Big Pimpin' Monday - Greg Lemond

So we may have missed a few weeks and its pretty late on a Monday but Big Pimpin Monday is so awesome that it is not bound by such constraints as time plus we've also been busy as Lew Thomas at a Star Trek convention.

This week it's all about Greg Lemond. Long before that other American, Greg Lemond was blazing a trail through Europe leaving a bunch of pissed of Euro's in his wake all whilst looking cool.

Greg was the first Non-European to win the Tour De France, being a professional in Europe from a non European country was hard enough in 1986, to win the Tour in simple amazing. Greg was also a contender for the 1985 tour but was dedicated to helping the leader of his team Benard Hinault at the time. Who a year later in 1986 would show classic French sportsmanship by agreeing to ride as a support team-mate for Greg due to his work in 1985 then attacking him on every stage.

In 1987 in a hunting accident Greg was hit with 40 pellet from a shotgun at close range, 37 of which are still in his body. These days we hear alot of rappers getting shoot but those nancy boys all seem to die, Greg came back 2 years later to win to more Tours. To make the dude even cooler he has spent the last few years harassing Lance Armstrong about doping and pushing for cleaner cycling.