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- Arguably one of the best worlds finishes. Greg LeMond, Laurent Fignon, Sean Kelly, Dimitri Konyshev, and more battle it out during the closing kilometers of the 1989 World Championships in Chambery, France.
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Greg LeMond and Alexi Grewal are the two who got me into cycling and I'm still riding three days a week. Love it!
Man I loved growing up in the 80's.
I had the honor of losing races to Greg when he was a junior.
Certainly one of the great riders of all time...And a wonderful human being.
Eddy B . as his coach?
Rightttttttttt
Yes the sprint was Kelly’s specialty, proving LeMonds true strength….
@@garyallen4313 Kelly said he was under geared for the tail wind in the final sprint.
Holy s**t. That was epic!
60mph down hill, wet pavement, no helmets. Bad ass riders. Fantastic video. Much thanks for this. Priceless.
Bad ass? Or plain stupid?
They are all professionals showing off their craft.
100% badass.
@@frederiklundberg3883 Plain stupid...
@Rich Rutledge go watch a sport where people get your level of brain damage
@Mr MERCEDES this is what happens when you don't wear a helmet
Kudos to ESPN for actually caring about cycling back in 1989. Sportsman of the Year
Greg is the most inspiring cyclist America has ever had. Such a sincerely nice guy.
But you gotta love Sean Kelly, coming out of nowhere for 2nd.
first american doper
@@danjo1967 Proof?
Don’t forget Bob Roll!
@@danjo1967 If you mean riding with a chest full of shot-gun pellets, I guess. Lemond was clean.
I raced against Greg in local races when we were both juniors. We called him Lemonster. He was unbeatable even then, but we had no idea...
He is a great man. Losing to Greg will always be one of the great honors of my life.
That Greg was able to hold on with Kelly in his slipstream always astonished me. Thrilling victory.
Yes LeMond was super strong at the finish…
@Robert , Kelly said in a few 1994 interviews at his retirement that he chose too low a final gear when he was training on the course the day before the race. As a result, he couldn't outsprint Lemond.
Those were the days, my cycling friends, those were the days.
You are rigth, iwas 10 years old, i rember exatly those champions.
they were indeed m8 they were indeed
Was at 1982 Worlds at Goodwood and still have a treasured Swiss Team bottle given to me while they waited in the pits for the start. That memory is beyond money but means nothing too anyone else , that's what makes it so special . My first taste of carbo fuel but no bike with me. 😀
The Golden Age of racing when frames were works of art built by craftsmen with paint jobs too match . When pro's were men who knew how too suffer , serious skill and take risks with out helmets. Beautiful memories of times gone by.................
And you could see their faces instead of bloody helmets and sunglasses. You must have seen the 1986 TDF dual between Lemond and Bernard Hinault , I think they are on the Alp d'huez, look it up if you haven't seen it.
One of the best World Championship road races, in the same year as one of the best Tour de France races. And both won by Lemond! The "Sportsman of the Year" award from Sports Illustrated was well deserved!
And clean most agree on, and he was also a critic of ARmstrong.. SO maybe we are watching the best cyclist the world has ever seen.
The most underrated American superstar of all time.
Absolutely sick! Lemond was a MONSTER
Holy cow. What a war. All the ingredients for an epic race gelled. Greg LeMond was the best.
let us not overlook the brilliance of Phil Liggett, whose voice and charm are undeniably the finest the cycling world (and arguably sport in general) have ever seen. truly the g.o.a.t.
😂😂 the man was god awful, whatever about the 80s, listening to him in the 90s and 00s and how absolutely gutless he was to never call out the obvious
Yes. It is going to suck when he can no longer broadcast cycling. He is slipping for sure but his voice is magic.
Some people are never happy judging by the replies, I agree with you about Phil Ligget , is easily the best cycling commentator and I love the fact that even often referred to Eddy Merckx as "The great Eddy Merckx'. Is not necessarily his job to call out Armstrong, is always the case with abusers, they leave the uncomfortable job to everyone else hence the reason the get away with it.
Bottecchia purple and yellow my second road bike. LeMond the legend.
Greg Lemond, what a rider , pure class and the most deserving of winners. First time I ever saw him was on the front cover of cycling monthly having just won the Tour de L'avenir, it was obvious then he was destined for much greater things, and so it was. A real inspiration to everyone.
