# Greg LeMond will participate in local bicycle event

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 24, 2016, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greg-lemond-will-participate-in-local-bicycle-event/752990 "2016-04-24T12:45:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2016, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greg-lemond-will-participate-in-local-bicycle-event/752990/1 "2016-04-24T12:45:45Z")

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The [Apple Blossom Tour](http://appleblossomtour.org/), in its 4th year has managed to get Greg LeMond (3 time Tour de France winner) to participate.

This has something to with the tour combining with “LIZFEST” which celebrates the life of a young woman who died of lung cancer.

[http://appleblossomtour.org/pressrelease2016.html](http://appleblossomtour.org/pressrelease2016.html)

I participated in the first two tours, but couldn’t make it last year. This is also a difficult weekend for me and am not sure I can make it.

Brian

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**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2016, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greg-lemond-will-participate-in-local-bicycle-event/752990/2 "2016-04-25T20:44:57Z")

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Guess I’m the only one excited – this is the bike equivalent of having Mark Spitz at your local swimming pool opening or Eric Heiden at your skating rink.

Brian

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**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2016, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greg-lemond-will-participate-in-local-bicycle-event/752990/3 "2016-04-25T23:58:57Z")

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Yo Brian, this is cool. LeMond is a great American racer who did it the right way. He didn’t lie, cheat, steal or juice.

If you can go, go!