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Tom Kunich
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> He didn't need to be doped up...at the age of 14 he won the US junior
> qualification road race decisively before he was even eligible to
> compete...he had more natural talent than any other US rider including
> one nut. Drugs were around then, but not like today... he kept getting
> better. He was also the first rider to crack the million dollar
> salary... breaking new ground for all pro riders.
>
> Callistus Valerius wrote:
>> Not being a LeMondologist, I ask the question, was Greg dirty in his
>> day? LeMond was before my time, and my knowledge of him consists of what
>> I've read in rbr. But if someone could fill in the knowledge gap.
Greg LeMond went from being a poor also ran in the Giro to a front runner in
the Tour de France after an "iron" shot. Sure, he had a blood disease and he
rode for a couple of years better than anyone else.
news:[email protected]...
> He didn't need to be doped up...at the age of 14 he won the US junior
> qualification road race decisively before he was even eligible to
> compete...he had more natural talent than any other US rider including
> one nut. Drugs were around then, but not like today... he kept getting
> better. He was also the first rider to crack the million dollar
> salary... breaking new ground for all pro riders.
>
> Callistus Valerius wrote:
>> Not being a LeMondologist, I ask the question, was Greg dirty in his
>> day? LeMond was before my time, and my knowledge of him consists of what
>> I've read in rbr. But if someone could fill in the knowledge gap.
Greg LeMond went from being a poor also ran in the Giro to a front runner in
the Tour de France after an "iron" shot. Sure, he had a blood disease and he
rode for a couple of years better than anyone else.