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30 for 30: "Slaying the Badger" Greg LeMond vs Bernard Hinault
Posted on 7/22/14 at 9:11 pm
Posted on 7/22/14 at 9:11 pm
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Before Lance Armstrong, there was Greg LeMond, who is now the first and only American to win the Tour de France. In this engrossing documentary, LeMond looks back at the pivotal 1986 Tour, and his increasingly vicious rivalry with friend, teammate, and mentor Bernard Hinault. The reigning Tour champion and brutal competitor known as “The Badger,” Hinault ‘promised’ to help LeMond to his first victory, in return for LeMond supporting him in the previous year. But in a sport that purports to reward teamwork, it’s really every man for himself. An ESPN Films Production.
Anyone see this tonight?
How was it?
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Posted on 7/22/14 at 9:14 pm to SPEEDY
Was very good. His French teammate really tried to screw him over. I used to dislike Greg for calling Lance a cheat. He was right all along.
Posted on 7/22/14 at 9:15 pm to SPEEDY
It was good. Not one of the best 30 for 30's but still solid.
Hinault and the team coach are a bunch of bitches.
Hinault and the team coach are a bunch of bitches.
Posted on 7/22/14 at 9:17 pm to Broski
seemed like the coach was the key a-hole in this one..
Posted on 7/22/14 at 9:55 pm to iliveinabox
almost fell asleep twice
Posted on 7/22/14 at 10:16 pm to Stevo
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I used to dislike Greg for calling Lance a cheat. He was right all along.
I just assumed LeMond was bitter about getting shot and losing his chance to win maybe 5 or 6 tours like Lance and also not making a Gazillion dollars like Lance. He may be bitter but he was right about Lance.
Posted on 7/22/14 at 10:33 pm to SPEEDY
This is not the cycling story we want.
Posted on 7/22/14 at 10:42 pm to Broski
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Hinault and the team coach are a bunch of bitches.
Those guys were shady as hell.
Posted on 7/23/14 at 3:37 pm to Joe Mantegna
The coach was the real choad here.
Badger was just a selfish winner. Didn't care what happened to those around him, he was going to win. I don't agree with him, but I understand him.
The coach was a squirmy lying frenchman with a ponytail that obviously didn't want an American to beat France's greatest cyclist ever.
This was really good IMO. And it looks like LeMond came from money and has money judging by his house and father's house growing up. He also was SPOT ON about Lance and made it appear that everyone within cycling knew about it the whole time. He "had heard" that Lance's 1999 was shameful or something like that before it became celebrated by the world/media. Greg was clearly an all-time great talent in the history of cycling and isn't tarnished like others.
Badger was just a selfish winner. Didn't care what happened to those around him, he was going to win. I don't agree with him, but I understand him.
The coach was a squirmy lying frenchman with a ponytail that obviously didn't want an American to beat France's greatest cyclist ever.
This was really good IMO. And it looks like LeMond came from money and has money judging by his house and father's house growing up. He also was SPOT ON about Lance and made it appear that everyone within cycling knew about it the whole time. He "had heard" that Lance's 1999 was shameful or something like that before it became celebrated by the world/media. Greg was clearly an all-time great talent in the history of cycling and isn't tarnished like others.
Posted on 7/23/14 at 5:14 pm to SPEEDY
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there was Greg LeMond, who is now the first and only American to win the Tour de France.
I can't stand how we pick and choose...as if Ben Johnson was the only one on drugs at the 1988 Olympics.
As if all the other riders in the all of Lance's Tour's were clean.
As if we even know about the 80's and LeMond and everyone else...when blood doping testing was piss poor.
From the NCAA to the Pros - this supposed "stripping of titles" is about as uniform and clear, fair and non-arbitrary as the War on Drugs.
Posted on 7/23/14 at 5:35 pm to Zamoro10
thought it was very good ... lemond lost a lot of business when he criticized armstrong, so it's good to see a reminder of how great he was ... the french are bitches ... not sure anyone's surprised by that ...
Posted on 7/23/14 at 5:40 pm to tiderider
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the french are bitches ... not sure anyone's surprised by that ...
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