondpdm.jpg

Check out the "Sidi" badge on the Time Equipe shoes worn by LeMond's teammate. Who is that?

C-Record everywhere....such a cool photo.

[torquer]

Adri van der Poel, Dutch champion in 1987.

[dancinkozmo]

...looks like GL was doping with cheeseburgers that year !

[54ny77]

laughter erupted out loud with that one. solid!

(and the irony is he's probably in the high 140's or maybe even 150's, and was likely still faster than 100% of the entire u.s. domestic & int'l peloton and much of the euro crowd.)

...looks like GL was doping with cheeseburgers that year !

[AgilisMerlin]

marc madiot french national and van der poel's dutch jersey - contrast is freaking me out.

maybe stephen roche, far right and kimmage rmo

[tv_vt]

Surprised GL's not wearing his Oakleys.

Speaking of Lemond and PDM, check this out, from the deep recesses of the internet:
http://articles.latimes.com/1989-07-25/sports/sp-95_1_greg-lemond


...and, sounding a bit ahead of his time back in 2001:
“If Armstrong’s clean, it’s the greatest comeback. And if he’s not, then it’s the greatest fraud.”
“In the light of Lance’s relationship with Ferrari, I just don’t want to comment on this year’s Tour. This is not sour grapes. I’m disappointed in Lance, that’s all it is.”

[Repack Rider]

Check out the "Sidi" badge on the Time Equipe shoes worn by LeMond's teammate. Who is that?

I worked on the Sidi-Mengoni team during the 1982 Coors Classic. First order of business was to put "Sidi" labels on every rider's personal shoes, which were whatever brand they preferred.

[BumbleBeeDave]

...looks like GL was doping with cheeseburgers that year !

. . . right out of my cheeseburger stuffed mouth!

BBD

[FlashUNC]

Good to see Greg adopting the Jan Ullrich training program.

Seriously though, props for coming back from, yanno, getting shot.