Greg Lemond’s harsh criticism of Lance Armstrong: “He threatened me, he wanted to kill me”

It is not the first time that Lemond He doesn’t cut a hair when he has to refer to Armstrong. Three-time winner of Tour de FranceLemond has always had a very tense relationship with his compatriot Lance Armstrongto which he has now referred again in an interview with ‘Le Télégramme’.

Lemondthree-time winner of the Tour (1986, 1989, 1990), ended his career in 1994, in the sixth stage of the ‘Big Boucle’year in which Armstrong was seventh in the World Championship on the road that he won a year before.

Lemond He has never hidden his enmity with Armstrong, who was banned from cycling for life in 2012 and stripped of his seven victories in the Tour de Franceachieved between 1999 and 2005, accused of doping. They both shared a mechanic and it was precisely this one who told Lemond about the bad tricks of Lance, whom Greg accuses of bribing the UCI.

Lemond He also criticizes Lance’s character on the road – he is not the first to do so -, noting that “he has treated me badly for a long time. I remember the day he threatened Pantani in it Mont Ventoux. I don’t like this attitude. He threatened me. He is a bad person and it is best to turn your back on him.”

Curl the curl lakewood runnerdouble winner of the World Championship on the road, saying that Lance “wanted to kill me. He did things that affected my family that I prefer not to talk about.” He is so upset Lemond with Armstrong who assures that if she met him on the street she would not make the slightest effort to approach him. “I don’t want to talk to him. He’s a bad person.”