Greg Lemond's trail of destruction - First - Armstrong... now Blixseth
Anton Berlin
--D-y
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No, first was Greg Lemond (his commercial relationship with Trek,
staining his own place in history). Armstrong seems to be holding up
quite well, actually, and Blixseth's ex apparently did the deed for
him-- no money, no fancypants lawyers, no protection?
--D-y
Mike Jacoubowsky
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In all seriousness, how do you come up with Greg LeMond destroying Lance?
I'd suggest there's much evidence to show things the other way around. As
soon as Lance threatened Greg's "American" record of 3 TdF victories, Greg
pretty much went to pieces. No longer secure with his own place in cycling
history, a place with *great* respect and in no way reduced by Lance's
success, he immediately decided that it was simply not possible for someone
to do better than he did without resorting to cheating. It's irrelevant
whether in fact Lance did or did not cheat; Greg simply could not tolerate
someone stealing his spot in the sun, despite the fact that spot was never
stolen.
Until Lance came on the scene, Greg had been all but forgotten by most
Americans. Lance's success put Greg back in the spotlight, because people
started asking about what other Americans had been successful at cycling. My
goodness, many of us worshipped Greg!!! And still would be doing so, if not
for his descent into darkness. At the same time, nobody deserves to suffer
through much of what Greg has, in particular that friend of Floyd's
pretending to be his uncle.
A long way of getting back to my point that LeMond has let Armstrong become
an instrument of his own personal destruction. It's a choice Greg made, not
something Lance did to him.
--Mike Jacoubowsky
Chain Reaction Bicycles
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Redwood City & Los Altos, CA USA
Anton Berlin
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> In all seriousness, how do you come up with Greg LeMond destroying Lance?
> I'd suggest there's much evidence to show things the other way around. As
> soon as Lance threatened Greg's "American" record of 3 TdF victories, Greg
> pretty much went to pieces. No longer secure with his own place in cycling
> history, a place with *great* respect and in no way reduced by Lance's
> success, he immediately decided that it was simply not possible for someone
> to do better than he did without resorting to cheating. It's irrelevant
> whether in fact Lance did or did not cheat; Greg simply could not tolerate
> someone stealing his spot in the sun, despite the fact that spot was never
> stolen.
>
> Until Lance came on the scene, Greg had been all but forgotten by most
> Americans. Lance's success put Greg back in the spotlight, because people
> started asking about what other Americans had been successful at cycling. My
> goodness, many of us worshipped Greg!!! And still would be doing so, if not
> for his descent into darkness. At the same time, nobody deserves to suffer
> through much of what Greg has, in particular that friend of Floyd's
> pretending to be his uncle.
>
> A long way of getting back to my point that LeMond has let Armstrong become
> an instrument of his own personal destruction. It's a choice Greg made, not
> something Lance did to him.
>
> --Mike Jacoubowsky
> Chain Reaction Bicycleswww.ChainReaction.com
> Redwood City & Los Altos, CA USA
It's a joke Mike - GL has a little to do with either as the weather.