La Légende - Laurent Fignon (pt. 1)

[ccrider]

If you say Fignon was a doper, then LeMond, Hinault, Kelly, Roche were too, which is nonsense.

Fignon was one of the greats and a member of the old guard (Hinault, LeMond, Kelly, to name a few) of cycling who were the true hard men of the sport, before big salaries and posh team buses. RIP Fignon

[GiantDefy954]

@ccrider He did dope he admitted to taking cortisone and amphetamines, i will always have respect for him as a person because he looked at the sport with a deeper perspective than most ,but he still doped which caused riders who didnt dope to be eliminated from the tour and that in turn cost them part of their career which i dont see as justifiable by using the excuse "they were all on drugs that makes it even" because not everyone was and the few who werent had their career chances ruined.

[ccrider]

@GiantDefy954 - i just bought his autobiography 'while we were still young'... i guess i'll find out for sure in there. so far it's a really good read, i'd highly recommend it.

[GiantDefy954]

@ccrider i have got it and it is a very good book, my favourite cycling book

[AllanWellsfanclub]

great rider.

[WARaxlyerin]

Este hombre era una leyenda de la mejor época del ciclismo. Un ganador, un agerrido y agresivo ciclista. Debió de ganar algun tour más, pero en su época habia muy buenos corredores. Yo adoro a Laurent, soy español, pero este es mi idolo. Si me subo a la bicicleta a machacarme cada tarde es por que él es quien me inspira....Yo quiero ser como él. No lo consiguiré, porque Fignon era un superclase, pero....LE PROFESAUR....Para mi has sido el mejor....Descansa en paz, campeón.

[PatriceauQuebec]

Personally, I admire everyone who ride a bike, who will never have the glory and I respect those who are less strong mentally than others because sport is a thing but being a human and heartfelt with others, this is very different. Fignon or not, life is and will be the same. He was too proud and thought as if the world cared a lot about the TdF. It's a sporting event, that's it. Anyways, RIP professeur.

[PatriceauQuebec]

I was afflicted and very sad by his death. I always liked him as a cyclist. But I don't like very much when he says that he is only interested in those who win, those who are first, he thinks we must be first or nothing. That's why he thinks the french cyclists are not enough good, they could be better. He is very strict. Is he the greatest cyclist, no, was he clean, no. I don't like either when he says, everyone doped at his period in the bunch. Did he check each one?He was a machine, he said.

[Lundahlium]

Il était sacrément arrogant pendant son cyclisme et de plus un dopé qui commente un cours s'est se foutre de la gueule du monde -- et son argument c'est: tout le monde le faisait

Moi je dis que les médias veulent nous enculé avec leur propagande, mais des millions de gens se battent dans les associations et eux tout le monde s'en fout

[CARLOSGURO]

I want to know if he had cancer for the dope, i suppose nobody knows, is difficult for me that one sportman die with 50

[baroh2413]

@CARLOSGURO He himself, asked his doctors that question, and they couldn't tell him for sure

[diabloscott]

Adios profesor.

[whizzy30]

RIP - Very sad News

89 tour got me hooked

[vschnz]

RIP Laurent

[markussenlars]

Thanks for everything. A champion.

[sunshinealley]

RIP Laurent from Germany! A great rider France can be proud of!

[TheJulius59]

RIP Laurent.

[chtisammy]

Assomé par sa disparition.

Merci Laurent pour ta carrière de cycliste et de commentateur.Bravo à l'Homme aussi.Une belle étoile qui s'allume dans le ciel,un GRAND.

[HabloIrlandes]

R.I.P. Laurent Fignon, a true character of the sport of Cycling.

[JumpstyleJohan]

To late dahgutone

Repose en Paix Laurent

He died just a few moment ago , tuesday 31-8-2010

[eltoriviodecamelias]

descansa en paz campeon.fignon era espectaculo y es una gran pena su muerte.se tendrian que morir los toreros no los ciclistas.es una lastima.R.I.P FROM SPAIN

[andyredatm]

Adieu Laurent...great champion, great man! You will wear forever the yellow jersey and we will continue to acclaim you!

[penfoj]

RIP Laurent :-(

[Max08Messi]

RIP :'(

[fredooooooo]

R.I.P. 

[DevolderStijn1992]

est mort :'(

RIP Champion

[batemanier]

Courage Laurent !

[hypertalic]

All the greats doped, it makes no sense to single one out.

[dahgutone]

Good rider, bad doper, and hope he fights cancer.

[lamagliarosa]

About sums it up, really.

