
Can the right saddle win you the Tour de France?
No, it cannot. But the wrong saddle could cause you to lose it. Laurent Fignon was reportedly suffering from a saddle sore in the waning stages of the 1989 Tour de France, which he ultimately lost to Greg LeMond by a margin of 8 seconds. If Fignon hadn’t had that saddle sore, might the outcome have been different? We’ll never know.