Talk:Greg LeMond

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[edit] Pronunciation

A recent edit claims the name "should be pronounced like the fruit rather than in French". I'm surprised, since I recall sportscasters calling him "luh-MOND" and not "LEHMM-ind" (capitals for emphasized syllable, but a bad attempt at phoentics, sorry). Anyways, if someone can confirm this fact, I've pasted together what I believe the IPA phoentic spelling for the name would be (based on that of "lemon"). IPA: [ˈlemənd]. (If pronunciation is going to be specified, phoenetics is a more absolute method, rather than by comparison to another word.) --Ds13 23:30, 2005 Apr 14 (UTC)

[edit] Galibier, Télégraphe AND Alpe d'Huez?

I've been sprucing up this article--I'm a big fan of LeMond--but I got stuck on sentence from an earlier contributor that refers to "...a stage that included the brutal climbs of the Col du Galibier, the Col du Télégraphe and the Alpe d'Huez..." I know that the Galibier and the Télégraphe are contiguous, but the Alpe d'Huez can't be in the same stage, can it? It's too far away for one thing, and no human being could do all three climbs, for another. I'm deleting the reference to the Alpe d'Huez for now. Can anyone advise? BitQuirky 21:08, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)

They are in fact very close, and tour riders do 3 such climbs per stage on a regular basis. see: http://www.cyclingnews.com/road/2003/tour03/?id=stages/stage8 Dwyatt 101 16:00, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] More info on doping

Could someone more knowledeable about cycling than myself expand on doping in cycling and LeMond? I read an interview a few years back where he said that he was forced out of the sport prematurely by the new wave of dopers, and that he refused to partake in it as every other pro rider started doing.

While he did retire just as EPO usage was really starting to explode, his stated reason for retiring was his mitochondrial myopathy, and its hard to see him competing sucessfully with such a condition 83.245.24.88 19:35, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

This is a complicated issue. Certainly his medical condition was a key factor in his retirement. It's also true that in the last few years of competition he had a hard time getting good results. The big question is whether LeMond was slowing down because of his condition, or whether the rest of the peloton was dramatically speeding up. It's certainly possible that it was both. Clearly doping was becoming more prevalent in the 1990's, particularly EPO. An edition of "Fearless" on OLN (now Versus) contains some dialogue from LeMond on this. In that program, he remarked that the peloton got noticeably faster, and that riders who were formerly average pros were suddenly much stronger. As more and more doping admissions continue to emerge, eventually we may see that many riders in the early 1990's were under the influence of banned substances. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 67.180.220.61 (talk) 23:05, July 16, 2007

[edit] Personal Life

Someone should add a section for LeMond's personal life. I have a relation to his son and that could present a conflict of interest. However, this stilll should be added. 76.109.187.138 18:42, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Competition with Hinault

The article tends towards POV when it talks about the 1985 and particularly the 1986 TdF. It si claimed that "It was clear that Hinault was riding aggressively against his teammate" and that he "cracked". Without proper reference, such language should not be part of a encyclopaedia entry. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 134.226.32.57 (talk) 14:24, June 5, 2007

And such comments should be signed ;) SeveroTC 15:43, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Mitochondrial myopathy

"Infection: The Uninvited Universe", by Gerald N. Calahan, PhD, mentions mitochondrial myopathy ended his career. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.66.55.24 (talk) 19:25, June 24, 2007

In the January 2008 issue of Procycling, Lemond says he believes he never had the illness, that his symptoms were caused by overtraining. I have added that to the text Les woodland (talk) 20:02, 29 December 2007 (UTC)les woodland


[edit] Personal section

I also think there should be a section added pertaining to Lemond's personal life. I notice that there is no references to his father, who was a halfway decent cyclist in his own right. He finished top 10 in the Coors Classic one year, if memory serves. I think the dad's name is Bob Lemond (not the dead guy I got when I did a search on wiki.)

Greg Lemond published an autobiography sometime during the 90s, which would make a good reference, if anyone could find a copy of it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.30.196.29 (talk) 05:07, 4 February 2008 (UTC)