How Greg LeMond’s aero bars revolutionised time trialling

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LeMond Oakley Razor Blade

Photo: Graham Watson

The 1989 Tour de France is inextricably linked with the first use of tri-bars in the peloton. Would Greg LeMond, who started the final time trial 50 seconds behind Laurent Fignon on GC, have triumphed by that famous eight-second margin without them?

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