[axou27]

Laurent Fignon sas sa blessure aurais surement pu égalé le record d'anquetil ou hinault , quel dommage ! Bravo Mr fignon

[rienzi1889]

junky...

[carlosdelsur]

Pouvre con ce Laurent! 22 ans après il viens raconter des conneries. Tout le monde sait que les ciclistes colombiens sont autant connu et bons dans le monde. Le probleme c'est que Laurent n'a jamais aimé Lucho Herrera car Lucho était bien meilleur que lui. Quel dommage que Laurent invinte comme ça des histoires juste pour faite un peu d'argent (car il n'a pas)! Vive les grampeurs Colombiens!!!

[axou27]

Laurent fignon sera l'un des meilleurs cyclistes français et tout le monde sait que Les Colombiens dont tous des choutés et rien de plus ... Et herrera étais bien moins bon que fignon

[lamagliarosa]

Indurain era un Signore nel vero senso della parola. Davvero cosi' non li fanno piu' adesso. :)

Ho visto la maglia su ebay. E' troppo grande per me, mi serve la S ma grazie lo stesso per l'avviso.

[manux975]

FIGNON great Cyclist! Insieme a Bugno uno dei miei preferiti!

[lamagliarosa]

Ah, Bugno. Quando non faceva il neurotico era un atleta meraviglioso. Sono anni che cerco di ritrovare una maglia della Gatorade. Sfortunatamente, per ora niente!

[manux975]

Io me lo ricordo con la maglia della Chateau D'ax...in che anni indossava la gatorade?

[lamagliarosa]

dopo la Chateau D'ax. 92/93? Era quando Fignon era nella stessa squadra.

[joseavila1988]

bugno era un grande ma i migliori...PERICO E INDURAIN. io ho visto la maglia sul ebay ma e di seconda mano

[manux975]

Fignon GREAT! Insieme a Bugno uno dei miei preferiti!

[lamagliarosa]

Superd222tube, that Fignon was done for amphetamines is a well known fact to anyone of our age. As a matter of fact he was fined in 1987 as well.

I think you're wrong about the blood doping, though (unless you don't know the difference). I reckon that, had he meddled with that sort of stuff, he wouldn't have needed to retire when he did. Many of his contemporaries also retired between 92 and 94 because suddenly they couldn't keep up any more.

I don't think it was just old age.

[superd222tube]

Yes he did. It made the new York Times too.

Do a search of "New York Times, 17 Sept 1989 Fignon"

It's all there...

[superd222tube]

Laurent Fignon WAS a blood doper and he DID test positive.  Sept 17, 1989:

1989 Laurent Fignon tested positive for amphetamines at the Grand Prix de la Liberation in Eindhoven

He used other methods which went undetected too...

Bottom line: He is a blood doper!!!

[Alkomart]

he has cancer in stomach which could - maybe - be caused by medicaments abuse ?

[superd222tube]

Blood doper !!!

[sandranian]

Never tested positive! ;)

[superd222tube]

I'm afraid he DID

[taita999]

Geat cyclist, I remember him attacking LeMond, going up the mountains on the big ring! Incredible power.

[floxinesky]

One of the last great champions.

What a superb personality.

Magnífico

[simplecruelreal]

as far as I remember he has a very explosive behavior

[fignon]

yeah he threw a bottle at a journalist

[moxin99]

donno but the famous tour de france with such tiny seconds between lemond vs fignon was still the most exciting tour besides...lance armstrong vs ullrich.

[moxin99]

fignon vs greg at the end of the 8oies did so much motivate me to start training bymyself and later on with a bc club...was such a good time, so much freedom and lots of hours outside and not in a boring office. when i see pictures of the heroes today, you even see more how fast we are getting old...scary hehe

[WELLBRAN]

One of the great riders who was always looking to win all year round. not like these days, I agree can we go back to cycling like those days?,

[hansmasschelein]

Also from me : thanks for posting.

Great memories of a great rider : always attacking, never afraid, audacious.

When will we concentrate on that magnificent sport called cycling again?

Vive le cyclisme!!

[sjl62]

Thanks for posting! Fignon was a brave, gutsy rider whose career ran into more bad luck than he probably deserved.

[sandranian]

Fignon was the greatest. Thanks for posting.

[pedritos81]

jajajajajaja,indurain was the best,learn the history

[izzsquid]

Give me a break. You obviously don't know anything outside of Spanish cycling....

[superd222tube]

He was a blood doper

[sandranian]

He never tested positive. If he said that he might have...but didn't test positive...does that mean that he did?