That's very true... But at the time i didn't want Sean Kelly to lose either. But there can only be one eventual winner sadly in sport, and it can be a hard pill somewhat to swallow when you don't want neither one to lose.
@@BuffaloBuffalo-uc6zp Dont know if you follow boxing but I think it was like that when Sugar Ray Leonard fought Marvellous Marvin Hagler, toe to toe action, I think it was around 1990 so not long after Lemond's victory. Sean Kelly sure was a tough nut rider, loads of victories in the spring classics obviously.
@@pinarellolimoncello Always very nice to hear from an Italian person. !
@@BuffaloBuffalo-uc6zp Sorry to disappoint , am just from England, where are you Canada or USA? My user name just stemmed from a nutty neighbour that was raving over the limoncello from the local super market, being a big cycling fan I couldn't help but pull his leg and say there was an Italian bicycle called a Pinarello Limoncello, he lapped it up. Unable to collect Italian women and cars , I do however collect Italian bicycles, it is a beautiful sport.
The whole way down the final straight, what a boss. As good as Greg was this race was made by the fact that Fignon was putting the pressure on. I can't think of a more impressive race. Top marks for everyone in that final group and poor Steve Bauer.
Poor Steve Bauer
“Mr Bad Luck”
An amazing end of the greatest comeback ever made by Greg LeMond!
Are by any other rider in that regard !
I remember when I saw that race in my Nyc apartment long ago… I woulda been cool with Kelly or Fignon winning,but just like the TDF it wasn’t his day… LeMond is as resilient as they come man. He’s one of my biggest cycling hero’s….
I never tire of watching Greg beat Fignon.
Love the chaos after the finish line
... 30 лет прошло, а как будто вчера...Дмитрий Борисович Конышев - советский и российский профессиональный шоссейный велогонщик. Победитель девяти этапов Гранд-туров. Вице чемпион мира 89 года....👍👏💐
Greg LeMond was a freaking beast on the bike.
Greg Lamond my absolute greatest cyclist ever. Greg in my opinion you are the greatest. From Tom in Lancashire England. Peace and god bless.
Great era in cycling
What an epic battle! Thank you for posting. RIP Fignon.
R.I.P. Brian Drebber 😪😪😪😪😪🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🏍🏍🏍🏍🍺🍺🍺 my friend and great announcer
Just adding this for interest. The media and us fans love a good rivalry, but there are lots of times there is an actual friendship behind the sporting rivalry.
Greg LeMond on Fignon's passing: "It's a really sad day. He had a very, very big talent, much more than anyone recognised. We were teammates, competitors, but also friends. He was a great person, one of the few that I find was really true to himself. He was one of the few riders who I really admired for his honesty and his frankness. We talked about a lot of different things outside of cycling and I was fortunate to really get to know him when my career stopped. I believe he was also one of the generation that was cut short in the early nineties because he was not able to fulfill the rest of his career. But he was a great rider."[
A very nice tribute, and touching on the finer points of a great athlete and cyclist as we know him to be..The unforgettable and unreplacable the one and only Lauren fignon. !
Fignon was a one of a kind rider, a climber, a sprinter, and a excellent time trailist, he was an all a rounder just like LeMond!!!
Long live the memories of Laurent Fignon!!!! RIP
his dad was soo cool. unimagingable proud.
that last mile IS the greatest last mile ever.
Greg is Very, Very ciclist , strong and fast!! Go Greg
These races are so different than today. They actually break a huge sweat and are exhausted like real humans. Look at the genuine huge smiles on their faces. ❤️. "Two minutes ago I didn't even know if I was going to finish a race."
..No "water carriers" in those days ....
Greg Lemond was at his peak at 28yrs old, Sean Kelly five years past his. It was the telling factor in 1989. Remember the great sprint finish at the Giro di Lombardia 1983.
Absolutely fantastic race.
LeMond is a god among men.
Holy shit absolute chaos after the finish huge scrum for Greg's word's
Lemond, the real best American tour rider!
Shut up
They used even more drugs back in the 80s you idiot
Crazy how much cycling has changed since then.
has it? i feel everything is still the same. rear derailleur design haven't changed since the 1950s.
Conor Williams well said
No change all still doping
yep! today's cycling is nothing but lab and technology! Big cheaters have been accepted by the UCI!
