Great pic of Greg Lemond
09-23-19, 02:22 PM
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Greg LeMond To Be Awarded U.S. Congressional Gold Medal
Well DESERVED!
https://www.bikeforums.net/classic-v...old-medal.html
Courtesy of Forbes
https://www.bikeforums.net/classic-v...old-medal.html
Courtesy of Forbes
“I always felt Greg’s achievement was bigger than cycling,” says Daniel de Visé, author of The Comeback, a 2018 biography of LeMond.
“Congressman Thompson first contacted me last October. He had read my book, and he wanted to find a way to recognize Greg as an American hero.”
A statement from Thompson’s office remarked that Lemond was “one of the greatest American athletes in history.”
Pointedly, Thompson stated that LeMond was the “only American to win the Tour de France” and was a champion of “healthy athletics and clean competition,” unsaid digs against disgraced U.S. rider Lance Armstrong who has stripped of his seven Tour de France victories after admitting to having doped during his career.
“I am truly humbled to be recognized by the U.S. House of Representatives,” said LeMond.
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09-25-19, 08:18 AM
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Then I put it back to you. How can someone diss Lance Armstrong, 6 times tdf champion (soon to be 7), etc., etc. Lemond did and does. Great champion with incredible accomplishments, but that doesn't give his mouth a free ticket to bleat whatever it pleases. And bleat he does.
09-25-19, 08:08 PM
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I am appalled. It's a dig against Floyd that the Congressman's statement isn't perceived as a dig against Floyd.
09-25-19, 08:23 PM
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Never thought of it that way.
People wanna take Boyer's TDF stage win due to a criminal conviction. Andy Hampsten and Davis Phinney had better drive carefully, a suspended license from too many speeding tickets could result in the loss of HIS Tour de France stage win, or even Andy's Giro win.
People wanna take Boyer's TDF stage win due to a criminal conviction. Andy Hampsten and Davis Phinney had better drive carefully, a suspended license from too many speeding tickets could result in the loss of HIS Tour de France stage win, or even Andy's Giro win.
