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The shot above shows Lemond using the Scott Clip-on bar on top of his drop-in's (presumably a mountain timetrial).
If my memory serves correct, at some stage in the early 90's he also had a pair of these "lemond clip-on's" integrated into his drop-ins so they attached onto the extra portion.
At the time (IIRC) they were referred to as "Julian Drop-in" after the mechanic Julian DeVries. I've googled Julian Drop-In to no avail, but I don't think I'm going mad....
He was a bit of handlebar originator, obviously his dramatic 89 tour victory was to some extent credited to his U-bars but he also brought super-wide drops into fashion, believing they kept his lungs open and helped him breath easy, and he also used some pretty loopy triathalon bars in TT's