Cycling Eddy Merckx The Greatest Show on Earth 1974 Giro divx00h59m41s 01h14m37s

[@rogermcghee1777]

This is what bike racing is all about I am a BIG FAN being from the south side of Chicago Eddie is my hero

[@nicohakvoort4998]

Yes, he did used doping.

[@charliejolly6022]

The background drums and music on this is amazing. The drama and chaos from the crowd. A perfect snapshot of the era. lol.

[@Enigma71559]

Haha. Nowadays, they talk about how you can tell a rider is struggling with a climb when his shoulders start to rock. Back then their shoulders were ALWAYS rocking! I LOVE watching these old vids. Heck, I LOVE watching cycling from ANY era! What a beautiful sport!!

[@RackwitzG]

Merckx was known for pushing large gears. Armstrong did the opposite.

[@ericlange1524]

@@RackwitzG compared to today they only had large gears available

[@juanvr8259]

.entre los profesionales estaba mal visto mover desarrollos pequeños

[@joselabarta]

Magnífico reportaje

[@christianguillou1345]

@@juanvr8259 exact, on n'utilisait pas des développements d'asmatiques pour "grimper aux arbres" comme maintenant ,le deshonneur absolu ! 'il fallait avoir des cuisses pour tirer la bracasse et non des cuisses de mouche, ça se travaillait et c'était jouissif quand tu larguais l'adversaire avec une dent de moins!

[@paulschmidtke425]

Just watching those guys grind those big gears is making my knees hurt

[@bjornlangoren3002]

Same. That slow cadence, powering up the mountains.

[@jasonford7481]

@@bjornlangoren3002 an amateur racer with modern gearing would beat these guys.

[@gualtiero7156]

@@jasonford7481 A rider today couldn't stay with them

[@jasonford7481]

@@gualtiero7156 You obviously have not raced bikes. Chat GPT... Top amateurs today, particularly those at the Cat 1 and Cat 2 level, often average between 24-28 mph (38-45 kph) over long distances, which indeed puts them quite close to the average pro cyclists of Merckx's time. Meanwhile, back in the 60s and 70s, the top pros were hitting similar speeds, with exceptional riders like Merckx sometimes exceeding these averages in specific time trials and sprints. So, while today's amateurs might not consistently outperform the very top pros from Merckx’s era, they are impressively close, partly due to modern training methods and technology.

[@gualtiero7156]

@@jasonford7481 Back in the time the stages were much longer than now and bikes much worse with very hard gears. Riders of today wouldn't be able to climb mountains with such gears.

[@SnifferAlan1972]

The amount of physical contact from the "fans" is crazy! Incredible scenes...

[@Siéger-n5u]

Dieu que le vélo était beau. Une communion brutale entre le peuple et ses idoles. On voyait encore la souffrance sur les corps en ce temps là.

[@neilwheel]

Those were the days of 42x24 - in the mountains!

[@ermannogallo9774]

Rapporti durissimi testimoniati dallo stile di scalata che oggi sarebbe improponibile 😱

[@SedonaMTB]

Great historic photography. I look forward to this years TDF.

[@Tom-d9x]

A really good Giro and film.

[@gordonmorrow4720]

The Italians certainly love their Giro. The passion is incredible. It must be thrilling for the riders (and more than a bit nerve wracking) riding through that maelstrom of rabid fans. Wow.

[@massimolombardi1569]

Manuel Fuente un vero signore del ciclismo, addirittura portava sempre con se sotto la maglietta un fazzolettino dono della moglie, veramente emozionante,sinceramente avrebbe potuto vincere quel Giro....max da Sora

[@mylittlepitbull3143]

Very well done. Excellent show. My primary racing bike throughout my career was an Eddie Merckx So I obviously was a huge fan. Thank you for building my bicycle Mr. Merckx It served me well.

[@sugarkonny6119]

Brilliant produced and photographed,...

[@NigelForrester-n8j]

My hero then and still is. I remember whatching as a kid

[@danielday713]

Just nuts, the gear ratios. Humping up climbs sub-60 cadence is what we had to do with the small blocks in the back - the smaller the better. LOL. As a rider brushing up against 60, I wouldn't trade my 52-36, 11-29, 12 speed plastic bike for my old steel bike of the late 70s and 80s for all the tea in China. Those days, while memorable, are best left where they belong - well in the past. Thanks for posting the vid. Those guys were tougher than a coffin nail.

[@honestreviewer3283]

Their lowest gear was like 42x21 or 23, and they only had five or six on the back. So, like 13, 14, 17, 19, 21? Crazy by today's standards! We're so spoiled nowadays.

