Record Alpe d'huez

Il 19 Luglio 1997 il Tour de France arriva, come quasi ogni anno, sulla sua vetta più celebre, l'Alpe d'huez. Questo però non è un giorno come gli altri per il ciclismo. Marco Pantani, il pirata , ha dentro di se' la forza per rendere quel pomeriggio indimenticabile.

[@seamusweber8298]

Even Jan Ullrich could not contain Marco Pantani, and Ullrich had a phenomenal 1997 TDF. I saw this in 1995 too. Miguel Indurain was unbeatable and he could not contain Pantani at Alp D'Huez or Guzet Niege in 1995 TDF. Pantani was a phenomenal climber. RIP Marco Pantani

[@LanceRocks82]

Goosebumps everytime I see this! Il Pirata's legend will live on forever.

[@Alex72690]

Pur grimpeur

[@MegaLuciano61]

Grandissimo Marco,impresa memorabile......ancora adesso guardando il video ho i brividi lungo la schiena............MITICO..................

[@alaindumoulin2751]

Et L'amènera a la Mort 😂😂

[@xtremekajaker]

R.I.P, Marco !!! And ride the most awesome runs in the place, where you are now!!! I watched you in 1996! You are a legend of cycling!

[@Ninja_Revenge]

RIP Il Pirata❤ The best❤

[@gianluigigiglioni7109]

Il più grande di tutti! Inarrivabile! immenso! Grazie Marco!

[@user-js1lf9xx8h]

El mejor escalador de la historia.Nadie lo igualará, nunca.❤Me acordaré siempre de él

[@MrThecamillone800]

Marco, mi manchi....Ogni tanto vengo qua per guardarti un po, e non posso fare a meno di piangere.....Cos' forte in bici, così fragile nella vita....Comunque il più Grande di tutti!

[@brunopiraccini567]

CHI LA UCCISO NON LA VISTO A CORRERE GUANDO GUARDO LE SUE IMRESE MI VIENE LA PELLE D'OCA IO CHE O CORSO IN BICI CON LE LACRIME AGLI OCCHI ANCARA ADESSO MI VENGONO ...VERGOGNATEVI...

[@jeanlucbeaussard9293]

😘😘👍👍

[@giovannirolleri7932]

@@jeanlucbeaussard9293 Uu

[@leonardociucci8922]

Un dio in bici, marco pantani per sempre

[@Ninja_Revenge]

GOAT❤ My inspiration for attacking hardest climbs here in Japan❤

[@kovar2344]

no way. Haven't seen this video in years. I saw this for the first time in august 2012. I still remember that day. I was 14, huge fan of cycling. But back then i didnt know much about cycling history. This video of Marco shocked me. Eversince that time i am a Pantani fan. I used to go for a training ride and climb in drops on every climb. Lol the things you do as a kid. Amazing editing combined with a song that weirdly fits perfectly. Possibly the best cycling video out there. And of course Marco and his hypnotizing style. Chapeau!

[@781mm]

ill never forget him. I was waiting with tears in my eyes evrytime the climbs came waiting for the moment when he jumped from the seat and all hell brake lose. Even today when i watch all the 3 week races in the mountains i remmember him. those were best moment with my father watching him attack every time. For me no matter what they said for him or who won how many stages He will always be the best and most attractive climber to watch ❤

[@xhipper5987]

Un coureur de légende. Grimper l’Alpe à cette vitesse, il mérite sa place sur l’Olympe

[@mrsternom6346]

Tu plaisantes j'espère ?

[@ddbe3932]

Il méritait surtout sa place dans un labo tellement il était dopé.

[@didjeforever]

Chargé comme une mule...

[@raskolnikov1242]

@@ddbe3932 tg gamin

[@raskolnikov1242]

3x de suite! ;)

[@garethhelliwell9736]

I remember watching this as a teenage lad. If you told me then that 25 years later a young lad from my home county of Yorkshire in the U.K would win on the Alpe I wound not have believed you. But along came Tom Pidcock, he wasn't even born when Marco didi this.

