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.
The major positions LeMond is known for in cycling and endurance sport.
Every appearance by Greg LeMond on The Roadman Cycling Podcast — 2 episodes in total.
“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”
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