In Reply to: Met and shook hands with Eddy Merckx at the Long Beach Bike Show back in the 80's... posted by Ivan303 on May 9, 2016 at 08:05:39:
As an amateur racer I was cycling along the back roads of Healdsburg (California) and suddenly Greg swooshed past. I struggled to keep up as long as I could, but he had hired a big fat guy on a motor scooter to use as his windbreak ("motorpacing") for some high rpm fitness training so within a few minutes he was out of reach.
Later on, I bumped into him again at Sawyer's News stand in Santa Rosa. We talked briefly, Greg seemed to be slightly discouraged by the state of competitive cycling at that point. He was nearing the end of his career and he was looking forward to a "retirement" consisting of golf and other restful activities.
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Follow Ups
- Rubbed shoulders with Greg Lemond back in the early '90s... - genungo 11:34:43 05/09/16 (1)
- Ran into him a couple times when he was racing as an amateur..... - Ivan303 13:50:24 05/09/16 (0)