LONDON (Reuters) - Three-times Tour de France winner Greg LeMond believes the use of team radios should be restricted to make the three-week race more unpredictable. "The Tour is less complex now because of radios," American LeMond said in an interview with broadcaster Eurosport for whom he will again be chief analyst this year. Team orders rule these days making epic duels like that between team mates LeMond and French great Bernard Hinault on Alpe d'huez in 1986, chronicled in the book Slaying the Badger, rare. "Unfortunately for Tom Dumoulin the time trials are not a little longer," LeMond, who won the race in 1986, 1989 and 1990, told Eurosport. "There are not too many mountain top finishes which is good for Dumoulin but I think it still favours riders like (Chris) Froome."

Source: The Star June 15, 2017 09:00 UTC