Originally Posted by
mprelaw
Short course, downhill with a tailwind, and using aero bars when no one else was. I think those are kind of relevant. Plus the fact that he always was a strong TT rider.
IMO the best evidence that LeMond rode clean was 1991. And how far and fast he fell once EPO took over the peloton. Early yellow jersey in 1991, and cracks like an egg in the mountains where the EPO users leave him sucking ass. Winds up 7th. And never finishes another TdF. In the space of 3 years he goes from maillot jaune to a guy who drops out 3 places from dead-assed last. Yeah, he doped. Right.
Except, that he also says he may have had mitochondrial myopathy or it was the effects of the remaining lead pellets. I don't think he was the best one within the peloton to judge performances of other at that time. Hard to judge others when you are not near your own peak.