Anyone who gets accidently shot by a hunting companion and does not shoot back is a good man.
I think many of us are (rather pessimistically) waiting for the “hammer” to which Tom slyly alludes to fall…
Comparisons between LeMond and LA are unfortunately unavoidable, but ultimately useless. No more valuable that comparisones between Babe Ruth and Barry Bonds. Different time, different game, different everything.
I don’t understand why LA’s accomplishments should diminish LeMonds.
On a much more personal level, LeMond is at the core of why I rode an hour on my trainer before dawn this morning. Twenty years ago he introduced me to the sport. Many of us here probably owe him a “thank you” and if I were ever to meet him in person, it would be the first thing out of my mouth.
You bet. I grew up on Lemond - Steve Bauer - La Vie Clare, Oakley factory pilots (I still have them in the basement) and the first look clipless pedals. When I rode Alpe d’Huez this summer I had this vision of Lemond and Hinault reluctantly coming up to the finish hand in hand in a superficial display of truce 
Tyler has crashed often enough, and done enough damage over the years that it certainly adds up to a near death experience by now.
Now if he could just race clean I’d back him for a shot at the title in France. Until then, he’s just another cheating bum!