Johan Bruyneel has poured scorn on Greg LeMond over his involvement in recent investigations into mechanical doping, labeling the American an ‘asshole’ and arguing that he has an unnatural obsession with tarnishing the reputation of Lance Armstrong.
In an interview with the Belgian magazine Humo, Bruyneel, who was Armstrong’s former directeur sportif at the US Postal team, likened detractors of Armstrong to a “sect”, asserting that “they can keep trying until the year 3000 – they’re not going to find mechanical doping.”
It is no secret that LeMond and his wife, Kathy, hardly see eye to eye with Armstrong, and both have been outspoken about the existence of motorised cheating, even working secretly with French police in 2014. They were two key interviewees on the CBS 60 Minutes investigation, which aired at the end of last month and featured claims that motors had been used in bikes at the Tour de France.
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The spotlight turned on Armstrong when the programme makers bought an old US Postal team bike from 1999 and fitted it with a motor, which was then tested by Tyler Hamilton. Hungarian engineer Istvan Varjas aso repeated his assertions that the technology has existed since 1998 and that, in an exclusive deal, he was paid $2 million not to talk about or further develop his motors for a period of 10 years.
“I don’t know what it is that’s up with LeMond. It’s not normal to be so obsessed with Armstrong,” said Bruyneel, who is currently serving a 10-year ban for his involvement in doping.
“He has realised that people are less and less outraged by Lance, because it has become clear that he was only one of many who were doping, and that’s why LeMond is now looking for something new with which to tarnish his name. But he’s not going to manage it. They can keep trying until the year 3000 – they’re not going to find mechanical doping.
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