[@Ninja_Revenge]

You don’t see this kind of battle in modern grand tour. EPA or not I don’t care. Pantani is untouchable ❤🎉

[@makarovanusal2938]

bcuz he was doped

[@DB-ez9ud]

You watched any of the recent TdF with Jonas, Pog and Rog? Plenty of good battles..

[@drewbuffington]

Damn EPA and their protection bs

[@gustavocastroalfaro5949]

Pantani was another nivel...

[@Kurt-ks9uc]

They were all , Marco was the special one

[@ra8412]

Ogni volta che rivedi le sue imprese ho un groppo in gola. Mai nessuno come lui. Immenso ed inarrivabile

[@mortenfrosthansen84]

That's right.. no one was doped as much

[@imajeepster]

I just love the anarchy of the crowd screaming in his face at the last kms, like they're willing him to win. They LOVED him!

[@giuseppepivotto4280]

pantani anche dopo 10 fa ancora emozionare

[@peppino5357]

Ogni volta che voglio affrontare una salita con un rapportone mi viene in mente lui e sembra che la salita si fa meno dura.. Grazie Panta

[@florentslhc]

Un record qui ne sera jamais battu à priori!

[@Castyo]

finalmente è tornato sto video! cosi posso caricarmi prima delle uscite/allenamenti! grazie!

[@robertomenduni67]

Che stile di guida. La salita è sempre stata casa sua. Poche volte l ha tradito. Il più grande in salita di sempre.

[@stefanozuanon2576]

Le imprese leggendarie nel ciclismo si fanno in salita Pantani è leggenda e lo resterà per sempre

[@stefanodegrandis2090]

MARCO PANTANI BEST CLIMBER OF ALL TIME...THE OTHERS ALWAYS BEHIND MARCO !!!!!!

[@thepowerodsoul]

The Alpe Huez record is actually 36'.40'' set always by the greatest Marco Pantani on 1995...

[@mostafahandia]

Marco pantini the number one, the leader, the boss and the legend.

[@mortenfrosthansen84]

The dopey

[@jasonstevenson110]

Pantani's actual record was set two years earlier. Yes we know there were no blood doping controls then but it is still incredible to think Pantani would have finished over 1km ahead of Geraint Thomas when he won in 2018 after being pulled by the Sky train most of the way.

[@Bluesman2509]

It is absolutely breathtaking and inspiring when you climb the hills and mountains 😊

[@HkFinn83]

Yeh incredible...as in not credible

[@RKSxd]

you guys think Eddy Merckx was not cheating ?

[@veganpotterthevegan]

​@Sacha Muratori Eddy was most definitely doping. Amphetamines were the drug of choice but they also had access to some early steroids

[@mortenfrosthansen84]

It's different if everyone is on it, then it's just another sport

[@Alecrime]

Riposare in pace Marco.

[@g_y.rtz420]

I really wish he didnt suffer alone like the way he did. I really wish he wasnt harrassed on the streets and humiliated by the press and disowned by his community and his fans, only for everyone to mourn and weep when he died. I really wish he survived through that ordeal. He was a passionate cyclist through and through, he didnt deserve to go out like that, nobody does. Long live Pantani.

[@xtremekajaker]

R.i.P. Marco! And ride the awesomst roads in heaven!

[@giuseppeghirardi9629]

Semplicemente grandissimo riposa in pace PIRATA sei sempre nei nostri ❤

[@peterninnim2561]

Used to love the tours when they got the mountains and the big climbs to watch the Pirate kick ass

[@jjvanvliet]

Thank you very much for uploading this amazing footage. Thumbs up as well for combining it with "Hellraiser"; since KZbin blocked the audio, I just put Ozzy on the stereo while watching this clip. I think this is a beautiful tribute to Il Pirata.

