Would Lemond have won 6?

gntlmn

As I was doing some web surfing recently, I couldn't help but recall how great a cyclist Lemond really was. If he had not been duped by his so called domestique in 1985, he may have won that tour. That would have been his first. Add that to his win in 1986, and that would have been 2. In 1987 and 1988, he had to sit out while he fought back from being shot with a shotgun while wild turkey hunting. He may have won those 2 tours. This would have been 4. And then he won in 1989 and 1990 after making his comeback. Those would have been 6 total Tour wins. And for naysayers who claim that his aero bars gave him more of an advantage than Fignon's disk wheel for his all time record setting 8 second margin Tour victory in 1990, consider that Lemond was still carrying buckshot in his heart. He also had lost a lot of kidney function after the hunting accident. I can't believe that his form would have been as good as it would have been if he had not been shot.

Roy Gardiner

Ah, you started a new thread on it.

I love the if-game. If Chappucci in 1990 hadn't ridden like a complete idiot, if Fignon in 1989 hadn't had a boil on his arse, if Hinault in 1986 hadn't been beyond his best, Lemond wouldn't have won any.

But he was indeed a great, great rider

Anyone who gets respect from Robert Millar is very good indeed

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Allen H

I'm a relative latecomer regarding the TdF - can somebody fill me in on the facts and circumstnaces of LeMond's "miss" in '85?