I can understand LeMond's outrage at the current doping situation. It is a perversion of a once beautiful sport, and flies in the face of the very gentlemanly way that cycling used to conduct itself. Waiting for a fallen leader, not attacking during feed stations, etc...
But, I question his motives for doing so. Why wasn't he speaking up in 98 after Festina, or the following years when there were some high profile EPO/hematocrit busts? Why now, when he has lost his position as THE American cyclist?
Speaking out from a love for the sport is admirable. Speaking out to try and reclaim personal glory is pitiful.
But, I question his motives for doing so. Why wasn't he speaking up in 98 after Festina, or the following years when there were some high profile EPO/hematocrit busts? Why now, when he has lost his position as THE American cyclist?
Speaking out from a love for the sport is admirable. Speaking out to try and reclaim personal glory is pitiful.