[@manresarods4947]

Yeah, when I started racing everyone had a 42-52 and 13-21

[@poly_hexamethyl]

That's what I was thinking when watching this. I wonder why they didn't put on one big rear cog for climbing? Was it a "tradition" thing, that it would be seen as wimpy instead of macho? Or was it because with a limited number of cogs the tradeoff on the flat portions of the course would be too great?

[@jm-btt]

@@poly_hexamethyl The rear derailler at that time could not work with a big cock like 28, 30.

[@ke0kie]

totally, the grinding was crazy

[@richbarrows3922]

So much more connection with the riders without helmets and sunglasses.

[@arthurmchugh5184]

Very true !!! And don't forget the ugly tall. Ass socks 😊😊😊😊

[@4zur3]

Remember showing the mountainbike to my grandfather around 2012. Being 85 then. He did not take it for a serious bike. He was a race bike freak all his life. Being around 45 years of age back in 78. Must have been a great show back then - as it is now ! Love biking !

[@kozmicbluescali1]

Amazing footage, and I thought that today's crowds were wild.

[@tungstenkid2271]

Fabulous footage from the glory years of cycling, when the riders looked like real men and the bikes looked like real bikes..:)

I can feel the lactic acid just by looking at them grinding it up the mountain.

[@yrkazvonda4632]

Legendary Eddie and legendary Alpe d'huez, the best combination😍😍

[@enricocardinali9524]

Questo Giro lo meritava Fuente, insieme a Pantani il più grande scalatore che io abbia mai visto.

[@satanklaux]

Que envidia me das amigo italiano por haber visto a Fuente en vivo. Soy de su misma ciudad y siempre fue mi ídolo ciclista. Mi primera bicicleta, siendo crío, la compré en su tienda. A quien si pude ver en directo fue a Pantani que era un auténtico espectáculo sobre la bicicleta. Descansen en paz ambos

[@gualtiero7156]

De la Fuente?

[@enricocardinali9524]

@@satanklaux Ero tifoso di Fuente. L'ho visto due volte a Monte Carpegna ed una alle Tre Cime di Lavaredo. Nel '74 vinse 5 tappe in salita ma la Kas in quel periodo aveva una squadra male assortita formata da soli scalatori che non lo proteggevano nelle tappe di pianura.

[@benlevine5452]

Now this is racing. Mano-a-mano. No helmets; raucous, passionate crowd invested in the racing and not the spectacle of tech and sponsors; no barriers; no power meters; could go on. Magnifico!

[@GSatiFan]

Yeah riiiiight. No helmets = real racing A skull is as weak as an egg. A small hit at the wrong position and you are DEAD.

[@benlevine5452]

GSatiFan Why did you even reply to my comment? Do you want to control my behaviour? Scare me into agreeing with you by capitalising death? Fear drives our society. If you feel that wearing a helmet makes you feel safer on a bicycle, good for you. I choose not to wear a helmet on a bicycle, as a pedestrian, or on public transport. That's my choice. I could offer you my reasons; go into more detail; but frankly, it's not worth my time. I know that approach of yours all too well. I don't have much respect for it. Good day sir!

[@uglyfulify]

A helmet maybe saved my life long time ago in training. It has nothing to do with racing. Racing is the athlete. Not nostalgia, no drunken spectators.

[@benlevine5452]

@@uglyfulify Racing is mostly the athlete, regardless of era, I agree. But there are aspects like power meters (regulate effort according to science over feeling); team radios (team tactics play more of a role. Less instinctual attacks. Strategies devised in the team cars rather than by the riders themselves); the influence of performance enhancing drugs, and I don't mean just the illegal ones, but the grey areas, that sports scientists with mega-budget teams like Sky, constantly push riders into for maximum performance. My comment regarding Helmets was mostly in regards to how, because you can see the riders' faces, there's more of a connection as a spectator. I think that's undeniable. Helmets can save your life, or prevent serious injury, in some crashes but not all. I'm not suggesting professional cycling should revert back to no helmets. That would be crazy. I could get into the pros and cons of wearing a helmet, but precisely because there are undeniably both pros and cons - scientifically tested - it should be down to personal choice for the average cyclist. If you think they should be compulsory because of your personal experience that's crazy talk. But it's good to hear a helmet may have saved your life :)

[@donnovicki4918]

They had helmets back then they were made of leather and probably didn't do squat to protect you but the pros really didn't use them too much.

