Greg LeMond - The world according to Greg | Rouleur
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
- One of the greatest riders and most generous individuals the sport of cycling has ever known, Mr Greg LeMond talks to Matt Barbet about his incredible career and life since retirement.
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LeMond ----- VO2 max of 92%........ Armstrong VO2 max of 78%. ..... No chance Lance.
My hero of the 1980s I'll never forget the final of the 1989 TdF what a superbe sporting moment.
@Erick L no he wasn't!
@Erick L Oh, look. An Asteriskstrong fan who wants to deflect from his hero doping.
@Erick L EPO wasn't a thing when Lemond raced. He had an oxygen capacity that didn't change in his time in the peloton. If he was doping, after exposing Asteriskstrong, he would have been exposed the way everyone who was a threat to him who was (not quite as) dirty (as he was), so if Lemond was dirty, why didn't anyone ever have the goods on him? Why did his placing fall off a cliff once EPO became a thing?
@@wvu05 agreed. EPO was the reason he retired. It’s funny how when it became prevalent in the early 90’s, Greg couldn’t keep up with the blokes who were on the juice. That shows me that he was clean.
@@mrkipling2201 Definitely. His VO2 max is only rivaled by cross-country skiers. People don't really understand how much of an advantage that really is. That's what clued Lemond into the fact that Asteriskstrong was a fake.
The thing that convinced me that Asteriskstrong definitely wasn't clean (although something always seemed off about him to me) was when he barely broke three hours for the NYC Marathon and downed gel packs every mile, calling it the hardest thing he has ever done. I'm not saying that he should have been an elite as a runner, but someone who rose to the top of the world of another endurance sport should easily break 2 1/2. And runners don't need gels or chews that often in order to keep energy up, so this level of suffering was absurd for someone of his supposed fitness.
What might have been if Greg hadn't suffered that hunting accident....maybe 5-6 TDF titles.
Did well 3 tours
Giro helmets and Oakley glasses... LeMond was the coolest thing going in 1989 and 1990.
I was into road racing in the '80s (I sucked) and attended a training camp in November of '85 that was put on by Greg and Steve Bauer. I just wanted to say he is the same person as he appears in all the videos: genuinely nice, personable, helpful, and a great conversationalist. He was my hero throughout his career, and still is today.
Those of us who grew up racing in the ‘80’s (I stated in 1982 at age 14) owe a huge debt to Greg for making cycling a “legitimate” sport for a small, odd group of Americans! He was not only a great rider on the world stage, but also seemed like a nice, unassuming, “normal” guy who just happen to ride a bike fast!
Greg LeMond should do a podcast once or twice a month his opinions and attitude are far more relevant than most.
I 'm a huge fan of Greg's but why are his opinions and attitude (on anything other than cycling) more relevant than anyone's?
I was on the back of a motorcycle during the Arlington stage of the ‘89 Trump tour. And we rode up alongside the pack next to Lemond as he was talking to another rider at 28mph. I thought, “here’s my chance to hear what they talk about in the peloton”. I was expecting something related to tactics or something important. Nope. They were talking about vacation spots. I was so confused.
😂 Amusing anecdote!
I have such respect for Greg Lemond; not just for his achievements in cycling or his courage in coming back from the hunting accident, but for his humility. He always comes across as so down to Earth.
If he didn't get shot in 1987, he would have won 5 tours in a row 1986-90.
I have to agree. 👍👍
Placed 3rd in his first TDF, if not riding it with bronchitis he would have won in 1984, gave up the lead as ordered to by his team to help his teammate Hinault win his 5th TDF in 1985, won the TDF in 1986, shot and missed 1987 and 1988, won 1989 TDF and still holds the record for the fastest time trial in TDF history overcoming a 50 second deficit on the last day, won it it again in 1990, was always in contention always rode from the front, no one rode a bike and looked as good or so natural on a bike with a VO2 max of 92, unheard of. He easily could have won 7 to 10 TDF if not for being shot, getting lead poisoning etc. He was the most talented TDF rider to ever straddle a bike. And was 100% clean, and won against riders, even in his day were on the juice.
An American and cycling treasure. A truly good man
A great.
Can you imagine getting a shot gun blast in 87??? And coming back to win in 89 by erasing a 50 second deficit in the time trial to win by 8 seconds ??? The GREATEST ATHLETE OF ALL TIME.
Greg in oakleys at the 86 tour. Ultra cool 😎
I hate that Laurent Fignon had such a sad ending to his life. Great competitor.
epo heart problems
@@christozeb3330 actually it was cancer
@@paulhowell7103 sad that he never really got over the 89 Tour. Giro, Milan-Sanremo and 2nd in Tour is hardly a bad season. Shows the sort of stuff Roglic is made of, losing the Tour in similar fashion but bounced back to win the Vuelta.
