A legend and a gentleman, Greg Lemond joins Matt Stephens in the Champagne region of Northern France for the latest episode of the Sigma Sports Café Ride.
He may have won the Tour de France three times, but poor Greg never got the opportunity to spray a bottle of Champagne from the podium. Given the backdrop, surely Matt will take this opportunity to put it right today… won’t he?!
For more information on this Cafe Ride episode, please visit:
https://www.sigmasports.com/cafe-ride/greg-lemond
Shop the bike and kit Matt Stephens is using in this episode:
https://www.sigmasports.com/cafe-ride/greg-lemond/shop-matts-look
Watch previous Cafe Ride episodes:
https://www.sigmasports.com/cafe-ride
With thanks to:
Rapha
Oakley
LeBlanq
The Royal Champagne Hotel
Kathy Lemond
Greg Lemond
Patrick Chastagner
Images:
AP Photo
PA Images
Alamy Stock Photo
Henri and Marcel Besson
Pierre Gleizes
Benjamin Werner
Lionel Cironneau
Article references:
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-04-21-sp-133-story.html
https://www.upi.com/Archives/1987/04/24/Cyclist-Greg-LeMond-recovering-from-shotgun-wounds-will-not/6102546235200/
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35 Comments
Thank you Matt for this wonderful ride!
Brilliant, made my day
Not sure which I'm enjoying more, this amazing video, or the love for Greg flowing in all the comments. Greg loves to tell a story, and boy does he have a ton of them. All from a pretty crazy period of cycling. Excelling in any sport is insanely difficult, but to do so in the politically charged and medically questionable times Greg faced as an 'outsider' is especially heroic. Is there a rule that Greg can't come back for more? 😀
what a lovely bloke. A man with that much talent and so humble
Great video! Greg LeMond is and always will be one of my favorite all-time professional cyclists. I read everything I could about him, his riding technique and, of course, his book. Much of my riding style was and still is based on his riding style…and Stephen Roche…and Laurent Fignon. I remember actually having dreams where I was riding with Greg Le Mond on my regular riding routes. Of course, he always let me keep up with him. I think his winning the Tour de France 3 times and Worlds twice marked the point when cycling turned the corner on becoming more popular in the United States. He's a true legend.
Greg always comes across as an honest and genuinely nice bloke. It saddens me to the core how he was treated by others in the industry.
Greg is a 3 Times World Champion. You should really correct that.
I had the Brancale GreyYellow Lemond signature shoes!
L E G E N D
Great video!!! I love Greg!! Please continue making these coffee rides!
I love the tampered Greg Lemond handwritten goals 😂😂😂
Even greg cant ride that bike on a line
Thanks Mr. Stephens for hooking up with Greg LeMond. I thoroughly enjoy these cafe ride episodes.
One of the biggest rats in professional sports is Greg Lemond… Nothing to be proud of here.
Greg, now we continue our tour de vida (tour de life) racing: our rivals are excess central adiposity syndrome, ageism, fitness, nutrition, dyslipidemia, dysmetabolic syndrome X, arthritis, hypertension, which are continuously trying to take us down to the path of sedentary lifestyle, overindulgence in fast foods, street foods, and lack of a consistent physically active lifestyle at least 30 minutes daily x5 days a week.
What a great video! Absolute pleasure to watch
Greg Lemond…the cycling legend is leading us again in riding again!
GREAT JOB MATT & LONG OVERDUE … GREG DESERVES MUCH RESPECT!!!!!!
What a great guy. Like doing a cafe ride with your best mates dad, who just happens to have won the tour de france more than once but is still a fun loving guy
Matt you have a rhombus confused with a trapezoid
That horizontal forearm in the first old picture!
94 VO2
What a great cafe ride episode with a legend in the cycling world. Greg Lemond
That was so fun to watch, thanks.
Love him!
1986 & 1989 TdF; The best ever. Greg took down two great French champions. French cycling has never recovered. What an era!
Ok, there was Eddy Merkx…..and then …..then there was Greg LeMond. The beginning, middle and end of pro cycling, inspiration, determination and spirit. Period. Full stop. Absolutely fantastic interview. Matt is nothing but the best as an interviewer and his guests are always compelling. Greg LeMond…..it just DOES NOT GET BETTER. Cheers mate.
1989 Worlds: The Greatest race. The documentary: The images have never left my mind. I am still cycling.
Greg is the reason I’ve had a life long love of cycling. I hope to meet him one day
So good! So good!! Thanks for highlighting the living legend that is Greg Lemond. I just LOVE the story of your connection to Greg on Alpe d'Huez and you media career! Instamatic! shot Brilliant!
Loved all of this! 💞
What a lovely interview. Great cameraderie and awesome stories. Chapeau to both of you!
Great job as always Matt. Love all the Cafe rides. Keep them coming 👍🚴
One of the best Cafe Rides yet….until we get the one with Elton John. C'mon, Matt, make that happen!
So cool!
I had a pair of those Scott Drop in bars!
Loved em! Wish I could find another pair!