THE SHORT ANSWER
Greg LeMond, three-time tour de france winner, has appeared on the Roadman Cycling Podcast 4 times. Here's where LeMond lands on periodisation. The positions below are drawn from those conversations, quoted directly.
WHO IS GREG LEMOND?
Greg LeMond is the only American man to win the Tour de France and remains one of the most influential riders in the sport's history. His 1989 Tour victory by 8 seconds — won on the final-day Champs-Élysées time trial using aero bars and a Scott aerodynamic position the peloton had dismissed — is the most famous margin in cycling. He pioneered modern training-by-power, was an early adopter of wind-tunnel work, and has spent the post-EPO decades as one of the sport's most credible voices on doping, governance, and what clean riders are physiologically capable of. Every conversation about pro cycling history runs through him.
LEMOND ON PERIODISATION
LeMond’s key positions on periodisation.
- Won the 1989 Tour de France by 8 seconds — the smallest margin in Tour history — using aero bars on the final time trial.
- First non-European to win the Tour, opened the sport to a global generation of riders.
- Early advocate for power-based training and wind-tunnel testing decades before the World Tour standardised both.
- Outspoken, evidence-based critic of EPO-era and Armstrong-era doping when it cost him sponsorships and friendships.
- Shot in 1987 in a hunting accident, returned to win two more Tours — a comeback case study cited across endurance sport.
IN LEMOND’S OWN WORDS
Verbatim from Greg LeMond’s appearances on the podcast.
“I know that at 18 I probably could have if I know the physiology and I could put have won the Tour of France at 18 the physical capabilities is there so and but I had train you know Dart or that that time I coached was It was a a real plan not to even let you ENT the tour to your 23 24 which um I kind of bought into that but I think you you you can see right now that's not the case”
“I think I was thinking about it when I was 18 years old still a junior no just turn amateur I made $30,000 in cash my I my son said that's equal of almost like $120,000 today”
“in the 70s when I started racing Northern California we had more Junior racers in the United States than we did 20 years later”
HEAR IT ON THE PODCAST
Episodes where Greg LeMond covers periodisation and related ground.
FREQUENTLY ASKED
What does Greg LeMond say about periodisation?
Greg LeMond, three-time tour de france winner, has appeared on the Roadman Cycling Podcast 4 times. Here's where LeMond lands on periodisation. The positions below are drawn from those conversations, quoted directly.
What is LeMond's main point on periodisation?
Won the 1989 Tour de France by 8 seconds — the smallest margin in Tour history — using aero bars on the final time trial.
Which Roadman Cycling Podcast episodes cover Greg LeMond on periodisation?
LeMond discusses periodisation in this episode: "The Untold Story About Why I Quit Cycling | Greg LeMond".