Greg Lemond, the Only American able to UNDERSTAND "le TOUR", we french Love Him, Thanks Greg
Il se débrouille tres bien en francais. : )
Calm down it’s a bike race, not quantum physics
@@HkFinn83 then why don't you do it? :)
Great listening to Greg, I was there, even got to meet him...brilliant
Still full of boundless energy and happy! Bravo Greg! Bravo!
Greg Lemond the TRUE American cycling hero and legend.
Without doubt.
Oustanding individual.A hands down champion.
Makes me want to cycle right now.A lot slower than Greg Lemond!
Greates amercian cyclist is Lance Armstrong 7 time winner of Tour De France.
You don't seem to know anything about cycling
The moderator tries every facet to get LeMond to degrade Trump but LeMond rebuts. LeMond was a childhood hero of mine and he doesn't disappoint me as an adult. Two thumbs up to Greg, you are an idol!
He’s Solid
He would have won in 1985 also but he was a man of his word ------- unlike hinault
The two years he was out pretty sure there was no one to match him. The 1990 tour was the turning point for Greg, yes he won it but was clearly not the same rider. Post 1990, I'm a firm believer that his career was cut short by EPO misuse by other riders who were no where near his ability. A really great champion and the reason I still ride a bike at 60.
Absolutely. In an interview, Greg talked about how in the 1991 tour he was in the best shape of his life. However, once the tour started him and his team were getting dropped on the flat stages. It was crazy how fast the peloton was. I just watched a 1991 tour video and multiple times Ligget would comment that the peloton was 15 minutes ahead of schedule and finishing races faster than anticipated. Pretty crazy him saying that what we know now about the riders then.
Agree re those two years. And without the shooting, he might have won a monument (he rode well in them before the accident), the Giro.
The interesting thing about 1991 is that Mottet - another rider always said to be committedly clean - finished ahead of Greg. So maybe he just wasn't the same in a long race by then, for all that he was looking great until that second day in the Pyrenees.
I'm a firm believer that he was doomed to start going down hill at this time as he was riding with 30 pellets of lead in his body from the shooting accident (which most likely led to the development of mitochondrial myopathy, and ultimately his early retirement). The rest of the peloton on EPO wouldn't of made life any easier for an already damaged body to keep up with.
Insanely talented. His success in his first trip to Europe is unheard of.
1986 was the greatest TdF of all time... the last time a TRUE Super Champion took his win from another super champion.
Sills71......Sorry - have to disagree. Lemond's 8 second victory over Laurent Fignon in 1989 still ranks as the best ever.
The soul has been sucked out of it
What a class act, I would love to buy a carbon LeMond frame
LeMond, always a class act
I love how completely *unfiltered* Greg is hand always has been. Always says what he means and never takes anything back. Cool guy!
The best 🙏
met him in luembourg when he was in the yellow jersey met him a few times after that the most humble champion i ever met always has time to sign an autograph or take a picture with you and he speaks from his heart thanks for the memories
Just got the chance of meeting Greg in the streets of New York today...a dream coming true.
Talked to him for around 10 minutes. What a true legend, such a simple person...made be remember the good old cycling days.
Thanks Greg. Hope to see you in Brazil for a " churrasco" one day.
Always a man with amazing talent and true integrity. He maintained his belief that lance was not racing drug free but most didn't want to believe him. Turned out he was right all along. He seemed so nervous during this interview. Seemed to calm down as it went on.
Watching Greg as a kid was what got me into cycling! And Oakleys 🤣
Le Monster!
My Cycling and sporting Hero, Greg would have easy won 5 tours but the shooting incident and suspect Spanish cyclists kinda got in the way. A Great Man.
One of many guys that “Would have” won 5 or more tours.
Yeah but he actually would have. He had 2 of his peak years of cycling taken away from him due to the shooting accident.
Awful video the sound is terrible and the camera was too far away from the subjects
Greg LEMOND --------the greatest cyclist ever ------- possibly the greatest athlete ever ------- and very classy that he would not allow interviewer to use him to trash Trump and dignify their irrational hatred for Trump.
No such thing as irrational hate trend of Trump.
@@brentvfreiberger, so says the guy who has Trump living rent fee in his tiny head.
Greg Always So Humble & Bold ❤️❤️❤️❤️
GLM is a class act but the interviewer is a clown, bringing up the Tour de Trump in a snarky way just to make some sort of insinuation.
Lemond was a mutant in his prime. It’s so unfortunate that he was shot and brought him back into the realm of an above average professional cyclist. He was still able to be a champion until forces out of his control forced him to give up. A LIVING LEGEND IN AMERICAN SPORTS!
