Hinault was injured early in the tour from a crash, and vulnerable. Lemond goes on about following team orders in stage 17 -- he wasn't allowed to work with Roche to gap Hinault. The French team wasn't interested in a 1-2 finish, but a "1" finish for a Frenchman.
Greg Bullshit wrote:
You might want to watch the documentary again. In 1985 LeMond was a domestique whose job it was to support Hinault to the win. Despite the fact LeMond was the better rider that year and WANTED to go for the win, he was instructed NOT to do so. LeMond did his job and supported Hinault. LeMond showed character, loyalty and responsibility to his job.
This is the same bullshit LeMond has been shovelling for the last twenty years. Hinault was the strongest rider in 1985. By stage 14 he was 5 1/2 minutes ahead of LeMond, who was in second place. Stephen Roche was another 30 seconds back. When the Colombian climber, Herrara, went ahead on stage 14, LeMond followed. Hinault stayed back and marked Roche and Phil Anderson. He did not follow LeMond so Roche would not be dragged back. This was to allow LeMond to cement his second place position.
LeMond always goes on about how following team orders cost him the 1985 race, but he never mentions that if Hinault would not have been following team strategy to get a 1-2 finish then he would have never been in a position to win.