I am not the biggest Greg LeMond fan, but, man, what a bizarre day of testimony for the guy, I feel bad for him. LeMond is a witness for the USADA at the trial of 2006 Tour de France quasi-champion Floyd Landis.
Landis, if you recall, is accused of doping during the Tour de France last year.
Anyway, in testimony today, LeMond broke down in tears when he testified his uncle molested him when he was a child. Why did this come out in testimony? Because last night he got a call from a man claiming to be his uncle saying, “I am your uncle and if you want me to finish this… We can talk about how we used to hide your weenie.” “This” being his testimony.
LeMond testified that he told the story of his uncle to Landis in a phone conversation after Landis had been accused of doping. He used it as an example of what can happen when people keep secrets buried as a way of trying to get Landis to come clean. Apparently Landis replied, “I don’t see anything good that could come of [coming clean]. I would hurt my friends.”
The kicker? The caller who claimed to be LeMond’s uncle is a close associate of Landis’. The caller was identified by police as Will Geoghegan, who has been by Landis’ side throughout his defense of his innocence.
What a soap opera. I believe Lance Armstrong doped and I believe Floyd Landis doped. Pro Cycling is in serious trouble and is full of a bunch of liars and cheaters. I applaud LeMond for speaking out against these so-called champions. The sport needs to clean house and it can start with stripping Landis of his title.
White folks are stoopid.
Dang so Greg LeMond’s own uncle did him. That’s perverted man. I wonder if the uncle is still alive and if he’ll get charged now. I don’t think there’s no statue of limitations on molesters. I wonder how long it went on and what exactly the uncle done did to poor ole LeMond.
I sold Lemond and his daughters some CDs when I worked retail… he was really nice and so were his girls (I knew he was lemond because after I’d been talking for a while the younger daughter 6 or 7 looked up at me and said “my dad is Greg Lemond”).
I remember watching him win the tour when I was a kid, it was really the only tour I ever watched… I would flip back and fourth between his yellow jersey and Tranzor Z (remember the boob rockets?–awesome).