Originally Posted by
uncle uncle
I was fortunate enough to be in my bicycling heyday when Lemond was in the Tour. If would be great to see this tour live though, instead of taking it in on the TV. Lemond's and Hampsten's successes were a big contributing factor to my interest in bicycling.
Mine too. 9-10 year old me. Fell in love with cycling forever those years.
Lemond's success was at least covered on TV. Hampsten's was like a tall tale passed around by cyclist's like a retelling of Paul Bunyan.