Cycling: LeMond says restricting radios would make Tour more exciting


  • Cycling
  • Thursday, 15 Jun 2017

FILE PHOTO: Former three time winner of the Tour de France, American Greg Lemond, takes time to sign autographs along the route of the 17th stage of the Tour de France cycling race from Albertville to Aix-Les-Bains, France, July 29, 1998. REUTERS/Jacky Naegelen/File Photo

LONDON (Reuters) - Three-times Tour de France winner Greg LeMond believes the use of team radios should be restricted to make the three-week race more unpredictable.

"The Tour is less complex now because of radios," American LeMond said in an interview with broadcaster Eurosport for whom he will again be chief analyst this year.

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