[@hasnaouiahmed5299]

Best player ever 😢❤

[@ramamar100]

Grande marco!!! Que pena que nos dejaras. Muchas tardes de buen ciclismo nos regalaste y ahora vienen algunos a molestarte allá donde estés. Veo mucha envidia y ganas de hacer daño a este deporte, que mucho criticas los que son incapaces de montarse en una bici ni para ir a por el pan. No te olvidaremos nunca.😢

[@user-zx4pq3ue4f]

sentiremo parlare di marco piu da morto che da vivo .grande riposa in pace

[@bennyrienzi8225]

I think Ozzie named this song after this ride Marco showed the world. He'll raiser! He put a spell on you!

[@Malleluxusgirllarissa]

Uphill in Dropbar Position! Grande Marco! RIP!

[@jorisjoseph]

marco for me the most spectacular cyclist i ever seen

[@jozefbalaz1891]

Marco par excellence!

[@sigurd4468]

Marco Pantani took the record in 1995 with 36:40 minutes. Amongst the modern riders, Carlos Sastre managed 39:30 minutes in 2008 and Nairo Quintana did 39:48 in 2013. Given that the technology have made huge progress from the 90s until to today, imagine how fast Pantani would have done this today.

[@zx7-rr486]

Sehr Gut Lappen I doubt 'technology' between then and now would make that much difference. It's about weight really, and Pantani's Willier weighed about 6.9kg (with no power meter) same as bikes today.. As for stiffness, that bike would have been about as stiff as anything today.

[@sigurd4468]

Yeah, might be. Just for the climbing, technology won't make such a big difference. But considering that the riders have went through 100 km before the climbing, I think 'technology' actually could play a big role. But I really don't know. I was not even 5 years when this took place.

[@zx7-rr486]

Sehr Gut Lappen That's true. Pantani set that record after already climbing two Cols, so it was incredible. I just checked, that Willier was about 7kgs, used a downtube front mech shifter (to save more weight) had no power meter (which actually adds quite a bit of weight to modern bikes, and brings them 'up' to the 6.8 kg weight limit) and very light (even by today's standards) climbing wheels. Even steel bikes can attain very high stiffness, so I think the 'efficiency' of his machine was totally on a par with today. It's true that modern bikes could go a lot lighter, especially if they ditched power meters and the UCI reduced the weight limit, but I doubt that would happen. The biggest difference was the drugs of course!

[@treygray2817]

+Gavin “M500” Z I'm almost certain Pantani wasn't on steel here. Should be alloy. Last steel bike to win the tour was '94, but I'm unsure when the last steel steed ridden was... I'd guess '99 or 2000

[@joebal9044]

The fact that Pantani's blood was as thick as molasses, no test for EPO had a lot more to do with it than bicycle technology.

[@arthurvt701]

Wow....much much much respect...yesterday and today I did my first and second one...more than double the time...🙃...only I did train 6 months on amateur leven. Saw this vid before, but know I watch it with a totally different View. Bless.

[@bloodsord9]

What people fail to realuze is that regardless of them doping or not it still takes immense effort. All doping does is recover your body. And not even fully. So if they ride 1,ooo k and then pull this off with doping hard it would be like riding for 700k and then doing it. Your body doesn't fully recover from drugs. So try riding hard like these guys for a few days and then pulling this off. Shit, just try this one climb and then talk shit. It's like criticizing nodubuilders for doping. They still work their ass off 6 hours a day.

[@runeiassance]

they are still making the immoral decision to use performance enhancing drugs.

[@del690]

I understand what you are saying but they undermine every single thing they achieve by the use of drugs.

[@daithic9342]

"All doping does is recover your body".... epic fail... EPO allows your blood to carry more oxygen which gives more endurance. Yes they work but I wonder what the undoped record is?

[@Guoenyi]

Yeah. Say that like doping is right

[@bloodsord9]

Everyone was on the needle. Few people just happened to dominate races for years in a row.

