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30 years ago today
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That was a great race.
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I was in awe of Lemond back then. So inspired I ended up getting some Scott Drop In bars....with the extra extension from the bottom of the drops. Which I now read are in the top 10 dumbest bits of bike tech lol. Seriously cool back then though 
Along with bullbars on fixies
Along with bullbars on fixies
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Last of the pre-EPO Tours..
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Yeh they were just still on good old amphetamines and HGH !
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Besides the doping aspects was it not also the end of old school bike racing (and the genesis of the Lance/..../Team Sky dominance by science). Always seemed to me that it was not so much Lemond won but Fignon lost it in that ITT by riding it like an old skooler, hair flapping , no aero bars/position (though I note he was using disc wheels)
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It wasn't just the last TT that made that race so amazing, they traded the yellow jersey 5 or 6 times throughout the race. It was a battle from the beginning! As amazing as that race was, I think '86 was even more dramatic with LeMond having to battle Hinault and his own team. His only help coming from a few sympathetic riders in the peloton - all after helping the Badger in '85 and being promised that '86 was his turn.
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This was a great book about the '86 Tour: Slaying The Badger
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I remember people seemed to stop talking about LeMonde after Lance won his 3rd. Perhaps we should be talking about him again since he wasn't caught cheating.
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Hah. I was expecting people to talk about him (Lemond) when Roland Della Santa died earlier this year. Radar? Blip? Nuthin.
http://www.handbuiltbicyclenews.com/c26-frame-builders/387-roland-della-santa-1946---2019
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There was a good little ESPN 30 for 30 on that as well.
The 80's were epic.....86 is the tour I remember more than 89. Also Hinault winning in 85 after breaking his nose and getting bronchitis.
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Now the only American to win the Tour de France. What if he hadn’t been shot by a shotgun? And EPO didn’t come in the early 90’s?
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No, no he never mentioned the Tour de France Women
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Had no knowledge of that!
Tour De France Winner, Greg LeMond to be Awarded the Congressional Medal
https://www.forbes.com/sites/carltonreid/2019/09/20/tour-de-france-winner-greg-lemond-to-be-awarded-us-congressional-gold-medal/#5517840113e6
https://www.forbes.com/sites/carltonreid/2019/09/20/tour-de-france-winner-greg-lemond-to-be-awarded-us-congressional-gold-medal/#5517840113e6
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Is he getting that for his cycling career or for saving the Yellowstone Club?
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