Greg Lemond is never on my to-do list.”.
It was a very confusing period,” Lemond says.
Greg Lemond's attack dog is staring me down.
Once he even changed a tire on Lemond's Renault.
Lemond was gifted with an ungodly VO2 max of 93;
In fact Lemond hadn't told the reporter about the call;
It also benefited Lemond Fitness, which makes stationary bicycles and accessories.
In his home, Lemond tells me ominously,“I was always too nice.
I don't know what I was going to do,” Lemond says;
Lemond sued anyone who tried to use his image for profit.
This isn't cycling anymore,'” Lemond testified that DeVriese had told him.
And if there's one thing Greg Lemond likes to do, it's talk.
Our whole family was on[the antidepressant] Celexa,” Lemond tells me, breaking into sobs.
Lemond claims to have tapes of conversations with John
Burke that are potentially damaging.
(Lemond sued for breach of contract
and eventually won almost $3.5 million from PTI.).
As the case grew heated, Lemond wondered if Blixseth's lawyers were working with Armstrong.
While Armstrong has essentially fled from professional cycling, Lemond is slowly returning to it.
I wished I could
tell him I didn't have this magical childhood,” Lemond tells me.
According to Lemond, he urged Landis-
if he had used drugs- to own up to it.
He waited until I was just at the right stage of development,” Lemond says now.
Landis was either perturbed about Lemond's comments(says Landis) or seeking the older rider's advice(says Lemond).
The partnership
generated more than $100 million for Trek and $5 million for Lemond over the years.
When Lemond was about eight years old,
Ron started taking him skiing and camping in the mountains.
What pissed me off about Lance's accusations
was his idea that my comeback was a‘miracle,'” Lemond says.
Lemond trained harder than he ever had in his life and changed his diet,
but nothing worked.
To illustrate the point, Lemond told him about the secret he would kept for many years.
It happened to Lemond, as it so often does, at the hands of someone he knew well.
When a Canadian reporter called Landis,
wondering if he would“admitted” drug use to Lemond, Landis hit the roof.
There's already tension in the house because my questions have rekindled Lemond's anger toward Armstrong and Landis.
Later in the conversation, Lemond says, Armstrong promised to“find at
least 10 people who will say you did EPO.”.