[@Pumpfake18]

Still the GOAT on hills

[@toro6168]

il piu' grande scalatore di tutti i tempi👏👏

[@ragouzi2007]

Le plus grand grimpeur de tous les temps

[@Alex72690]

Le pirate. Meilleur grimpeur de tous les temps. ❤❤❤

[@xtremekajaker]

I was there!!! 2 km before finish-line. Pantani was incredibly fast!

[@mortenfrosthansen84]

He was incredibly doped

[@timothyhollmann8571]

​@mortenfrosthansen84 yes they used PED s but I guarantee others have been equally doped and could not lay down the times that this man did up this historic climb, stop giving all the credit to pharmaceuticals. He was an excellent rider and a otherworldly climber and willing to hurt like only few can. Remember this is 37 min of lactic acid burning his legs with very little relief in the entire climb. It goes without saying but many of you taking shots can't put out this kind of effort for 10 sec much less 37 min.

[@mortenfrosthansen84]

@@timothyhollmann8571 it just looses all meaning and importance, when he used that needle/pill/liquid.. sadly, but that's what winning mentality does. Lance is a perfect of example, of when it all went too far.. ego, drugs and personality

[@singlespeeds]

That is Big Ring. What a performance... breathtaking.

[@ugomigliaresi6348]

pantani il pirata grande i suoi scatti da fare ribbrevidire la pelle e un grande ciao pantani

[@agostnofrison2120]

Today Whit best bike record Always Marco legend

[@bobbuilder2039]

its so crazy the way he accelerates away from the other is like he just started the race

[@scalbymills]

Pantani was still brilliant. He had a huge heart and incredible determination. I loved him, what a character. Read The Death of Marco Pantani.

[@cothtan4069]

Insane. Nobody could beat his record, being doped or not

[@LeSkazi]

This record will probably never be broken

[@aminosamine5522]

le légendaire Marco pantani

[@michelenesta1057]

conoscevo pantani da giovanissimo da dilettante andava forte in salitae tale e rimasto un grande

[@Bluesman2509]

This is what cycling is really about...the big climbs!!

[@Ninja_Revenge]

greatest climber of all times! RIP Il Pirata!

[@YouNeedToHearThis]

Props to Jan Ulrich - at the start, Pantani is out of his saddle, just dancing on his pedals like a feather. Ulrich stays seated, grinding away in a tall gear, putting down some massive watts as he attempts to keep up.

[@ianclark9649]

Awesome watching Pantani fly up the alp to ozzy

[@aldodemurtas7440]

Grande ❤️ Pantani !

[@arklat]

Pantani is going up this steep hill faster than the average cyclist could go on flat ground!

[@jimmyfoot832]

But he was doping

[@john-di1bn]

​@@jimmyfoot832 said who?

[@geopatriarca2820]

@@john-di1bn "Mr. Hematocrit"

[@mrmott44]

@@jimmyfoot832so what.

[@jojokimbo]

@@geopatriarca2820 after many years, it seems that Mafia was behind that Hematocrit. They changed the results of Pantani test, because if he had won that year, they had many illegal bets to pay

[@talbech]

What a rider.. Would have loved to see him and Rasmussen go at it.. Two of the most elegant climbers ever.

[@OmarMarzoug-qc6fi]

These are Legends , the finish looks like near , even in the start of the Port they look like they are doing the last spring . The last Racer doing this was Alberto Contador, since that cyclist It is not the same .

[@franzfirst78]

Cazzoe come era indemoniato , mai visto dei campioni cosi motivati come lui da brividi .....

[@MegaMatusalemme]

Marco vive in ogni ciclista tutti cerchiamo di imitarlo sulle due ruote

[@HPW23]

Man Pantani was fucking awesome! Long live the legend

[@LeSkazi]

Well over 7 W/kg, crazy as hell ! :)

[@dieudonnnumberone]

RESPECT LE MEILLEUR GRIMPEUR ;)

[@mylesie8078]

Excellent.. clip. sounds. Motivational value. Bike rider. Rip

[@giovannicrisci6142]

grande marco non ti dimenticheremo mai,e grande anche de zan.

