Friday, April 20, 2012

5 comments:

queasyfish said...

Jared, please explain this picture.

queasyfish said...

Take your time.

Jared said...

85 tour final results. The one Hinault won before the 1986 one when Hinault did not honor his promise to work for Lemond. Lemond likely would have won this 1985 tour if he wasn't made a teammate of Hinaults after a great 1984 performance. In 84 podium was Fignon, Hinault, Lemond on different teams I think. Of other interest is the great one day racer Sean Kelly the green jersey winner that year. Never have I seen a tougher/faster guy with a super small poor fitting bike. This was also the start of the clipless pedal revolution.

queasyfish said...

Oh this wasn't the 1886 one? I thought it was.

Jared said...

Definitely 1985. If it were 1986 lemond is in yellow, Hinault in polkadot and Sean Kelly is not in green. I looked it all up to be double sure and found that your pic has Lemond in the "combination" jersey. Seems to be a temporary idea in the tour that does not exist now as far as I am aware.