Despues de la confesion de lans amstrong sobre los 7 turs de francia q gano dopado fue el resurgimiento de Greg lemons como el mejor ciclista de los estados unidos.
Merckx moaning about Greg not winning a classic, but Greg's answer is spot-on. And 2 rainbow jerseys isn't too shabby.
I bet lance armstrong wasn't in the audience.
I could listen to him tell stories/talk for ever
Great video, legend. 👍
What I get out of hearing his story is that he was a physiological freak with an extremely unusual ability to pull oxygen out of the air and get it into his bloodstream.
Greg's chronic cough and over the years his voice is less fluent than in the 80s., 😢
Who thinks Greg really beat the best dopers in the history of cycling totally clean, within 16 months of death, with lead shot in his lungs, and within 24 months of EPO coming out, with no test available? I do! Maybe. Or not. Probably he did, most likely.
He had an almost superhuman oxygen capacity. It wasn't until a more reliable and relatively affordable EPO in 1994 that he could no longer keep up. The timeline in the Tyler Hamilton book demonstrates how it is possible for Lemond to win clean three times.
I remember when he was a Junior he would lap the field multiple times in the Senior I/II races in the many races..
#TeamBoyer
Such a great talker
so no B12, Iron,,k12
Why does he try to start the interview with trump talk. Who cares. He’s a cyclist let him talk about what he does not politics
Met him in Santa Cruz CA when he was 15 and beating the best racers in USA
Why does he try to start the interview with trump talk. Who cares. He’s a cyclist let him talk about what he does not politics
Because it was a FUNNY cycling anecdote where he was mistaken for Armstrong, it was nothing to do with Trump at all fuckwit!
@@ynotnilknarf39 sorry you can’t read in between the lines
@@bryanlawrence6161 You're the one making out to be about Trump, it was to lead up to the funny aspect re mistaking him for Armstrong. YOU are the one reading something into nothing. BTW can't stand Trump but this isn't about Trump ffs!
@@ynotnilknarf39 the host doesn’t like Trump, he works for the BBC, he’s liberal. The bbc is know for having a left agenda and being biased. He clearly wants Greg to insult trump. Maybe you’re ignorant.
@@bryanlawrence6161 The host is British, he might not like Trump but it's irrelevant to the interview. You're looking into something that does not exist, only in your mind.
Got to ride with Greg, by chance, in ‘86, right after his TDF win. A true champion and great gentleman. Incredible talent, and humble guy. Without the mishaps, he’d won 5,6 TDF’s.
Tdf is boring today compared to the 80s, but omo 👍👍
😂😂😂😂
2019 was a really good one.
Well it's more predictable and runners seem to take fewer chances
@@villy27 2020 TDF was pretty damn good too! Right down to the wire.
That's my picture on Gregs page! cool!
Sorry, couldn't make it through the politics, I'm out.
Trump 2024
For prison.
After Lance Armstrong he is the best American cyclist of all time, His win over Hinault in The Tour never gets old to watch replay's of, He did it all 'Clean' also.
Without EPO, blood transfusions, etc . Armstrong is a lost footnote in American cycling history. It gave him a 10% gain. And no, the “ everyone was doping, so it was all even” is complete bullshit. Even if every rider had the same doping protocol it would’ve not been even. Not every rider responds to doping in the same way. Some benefit more than others…
Greatest cyclist on road was Armstrong, not Greg.
go away you are about as convincing as pharmstrong and boring !!!
I have to disagree with you on that. Greg not only won the TDF without the help of banned substances, but he also did it with a lot of people against him because he was a threat to the French cyclists and he was warned by the race director to watch what he ate, drank and keep a close eye on his bike.
It would either be Merckx or Hinault before anyone else. Keep in mind that Froome also won 7 grand tours just like Lance. Why Lance instead of Froome?
Alot of respect to Greg for his Accomplishments but Lance Armstrong is the best American cyclest of all Time. And the G.O.A.T. 7 TIME TDF CHAMP🐐💪💪💪💪💪💪💪
Haha you dick Armstrong won nothing
Best American cheater maybe
Think of what Greg could have accomplished if he hadn’t had to deal with the difficulties of being a “pioneer”; dealing with being one of the only Americans in Europe (especially early in his career), racing on a “foreign” team his whole career, and all of this without the depth of development that later Americans enjoyed! Lance was pampered and polished and looked after and rode on an American team for virtually his whole career! Of course he had success!! Imagine what Greg could have done with this type of support!
@@thomastani749To quote Patrick Swayze.. "Opinions vary"
Sounds like he might be a closet liberal, if he is lost my respect for him. SJ
You sound like a trump ass kisser