[@gabrielemandras5895]

spaventoso

[@nedk09]

pantani was a true beast

[@saroscuto]

Il dio della montagna! Il piu' grande di tutti i tempi.

[@tommasoboccellari270]

Ogni tributo a Pantani è giusto e doveroso: Pantani deve essere celebrato ovunque e per sempre, sia per onorare la sua grandezza, sia per evidenziare l'infamia di chi ce l'ha sulla coscienza.

[@sylvainlegoff8048]

Tu met de la musique sur un Champion et tu a fait un reportage ???? ......Bravo !!!!!

[@MrTimothyphelan]

I love it! I want to climb like him.

[@albertonalesso3359]

Grande Panta il migliore

[@Ruano82]

pantani, grande!!!

[@WhatItBeLike123]

Whoever made the video understands.. this is the baddest dude who ever lived..

[@lucaderossi3249]

Marco ❤❤❤❤

[@Chaza540]

Can we please have one cycling video without an argument about doping? Most of the riders in the peloton have worked their ass of to get where they are. Respect them.

[@saroscuto]

The god of the mountain. The greatest of all times!

[@otellonerozzi]

Grande marco nessuno come te

[@user-uh6lm5wv6n]

I climbed Alpe D'Huez today. Beautiful climb but its a beast, the speed of these guys going up is ridiculous

[@LuisTrivelatto]

@jakobkv7 Part of it, but not only that. In 1997, Huez was the 13th stage, while it was the 19th in 2011 (big recovery difference). It was also only the 3rd stage in the high mountains, while Huez was the 6th in 2011. The riders had just come off a rest day in 97 (2nd stage after RD), while in 2011 the rest day was already 4 stages away. Run into Huez was very flat in 1997; had Galibier in 2011. There is also the helmets, Contador going early and forcing the pace in 2011,18th stage was hard,etc.

[@peterningelgen278]

Good Guy, RIP

[@harimp10]

(With?) or without drugs, Pantani is hands down the most audacious climber the tour has ever seen..23+ kmph on 7.8% degree slope for 13.8 km (sustained power of atleast 250W against gravity), isnt there any limit to this mans capability?

[@TC-ik9kn]

With his weight to climb at this speed we are talking at 7w/kg * 57kg = 399w

[@40datboysha]

Pantani, best climber in the history of cycling. My take!

[@dan32113]

I stand corrected, Paul Sherwen battled over 6 mountain passes alone in 85 tour, I just checked wiki. So it was more heroic than I remembered!

[@Farouk_Bulsara_80]

Pantani + Ozzy = Magic moment!

[@universe112]

This is like the real Olympics of cycling. You have everyone from all over the world and fans from all over world carrying the flags of their country.

[@MIDOUAMEL]

Rip elephantino Rossi Un des très beau moment du tour

[@Alessandro72X]

there is only one. Pantani ❤

[@samanthaoaklandcd]

There are many sports, many sports in which one can participate, and many which one can watch, but nothing compares to cycling.

[@slide_drexler]

I tested positive for PED's just by watching this.🤭

[@dan32113]

There is a story about commentator Paul Sherwen when he crashes early in a mountain stage & battles over 4 climbs alone, he is outside the time limit but allowed to continue for showing outstanding courage. regarding drugs, "so there is no doubt in my mind he ( Lance Armstrong) took EPO during the 99 Tour." quote from Dr Michael Ashenden part of the team that developed the test for EPO.

[@Hitr-yq6el]

EPO , EPO , EPO ! ! ! :D

[@hmidahmida9526]

J'ai été très admiratif du Pirate... légendaire coureur... qui a marqué son époque...même s'il y a eu juste avant un certain Miguel Indurain...

[@jeremyguerin9311]

Il était le meilleur !

[@m.s.9816]

The greatest grimpeur ever.

[@TermaJDelorean]

Virenque avait une belle carrure de maillot à pois, toujours avec les meilleurs dans la montagne !