Race Radio said:
Likely because he has answered the question over and over. Given that he has provided an answer in the past most would see his answer as adding more depth to the discussion.
http://admirelemond.blogspot.com/2007/07/lexpress-interview-from-july-12th-2007.html
horsinabout said:
I noticed this and what do you think he meant? I think he was avoiding the question directly. . .
It seems to me that your current point of view is colored by an assumption that GL was avoiding a direct answer. I think you are assuming GL has something to hide. IF you approach all this discussion with that assumption, you would have a point. However, as has been noted, we have zero evidence to implicate GL in ANY doping. We do have a former team mate of GL who is a poster here, who said, in these forums, that in his opinion, GL would have done whatever he could that was legal. But what could anyone here find wrong with that?
I think you will find the linked interview above interesting. Also, read below.
IndianCyclist said:
True, there was little doubt about his own doping (no doping based on strong ethics) but the hesitation was about recollecting others doping. He definitely knew who, what & where. Also Lemond was definitely offered drugs as well. But he was a phenomenal cyclist. If you are wining easy (seen from his record from an early age) why would you dope. . . . the one little thing that i have against Lemond is that he has not grassed on anyone else who doped (probably cannot because of libel). He is more against dodgy doctors than poor cyclists.
If you read the interview above, and keep the timeline straight, you will clearly see that Lemond did NOT know "who, what, and where" until he figured things out, years later. It is obvious that, even after Floyd got busted, based on Lemond's comments, that he STILL was not aware of the extent of the problem.
Add to this that Lemond has testified in court about the characters that he DOES know, and what he knows, I don't believe you can realistically say he didn't "grass" on anyone. Especially given his famous quote about Ferrari. At the time, that comment was still pretty controversial/outrageous.
D-Queued said:
Greg was recalling the case of Philippe Casado, though I am pretty sure that he has never specifically named Casado. He first made reference publicly to this 'teammate' in 2007.
Casado moved onto Jolly from GAN, where there was a full program in place.
Casado had been a loyal Domestique to LeMond, and had even won the first stage in the Giro.
Casado died of an apparent heart attack at age 30, in his back yard while playing soccer with his young son.
Unusual for a four time Tour finisher.
Notably some of these facts are not yet in Wikipedia, including the Giro stage win. and I long ago elected not to put them there myself.
These circumstances may qualify as tragic.
The death and its circumstance may help explain why Greg might hesitate in recounting anything about Casado.
Dave.
In the interview linked above, Greg mentions Casado by name - and tells the story. That interview gives good insight into the situation. It is interesting to me that Greg really didn't suspect the depth of the problem until well after Floyd got caught. I also find that fits with my experience - having lived those days - and even though I have a somewhat sceptical mind, and I knew something of the doping issue, I did not suspect the massiveness of the problem. And I know I'm not the only one.
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