For any fan of Greg LeMond, I highly recommend reading this piece by Benjamin Strong: Mr CLEAN: Greg LeMond and Pro Cycling's doping problems.(And for non-fans, maybe a few things to learn... )
It relates in very well put words the atypical position of Greg against doping throughout his career and recently.
It includes some quite rare pictures, including this one, of Greg at age 16, winning one of his first European races in Belgium. That's one wonderful picture in my opinion, so vintage, looking like it could come directly from the 40's... so contrasting with later pictures in Greg's career.
The piece finishes with:
In more ways than one, Greg LeMond has courageously defied the social convention of keeping quiet about anything shameful. Although the record books tell a different story, the Tour de France has had no worthier champion than him.
1 comment:
Nice article - thanks for the link. Keep up the good work, LeMond has always been my favorite rider.
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