Cycling - Riders have lost their ability to race, says LeMond


  • Cycling
  • Wednesday, 12 Jul 2017

Cycling - The 104th Tour de France cycling race - Greg LeMond daily chat with Reuters - Duesseldorf, Germany - June 30, 2017 - Three-time Tour de France winner and Eurosport pundit Greg LeMond gestures during a talk with Reuters. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann

BERGERAC, France (Reuters) - Most of the Tour de France riders have lost their ability to race and their sponsors should be asking for their money back, three-time champion Greg LeMond said on Tuesday as he lashed out against the 'unwritten rules' of cycling.

In an action-packed ninth stage on Sunday, Fabio Aru attacked Chris Froome six kilometres from the top of the key climb of the day as the race leader raised his arm for assistance, later saying he had a mechanical problem.

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