re: Armstrong Officially Stripped of Tour Titles

anyone defending Lemond as 'clean' should take a look at the pot calling the kettle black here.

I wonder which 'doping' helps the most? mechanical or EPO?

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LeMond put his bike into a huge 55 x 12 gear. His effort was the fastest individual time trial for a distance longer than 10 km ever ridden. A November 1989 Bicycling Magazine article, supported by wind-tunnel data, estimated that LeMond may have gained 1 minute on Fignon through the use of the new aerobars.[8] He also could have gained 16 seconds by wearing his aero helmet with a slightly elongated tail section for better aerodynamics, while Fignon rode bare-headed with his ponytail exposed to the wind.
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So Lemond gained over a minute & 16 seconds over Fignon because he attached aero bars to his bike and used an aero helmet.

Clearly this didn't tilt the playing field at all.

Also interesting this is the FASTEST TT EVER at that time and second fastest EVER. Wow, I figured with the super drugs of the early 2000s Lance would have been much faster over "clean as a whistle" Lemond.

eta Clearly Lemond had an advantage; aero bars in particular..that destroyed Fignon..and even then he won by the barest of times..7 seconds.

Sooo, because Fignon failed (or didn't know) what a huge advantage aero bars provided Lemond's win is ok? No doubt Fignon could have held onto those 7 seconds if he had stuck some aero bars on his bike.