Originally Posted by
queerpunk
I was under the impression that stage race frames - like LeMonds and other bikes with "epic geometry" - had really long-and-back geometry, like parallel 72s with long top tubes.
LeMond's have slack angles and long top tubes, but that's LeMond's preference for a stage bike. Look at e.g. the old Peugeot PX-10s for a more typical stage geometry. Plenty of TDFs were raced and won on PX-10s.