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Check out Giorgio Furlan. I continously wondered, 'who is this guy?' around 1993-94.
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What Dave said.
Also, the level playing field viewpoint is faulty. Lance may have been the person whose body responded best to PEDs. We all know that people have different responses to all sorts of drugs. I prefer to think Lemond was clean, because, as has been pointed out, his early amazing performance and his rapid decline are indicators, and no one has ever credibly accused him of doping. |
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This is great, I think Lemond is my favorite all time cyclist.
I had the privilege to ride in a race with him BITD. I think he was exceptionally gifted and did not dope but of course we can't be 100% sure. |
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I’d never heard about LeMond’s sexual abuse and Armstrong’s role in trying to reveal it. According to this article: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-...e18-story.html it was actually Landis’ manager. Regardless, reading the article made me like LeMond even more. |
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This movie could have been called The First Rider too because he really was first in many things not least of which is the aero position/bars that won him the 89 tour against Fignon by 8 seconds |
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I still can't watch the final seconds of the 89 Tour without getting emotional. |
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I don't think today's cycling is clean by any stretch of the imagination either but they sure are portraying it as such. Totally looking forward to see this regardless. |
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Well said, and I agree as well, 100%.
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Hey, since the subject is Lemond, I will share these pics of him on a penny farthing back at a bike event in Frederick, MD in 2012. It was a pretty poorly organized group ride around the area, but, they decided to add a penny farthing race in downtown Frederick as part of the event, which turned into a disaster of one rider winding up in the hospital. Here Lemond just rides the thing around the parking lot of the Holiday Inn or whatever it was that everyone was staying in. The bearded guy rode across the country on one, believe it or not. Downhills must take cajones.
Lemond was riding with a "team" at the time that advocated for child sexual abuse victims. It's on his jersey. I guess he was out and embraced this part of his past for a while. Got a few miles in with him, and watched him interact very nicely with anybody who approached him. I was impressed with his happy, unselfish demeanor.
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I eagerly look forward to seeing this movie on the big screen or on my computer.
(Paceline Forums also needs a "like" button for the fantastic and thoughtful posts!) |
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