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Why do most people never mention Greg LeMonds FIRST World Championship Gold Medal? Venezuela, Junior Road Race. He was the main animator(Again!), and won a gold, silver, and bronze medal in that championship. He was beaten to the line by a top-tier Belgian road racer, Kenny Demartlier. But, he was disqualified for dangerous riding, after hooking GL off the course. Even if he had gotten the silver, he still did fantastic.
2:48 poor Bauer. Looking back on his career he said that was one he would have liked to have back. He liked his chances in a sprint against that group.
What a race! Tough conditions, attack after attack, just what great cycling should be. everyone taking a chance, launching an attack, recovering, and racing over and over! I would have given the best chance to Kelly, but LeMond really wanted that title! Again!
How did Sean kelly fuck that up?
i really wish i was around in 89 to watch cycling..
@jackmeadow1 Interesting. I’ve read LeMond say that he started the spring early because he thought that, if Kelly started sprinting before him, he’d never catch him.
I heard Sean Kelly in an interview years after losing this race say that he made a mistake with his gear choice. He was not expecting LeMond to start the sprint from so far out and picked too low a gear to catch him. Also, at that point in Kelly’s career he was not so good at sprinting because he spent so much time training to climb. He did win a Tour of Spain and only missed out on winning a second Tour of Spain as he had to retire because of a medical problem.
Would be nice if someone posted Greg’s 83 win.
@kvmusic to say that Kelly’s one-day palmares is better than LeMond’s is like saying his stage race palmares is better because he won Paris-Nice 7 times and a Vuelta, whereas Greg only (!) had 3 Tours and 1 Dauphine. Kelly won many classics and Greg none, but the 1 single-day race that everyone wants to win, kelly only had 2 bronzes whereas Greg had 2 golds and 2 silvers.
Not to diss Kelly, both great riders.
@oleo36 Actually, Sean Kelly usually won the sprints against Lemond, Fignon. Sean Kelly was a 1 day classic specialist. Won Paris Nice 7 straight times. Milan San Remo, Paris Robaiax, and many others that Lemond never won. Lemond said in his book on page 200 “I could train for sprinting 7 times as much as Kelly, and he could beat me 7 out of 10 times in a dead heat.” This 1989 World Championships was one of the rare exceptions. Kelly was the greatest sprinter of the 1980′s.
Lemond chases down every flyer and stills out-sprints everyone for the win – impressive effort. ’89 was quite a year for him.
Lemond chases down every flyer and stills out-sprints everyone for the win – impressive effort. ’89 was quite a year for him.
Lemond-fignon an exciting duel. Both are champions. Courage Laurent.
@kvmusic
Thanks for clarifying that. I still think it is an odd policy: only positive or neutrally valued posts are visible.
oleo36,
we were not talking about 1989 here, we were talking about 1982.
lemond was a better tour racer, kelly was a better classic racer. lemond did get a few one day race wins (2 world championships, which is amazing). kelly won a lot of tours, 7 paris-nice, 1 vuelta, 2 tours de suisse.
if you compare their palmares, kelly is WAY above lemond. there is just no comparison. kelly beat lemond many times in the classics. also, kelly rode all year, lemond did not. anyway, they were both great.
posts don’t get deleted. if you get 6 thumbs down, they just disappear. you can still see them if you click “show” or “reply”
Post deleted. how lame and undemocratic is that? To You Tube and the nay-sayers: Disagreeing is not offensive; it’s just a difference of opinion. Giving comments a thumbs down because you don’t agree with them and deleting is pathetic.
As it happens I’m a big fan of Kelly’s, but I just don’t think he was in the same league as the likes of Lemond or Hinault -world champions and TdF winners. Head-to-head sprinting, Kelly usually (always?) lost against these guys. Specially in the big races.
And I’ll invite a few more thumbs down with this probably (but that’s tough): Being under-geared was something Kelly himself said. This took away from Lemond’s fine and deserved win. Kelly had the ideal position but lacked the power to pass Lemond (as in 1982).
As to Boyer’s 1982 chances, maybe watch the video again and see just how much power Saronni put down. An awsome display of power and tactical nouse. Boyer’s lead just helped control the pace and counter-attacks on the climb
Sorry kvmusic, but much as I would have liked to see Kelly win the World’s, I cannot agree with you: he just wasn’t in the same class as Lemond. He is clearly the dominant rider, chad=sing down Fignon, closing the gaps on the run-in and leading out the sprint to win.
@Ingwe416
dipstick yourself.
i suggest YOU watch the video (providing you know which one i am talking about. Lejaretta and Vandervelde are cooked but Boyer is still doing fine. however Lemond makes is move past L and V with Saronni right in his wheel.
he had 2 other options, give Boyer a little more chance or let Saronni make the move and pass him in the final meters.
@kvmusic
Boyer was being overtaken by Saronni and company. He was cooked. Lemond came off of the chasers. He did not lead a chase. Watch the video dipstick
Kelly was a great rider: a champion. But he wasn’t a Campionissimo. And whatever gear he had or didn’t have, he was simply beaten by a more powerful man who had the form of his life. Kelly lost several key sprints to in his career to great riders who were also all-rounders: Hinault came past him on the Champs Elysees famously and this was the second time Lemond outrode him to a World’s podium.
Ha Ha Fignon attacking on his teammate
I was only a year old when this took place, the Tour De France is the one sports event I look forward to every summer
@toronto68 i know seriously. only lame thing about cycling is mechanical failures ruining races