Greg LeMond interview after his win in Tour 1989 (French)

Greg LeMond interviewed on french television after his win by 8 seconds over Laurent Fignon on the Tour de France 1989. He expresses his empathy for Fignon and his surprise at his own comeback. In French... with a really cute accent!

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• greg
• lemond
• tour
• france
• 1989
• cycling
• cyclisme

[stephantl]

gregg lemond is an asshole!!!

[rennesdinan]

another example of the wonderful deep argumentation of the community of LeMond bashers... thank you for your contribution! ;-)

[lenramirez]

Greg Lemond is the one true American Tour Champion. Not Lance Armstrong. Not Floyd Landis. Lemond: 3 great tour victories, could have easily been six if he didn't have to give one to Hinault and didn't get shot. No drugs, all guts. Learned French, stuck with his wife and kids. A class act.

[rennesdinan]

Totally agree on that... I'm a huge Greg LeMond fan, and I know his position on dopping has been largely critized and has gained him many enemies.

My view is that he's just trying to save his sport, almost alone, and has shown incredible courage in doing so. And his recent revelations during Landis hearing shows he is ready to go very far... My admiration for him just keeps on growing.

[rallyekev]

Lemond is a truly great champion,a born winner,his results from the start of his career prove this.Who knows how many tours he could have won if he hadn't been shot,he lost 2 years then and the subsequent effects on his health and performance of the lead left in his body afterwards could've meant perhaps the '91 tour,'92 tours,.....who knows?.For me Armstrongs performances don't add up,no real tour performance until coming back from cancer and joining up with Dr drugs(Ferrari)??? a coincidence?

[EastCH]

@lenramirez The best comment I've seen on youtube. Respect!!!!

[davidwill6]

LeMond is/was an amazing rider and for the most part an amazing sportsman, the only time i think he was an asswhole is when he discredited armstrong of his wins.

[djhornymoney]

doping!

[deltaecho1]

@nightowl8936

probably. But I didn't become a fat ass like him.

[nightowl8936]

At first I was critical of LeMond for winning the 1989 Tour with the tri handlebars. I truly felt back when I first saw it that Fignon deserved to win the 1989 Tour.

But LeMond was a people's champion, and proved his victory in 1989 was no fluke by decisively winning the 1990 Tour.

And since seeing him in the 1985 footage when he helped Bernard Hinault win, and then fighting Hinault's betrayal in 1986, it is true that he could have won at least 5, maybe even 6 tours.

[nightowl8936]

@deltaecho1

Its been more than 20 years ... he's probably better now than you ever were.

[FreeMTrider]

@nightowl8936 Yes I believe it means "the world".

I didn't know he was of Irish descent. Great time in cycling with Kelly, Roche, and the Irish fans.

[mattsnow81]

@rennesdinan LOL stephantl really had an extensive amount of argumentation to support his opinion! Seriously, LeMond is a guy I really believe did not dope and managed to win against doped riders. In my view, he's the best ever.

[mattsnow81]

LeMond is probably the last winner that wasn't doped. A great champion and a great man!

[Jambalyer10]

The glory days of tour de France ended after the '89 tour. It was like a family affair then. But nowadays it's being won by $ greedy cheaters. Lemond did not bribe the organization that conducts drug testing but Lance the greedy cheater did. No wonder he passed a lot of tests. Lance is so greedy he's taking all the asses & $ he can get while the class act Greg is still with his wife & would have done the TdF for minimum wage just enough to feed his family. When Lance got rich he left his wife .