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Greg LeMond is having 'hommage' bikes made. The link below is the 1990 one:
https://greglemond.com/#!/ltd1990
*The Wave of Momentum.
Wearing the rainbow jersey of World Champion into the 1990 Tour, LeMond carried more confidence than ever. As the undisputed leader of the French Team Z, he felt all of France was behind him. It was the closest LeMond would get to his 'perfect storm'. Riding a carbon bike built yet again by Jean Marc Gueugneaud, the same carbon master that engineered all of the Limited Edition models, the 1990 event marked another milestone: The first Tour de France won by an American bicycle brand. LeMond Bicycles had by then officially added the Team Z TVT model to its production lineup.*
***The 1990 Tdf Bike
*Greg, working with TIME's carbon engineer and designer Jean Marc Gueugneaud, created this limited-edition bicycle in 2013. Greg dovetailed his 35-plus years of ride-handling and race knowledge with Jean Marc's leading edge carbon fiber design and manufacturing to produce a cutting-edge road bike that's best in class, from its Made-in-France pedigree, down to its Made-in-Italy Campagnolo gruppos, all dressed in its Team Z livery. Greg and Jean Marc worked together in TIME's factory in Lyon, France to create a modern, limited-edition carbon machine reflective of their creative relationship and Greg's love for the Tour de France, which, like his pursuit for technological excellence, has never waned.
*The 1990 Tdf Tour
Resplendent in the rainbow jersey of the reigning world champion, Greg enters the 1990 Tour a bit overweight and under trained, partly due to fulfilling his world champion duties in the off season and recurring mononucleosis. Now riding for Team Z, Greg and his crew play it cool in the first couple weeks, as the leader's yellow jersey is swapped from the backs of the original breakaway group of four who gained more than 10 minutes on the peloton following Stage 1. Bauer, now riding for 7-Eleven, wore the leader's yellow jersey through Stage 9, when Greg's teammate Ronan Pensec took over for two stages. The Italian upstart Claudio Chiappucci wore yellow until Stage 20, the final time trial. Greg played his cards to perfection and wore yellow into Paris a third and final time in his 14-year career, vaulting the iconic cartoon Z into the stratosphere, and onto the colorway of the 1990 Ltd Edition model. Greg is the last reigning world champion to win the Tour.*
I have now found a new frame (Hinde) so I will take the parts off my TVT and build my new ride.
Then I will list the frameset on eBay once the Tour de France starts!