LeMond: "Did Chris Froome Use A Motor" ???

If you want to check out my new podcast with Greg LeMond in full here's the link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kFSe3VxS10&list=RDCMUCkRq6Nr_yEdn5493tXTOo6w&start_radio=1

Greg saying that he doesn't know if he would've been able to resist the rise of doping is an impressive level of honesty.

I have personally seen a bike with a motor in the seat tube, engaging the crankset. Waterbottle was the battery. Electronics in the brake levers. In a Sarto carbon fiber road frame.

IRL, Greg is a good guy. Talked with me for a few moments the night before I was heading out for an MS 150 and also signed my water bottle. wysiwyg with him.

This is the new form of EPO,Electric Powered Output

Perhaps they should do a tear down of the top five finishing bikes in front of all the compactors. The same thing is done in auto racing, it keeps everyone honest.

I'll never forget Bennett's wise words on that last mountain stage of the Giro: 'He pulled of a Landis'. Too bad for poor Dumoulin.

Greg is such a gem. We need more idealists like him who are willing to put their values on the line, particularly when the public is being manipulated into believing a narrative which isn't what's actually going on.

Thanks Greg for sharing these insights and logic behind increasing speed on a legendary tough climb while wattage output goes down. Most lay fans don't understand these things, so thanks for educating us and making us aware to be discerning when viewing the races and results.

Loving these clips.

Greg Lemond = legend. Although I partially blame Greg for getting into racing. Turns out I don't like much about bike racing. I'm a JFF(Just For Fun) rider in my soul. Now I'm back to pleasure riding(on 50mm tires), the fun, relaxation and passion is back. STILL appreciate Greg! Champion bike racer, passionate cyclist, and stand up guy. Best wishes.

Mad respect for LeMond, he is generational cycling talent and put US cycling on the map

He is so powerful, he had the motor going the other way to make it more challenging.

I've just bought a second hand bike with a seat tube motor, it's fantastic, it looks and weighs the same as a standard bike. She's not a cyclist, but can now drop me on a climb.

There is still one team with a lot of bike changes for no clear reason! The two leaders of Alpecin Deceuninck (Mathieu van der Poel and Jasper Philipsen) do it every important race. Until last year the bikes even had diferent colors. they started the day with one color and the final was ridden with another. From this year onwards there is still the change, but apparently with the same coloured bikes.

I remember reading an article in the uk cycling press just after the 1984 Olympics, the Brit riders were talking about the US team riders coming up to them and saying they’d had a visit from the milkman and got a ‘fresh pint’. They knew they meant some form of blood doping but EPO wasn’t even heard of at that point.

Not necessarily saying Greg is wrong here with motors being used, but regarding his remarks at 2:25 on "Froome on Mt. Ventoux.", I actually pulled this up on Youtube. When he's attacking, the displayed power goes up to over 650 Watts. It never really went above 500 Watts in the whole 25 minutes of the climb before, mostly around 380 Watts. Yes, it is true, it does then go down to a minimum of around 300 Watts again, but that is during a corner, after which it goes up again to very high values. It is also totally possible that the displayed Watts might be mismatched by a few seconds. When attacking Quintana later, the Watts again go over 1000 Watts! Just sayin'.

I saw a bike that clearly had a motor in it on the Tour de France. Even more insulting there were two guys on it ….. They can easily be identified as they had instructions for the motor on their backs.. they had PRESS. Hate cheats.

I always find it amusing that Greg excelled at a time in a sport rife with doping, yet succeeded to do it clean 🤔🤔

Can anyone link/credit to the examination videos at 0:40 secs and beyond?