Great...great ...Greg Lemond....Incredible sprint....Long long sprint against strong finisseur as Dimitri Konichev and Sean Kelly
I met Kelly when he was doing a sponsor tour through the US. He said that he was under geared on the final sprint with the wind and could not come by Greg. Once he realized he could not win he shut down and got passed by the Russian.
Especially Kelly. Usually the strongest in a situation like this.
I actually attended these world championships, I was at that time a huge Sean Kelly fan and figured that this was his big chance to finally win the world championships . I have to admit I was absolutely gutted when he was pipped by the admittedly great Greg Lamond. My recollection is that, Kelly wasn’t able to sprint effectively at the end because he didn’t have suitable gearing, possibly as an adjustment for the hilly course that year.
Il mio idolo, sempre e x sempre...NUMBER ONE GREG, thank you for these moments...
Best cycling moment ever.
Still awesome after all these years.
I have this on VHS (somewhere downstairs). Thanks for sharing. Boy has U.S. coverage of cycling improved.
Imagine crossing the line after all that effort to get absolutely swamped by all those people!
@Christy Dolan Lemond was respected by the French because he spoke French and raced for a French team early in his career. Fignon was always seen by the French as someone a little aloof and detached. I never felt Greg was in danger, it is just the nature of the press in Europe
Best race I ever witnessed, Greg is the Best American 🇺🇸 Cyclist ever!
No helmets in sight! Fantastique!!
brilliant to re-watch this brilliant
Awesome crowd control sheess! As someone else said winning the world's and the tour is a feat I'm not sure will ever be done again. He was an amazing rider.
Little bit of history for you but you know Stephen Roche, Hinault and Merckx all won the Giro, Tour and World's in same year, I think there may be one other rider too but cant think who. Lemond up there with the best of the best though no doubting that, love him.
this day LeMond made it seem as if he had a motor. He single handedly reeled in his opponents on their most timely moves, and still had the strength to lead out and win against Sean Kelly in the sprint. I've seen segments of the original video where the pursuit group with Kelly, powersliding through corners on the final descent to catch LeMond,Fignon etc
The motors were their legs.
@Christy Dolan More like Sean Kelly made a tactical choice with his bike cassette and guessed wrong
Hindsight is 20-20
Wow this is legendary! My first time seeing this footage.
Great race by Greg!
Fignon most underrated rider, Lemond in those days was a superman a vo2max 0f 92 fignon was a bigger guy but held hi s own on the hills, but these guys were not human
A little info on the frenchman Clavyrolat, he retired and bought a vineyard with his savings . The crops failed and he commited suicide . Such a sad end for such a gutsy rider . RIP Thierry .
Greg Lemond is the best American cyclist ever
Those riders were nothing but amazing if we compare today's prima donna riders........smaller cogs, no radios, havier bikes, legs technology, dieting and nutrition at its bases, no power meters.....Those guys were nothing but big balls riders! A pure huevos!!!!!
The finish line total chaos!
The camera work on the finishing loop was just atrocious. But what a great finale, and that sprint started way way out. 280m? Awesome.
lol it was all atrocious back then
I always felt so bad for Fignon
He won 2x Tours, 2x Milano-Sanremo plus a Giro he did ok for himself.
Laurent Fignon was great even when he lost, which he often did. Always up for a fight.
Probably would have won at least two more Tours, I had Lemond Zurich bike when I stared road riding
Gold silver brooze too 3 off the greatest what a race those were the days rip LF
1:05 "Oh no! Not this guy again..."
The famous words of the frenchman that echoed in the back ground when lemond crossed the finishing line and was confronted and rushed by the french journalists and press, and could be heard saying or uttering the words in french of ( C'est son pere mon dieu )
you never get tired of looking at this ( race ) quality race, quality riders and an over all top quality finish...what more could you ask for without over emphasising the word quality too much in the same sentence or in the following sentences ?.
Buffalo 66 Buffalo 66 word. That finale was a who’s who of the top riders of that time. Epic finish. Priceless video. So glad it’s here.
It was also great that they continue attacking and counter-attacking until the last corner. These days they just wait...
I don't understand how Kelly could lose this one. Just as strange as Gimondi winning in '73.
