Originally Posted by
Giacomo 1
I respectively disagree.
No other athlete, in any sport, in any country, was ever driven like Lance was. Drugs aside, he was truly driven to win at any cost, and pay any price. He was truly special and unique. Yes, he was a TDF specialist, but I think he would have subdued, nullified and buried Hinault in that race and forced Hinault into a supporting role in a way that LeMond just couldn't have. Hinault would have respected Lance and might have even been scared of him in a way that he never was with LeMond.
I think that's why Armstrong and LeMond just never saw eye-to-eye....
I'm in your camp 100%. For 7 great years he went up against the best dopers in the game and beat all of them to the point that he never got caught with a fine or suspension unlike all of the podium finishers. As Bob Roll said we all got to fine a way to reconsile this and move on,