So this week has seen a rather public spat between Greg LeMond and Lance Armstrong, America's two Tour de France champions. This whole thing began 5 years ago when Michele Ferrari was being investigated for doping in Italy and LeMond publicly criticized Armstrong for his association with Ferrari. Ferrari was a controversial figure who later served a suspended sentence for sports fraud. While LeMond said his comments were taken out of context it appears the damage is done. Fast forward a few years and now LeMond is claiming that Armstrong threatened him and even said he could get 10 people to testify that LeMond had used EPO.
Beyond a public pissing match between the two biggest names in American cycling is that both athletes are still financially tied to Trek. LeMond has his line of bikes which are produced by Trek and Armstrong, though retired from racing, still has a lifetime sponsorship contract with Trek. One has to wonder what's going on in Waterloo. So far Trek has not posted any public statements on the war of words being conducted by their two most valuable public figures. Would be interesting to see them put a positive spin on this one.
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