Here's my analysis of what I could make out based on the condition of the video. Kelly initiated his attack in the sprint too early and could have taken advantage of the draft from Greg for a little longer to come around Greg with a big final kick. Maybe he initiated his attack when he did as a reaction to the 2 riders trailing closely behind in case they might have taken advantage and come around both Kelly and Lemond to block Kelly and drop him back to 4th position. It also looks like Kelly chose a lower gear ratio than Lemond for the sprint and was spinning his legs by the end which prevented his ability to produce a final kick in the sprint to get past Lemond. Whereas, it looks like Lemond had a higher gear ratio and could initiate a kick of power at the finish. Lemond showing that he is a champion all-rounder and master tactician.
@@groundswell3673 thank you! Great analysis. Just like Roche in '87, Lemond could walk on the water in 89. 😊
@@groundswell3673
Someone else in the comments talked to Kelly later and that’s exactly what Kelly said: he chose a freewheel that didn’t have enough top end and was under geared for the sprint. You nailed it.
Buggers, one mile left in the race and they change the footage to bloody newsroom. Worst editing ever.
To be fair this was not live coverage
To me this is real cycling..
Descent in the wet?!! wow.
Greg Superhuman LeMond
Last rider to win the Tour-World's double
Greg 'The World' Lemond.....the World is yours ;-) 🎛️🎚️🎧🧑🎤
Damn they going crazy!
La cabra para ese año
This is why The Barb calls him LeMonster.
Good old days, all about suffering, training and luck.
magnifique Greg
Poor Steve Bauer can't get a break in the world's man (1988,1989)- or Paris Roubaix for that matter either, but bravo LeMond!!!
Campagnolo Delta Brakes. Were they ever a nightmare.
That was design/manufacturing prowess on display there when it should have been utilitarianism.
I tried them , they were complete crap .
I'd have put a months wages on Kelly from the catch and the entire mortgage on Kelly in that last 250.
I spy campy delta brakes 🤓
@Broc felix I had three sets. Loved them
1989 - I was a 20 y/o fanatical amature road cyclist.
2024 - I am a 55 y/o fanatical indoor spinning bike enthusiast.
Interesting Lemond picked the perfect location to attack Fignon, than passes him and caught the group JUST at the crest of the descent.
Great race, to hold off Kelly like that was some achievement, although if it was a few years earlier Kelly won have taken it.
Balls.... big balls.
Lemond is one of the greatest riders of all time..it’s nice to know that Phil hasn’t changed.....continuously making the wrong call..."
I love your comment! LeMond was truly on of the greats and a 100% class act, always!
saberXedge and clean.
What a fucking BIG BALLS sprint!!!!!
At the end of that sprint lemond is like Rodney Dangerfield, "I tell ya I get no respect"...little room please!
60-mph descent, in the rain, in a group, without helmets. "The madness continues"
Steve M. Is wearing a helmet like wearing shin guards at the professional level? Kinda optional
@@jamesbunda806 it was then. It's mandatory now bc someone died after a crash in 1995.
@@JDGreen-vj7wx yes when Fabio Castarelli died in 1995 it became mandatory to wear the helmet on the flat and the descent of a 4th category or higher rated downhill of a race. Cyclists had the option of not wearing them uphill to allow for comfort purposes. However, when Andrei Kiviliv was killed in 2003, the UCI made helmets fully mandatory and made sure the race officials enforced it.
"C'est son père nom de Dieu!"😂
Phil shouldve called that sprint. The other dude....eh. lol
What with all the attacks in the last mile or so it came down to who still had any gas left in the tank in the long straightaway and that was LeMond
Yeah, I like that they attack and counter-attack until the end and not just sit it out.
When Greg made the cover of Sports Illustrated the clueless "experts" said that anybody could ride a bike up a hill, showing that they has little knowledge of sports in general.
That's like saying anyone can run or jump or throw
Not everyone can do it well though
I wonder if bauer would have won if it wasn't for the flat?? he certainly was the best sprinter
I hoped for Sean Kelly, but.....😢
Americans covering bike racing. Cut to a guy reading a newspaper in the final knockings..😂
What is that device on Fignon's fork? See it at 1:13
It's most likely a magnetic speedometer; they were pretty bulky back in the day!
@@KOMTVcyclingprobably one of the old Sachs Huret multimeters that mounted low on the fork.
No helmets
Lemond Worlds finishes
1982-2
1983-1
1984-27
1985-2
1986-7
87-DNF
88-DNF
1989-1
1990-4
One of the all time greats with a story made of Legends.
Slippery conditions and no helmets.
Really too bad for Bauer getting the puncture. Anarchy around Lemond at the finish. Also, who pens this dribble at the conclusion?