What the Americans brought to the tour !

Long before Lance Armstrong’s dominance when the likes of Greg Lemond and the  7-Eleven team came to the tour the TV coverage changed also as it was given the US primetime tv makeover . Here are a few good examples including Roches 1987 tour win . ( look out for a very young current Credit Agricole pro , Nicolas in his arms )

 

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3 COMMENTS

  • Ron

    Great videos!

  • Tejvan Pettinger

    I admire Greg LeMond alot. He really helped shake up the European racing scene and make it a global sport.

  • jake22

    pretty cool

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