forty four said:l its hard to take someone serious or respect someone who does not care for there health or body.
Good point. I'm sure nobody respected this guy either.
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forty four said:l its hard to take someone serious or respect someone who does not care for there health or body.
the vagabond said:dark cloud - Why didn't Le Mond out his sometimes roommate Fignon, who admitting being doped to the eyeballs? Why does he say he respects Fignon? Why isn't he trying to strip Riis, Pantani, and Ulrich of their TdeF titles, all of whom were certainly far more heavily doped than Armstrong? Why did he create a non-innovative cycling company and name all the bicycles after his own victory venues? Why did he gain 30 pounds as soon as he stopped riding? Why doesn't he seem to have any friends, except for the unstable outcast Floyd Landis?
I'll tell you why - because he's a sniveling, revengeful, vendetta-loving, jealous, money- and fame-hungry tool, that's why.
forty four said:lemond gained more like 80+pounds. there is a difference between being a little overweight and morbidly obese. its hard to take someone serious or respect someone who does not care for there health or body. when your quite overweight expect to be judged and treated differently than if you were healthy thats real life seen it at the work place and in social settings time and time again.
as for lemond he may be saying true things but its a obviously a bit personal when it comes to la they hate each other. though i here lemond is a nicer guy in general from anyone who has met him. la has a ****ty bullying personality so i can see how these things get going.
the vagabond said:dark cloud - Why didn't Le Mond out his sometimes roommate Fignon, who admitting being doped to the eyeballs? Why does he say he respects Fignon? Why isn't he trying to strip Riis, Pantani, and Ulrich of their TdeF titles, all of whom were certainly far more heavily doped than Armstrong? Why did he create a non-innovative cycling company and name all the bicycles after his own victory venues? Why did he gain 30 pounds as soon as he stopped riding? Why doesn't he seem to have any friends, except for the unstable outcast Floyd Landis?
I'll tell you why - because he's a sniveling, revengeful, vendetta-loving, jealous, money- and fame-hungry tool, that's why.
Boeing said:Just a side note: Do you think it upsets Greg at all that his old Road Frames now say Gary Fisher on the Down tube? Talk about a kick to the groin.
compete_clean said:Will likely the only clean rider to win the tour in at least the last 40yrs ever get the respect he deserves? Probably not.
red_flanders said:Lance Armstrong.
compete_clean said:If this is the biggest indictment of Greg - that he is overweight - than I'm going to LOL. When, and if I see him again, I will tell him that this the worst thing people could come up with. I'm pretty sure he will get a good laugh out of it. Oh, and I'm pretty sure even his present day 'fat' self could completely lay the boots to just about everyone on this message board
FWIW: 5'10 and 145lb when I raced. Within one year of quitting I was 188lbs.
BotanyBay said:Me: same height, but 135 lbs. 10 years later: 210 lbs. 12 years later, back down to 170 (thanks to un-retirement).
Key to living now? Portion control. Exercise.
BotanyBay said:Me: same height, but 135 lbs. 10 years later: 210 lbs. 12 years later, back down to 170 (thanks to un-retirement).
Key to living now? Portion control. Exercise.
runninboy said:Finally, when people are going through stressful situations they tend to overeat. We all know Greg was coming to grips with his childhood trauma, something he had blocked out for years. It is lucky it didn't turn him into an alcoholic, i think dealing with something like that would produce significant stress and cause anyone to over/under eat.