Former Tour de France winner Greg LeMond is willing to run for the International Cycling Union presidency with the aim of making the sport clean.
The American, 51, has been critical of the UCI’s failure to address the culture of doping and in October called for president Pat McQuaid to quit.
The three-time Tour winner has also joined pressure group Change Cycling Now (CCN), which is demanding a radical reform of the sport.
LeMond’s victories
1983: Wins world road race title
1986: First non-European to win Tour de France
1989: Beats Laurent Fignon by eight seconds in the closest finish to a Tour de France
1989: Wins world road race for second time
1990: Becomes the sixth man to win at least three Tours de France
“It is now or never to act,” he said.CCN has criticised the UCI over the Lance Armstrong scandal, which resulted in the American being banned for life and stripped of seven Tour de France titles after being accused of “systematic doping”. Lemond believes the earthquake caused by the Armstrong case has given cycling the perfect opportunity to clean up the sport.
