[cmccuist]

I understand Greg Lemond's bitterness. I think he was a better rider than Bernard Hinault. When Hinault won his fourth, he told Lemond that it would be his turn next year and then double crossed him- and the team backed Hinault!. Then Hinault tried to win a sixth time ended up second to Lemond. Lemond basically won that one on his own because Hinault wanted a sixth.

Then Lemond had that shooting accident and missed a year, but came back to win two more times. So conceivably, Lemond could have had six titles himself - the three he actually won, the missed year where he was recovering from the gun shot, and Hinault's fourth and fifth where Lemond was the better rider.