Interview with Greg Lemond

Posted by Mark on July 3, 2007 under doping | Be the First to Comment

Paul Kimmage has a great interview with Greg Lemond in last weekend’s Sunday Times. Greg’s is a bit of a sad story, now it’s come to light of his child abuse, but at the same time he always comes across as so honest and open you can’t help but agree with whatever he says. I read an interview with him in Rouleur magazine this month too, which was also a great read.

One of the points Greg talks about in the Times interview is Floyd’s [Landis] doping case from The Tour last year. If the conversation Greg had with Landis is true – and frankly there is so much evidence (albeit rather circumstantial) to say that it is – then Landis is totally guilty of using testosterone last year.

That is an awful shame, as Landis’ stage 17 win to Morzine was nothing short of awesome – compounded by some hopeless team tactics from CSC and Illes Balears, admittedly, but awesome none the less.

Rutland and Belvoir cyclosportive

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I rode Kilotogo’s Rutland and Belvoir sportive at the weekend. My first foray into Sportives, the 107km route was just comfortably challenging. A few nice climbs, and some dodgy decents on single track roads. I spent some time sitting in with groups, but also a fair bit of the course on my own – often behind a group going too fast for me, and ahead of a slower group.

At 4.08 for the route (less the food stop) I was perfectly happy – it was the longest distance I’ve ridden since I was a teenager (and that was a considerable amount of years ago:-)).

Kilotogo’s organisation was great, the bright pink arrows marking all the turns en route made it simple to navigate.

I think I’ve caught the bug now, and can’t wait to do my next Sportive.