[@dariocontessi5475]

Il cannibale indomito e potente!! Il migliore di tutti i tempi!!!❤❤❤❤😊

[@ramierechristiane]

Un véritable Dieu pour moi ❤❤❤

[@willianp.7570]

Melhor que o Lance Armstrong 7x Champion Tour de France ??

[@ramierechristiane]

@@willianp.7570 Bien sûr et de loin. Armstrong, comme Indurain, ne courraient pour ainsi dire que le Tour De France. Donc ils auraient pu en gagner 10 que cela n'aurait rien changé. Eddy Merckx commençait l'année dans le Paris-Nice et finissait la saison dans le Paris-Tours, dernière classique. D'autre part, Il gagnait tout et dans tous les domaines, les sprints, la montagne, les courses par étape, c'est d'ailleurs pour cela qu'on l'avait surnommé le Cannibale. Il voulait tout gagner et c'est ce qu'il fait et à plusieurs reprises pour certaines courses. Seule manque à son palmarès Paris-Tours. Sinon, il a tout gagné.

[@sorenstirling8795]

Madness! What a glimpse into the past

[@dariocontessi5475]

Fuente grandissimo scalatore!!!!❤😂

[@AlzataDiMano]

Sí, era fortissimo.

[@joselabarta]

Fuente el escalador que subía con plato grande poniendo en apuros al dios Mercks

[@sylvainsabatini1759]

Des grands Monsieur,

[@sylvainsabatini1759]

Un grand du cyclisme.

[@tomrodriguez9052]

I hurts just watching them go up the mountain in such big gears!

[@andresbravo704]

El ciclismo de ruta, la máxima épica del deporte, más en esos tiempos gloriosos ! El único deporte, o uno de los pocos, en el cual los aficionados con gran fanatismo y pasión desbordante, se encuentran encima de los competidores. Corren con ellos, vibran con ellos, ganan con ellos. Algo único. Muy emotivo ver las imágenes. El ciclismo era (y aún lo es) casi una religión en países como Italia, Bélgica y Francia. Da gusto ver estos reportajes históricos. Es cierto que era (y es) muy riesgoso para los ciclistas, claro. Por lo menos ahora, varios cientos de metros antes de la Meta, ya colocan barreras a los costados. Pero es prácticamente imposible evitar cualquier accidente provocado por el público, en el momento más inesperado, en las grandes carreras en calles. En el Tour 2023, para mencionar lo actual, ya hubo accidentes de esta naturaleza. Hay que educar más a los aficionados y al público en general.

[@willianp.7570]

HOJE todos usam DROGAS ?? Lance Armstrong foi 7x Campeão Tour de France e todos usavam drogas, é justo dizer que ele foi o MAIOR ou NÃO ??

[@s.clignancourt1897]

Incredible footage, including riders AND audiences. As if stung by bees... (By the way: hardly any woman amongst audience in those days/area). Thank you for posting this beautiful, exciting, crazy document.

[@oldtwinsna8347]

Thought the crowds today were rowdy, this is just insane. Fans getting run over, fans running alongside riders and punching out other spectators as they traverse up, fans wearing suits, fans pushing up riders then getting knocked out by the police, all total chaos.

[@poly_hexamethyl]

Yeah, what's with the spectators in suits? Did they helicopter in from the office to watch their favorites ride by, and then zip back in time for their next meeting? 😂

[@vicentediez3140]

Muy bueno este reportaje y los datos que aporta el comentarista.

[@RepublicanJesusthe2nd]

Damn that is chaos! And the gearing...sheesh!

[@marcdelente2456]

A chaque période de l histoire du cyclisme les vélos étaient aux tops par apports au modernisme des années 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 2000 . Il empêche que le plus grand champion de tout les temps reste eddy merckx . Même en 2023 jamai égalé ça en fait du temp et malgré les avancés technologiques. Eddy le roi des rois sans égale pour l éternité. Je l ai vu des quantités de fois et jvous jure il falait le voir magnifique avec la rage de vaincre la différence le ptit gamin qui rêvait d être cycliste était un passionné de son métier alors il la montré toute ça vie . Que dieu protège notre eddy merckx mon idole idole pour l éternité à 63 ans je parle d eddy et ma passion pour lui est intacte comme en 1969 j avai 9 ans l année ou il gagne son premier tours et eddy est en forme pour voir que ces pas l aveil qu' il soit égalé. Eddy merckx le plus grand pour l'éternité.

[@ramierechristiane]

Moi, j'avais 13 ans et quand il a gagné son premier Tour en 69, j'ai affiché son poster dans ma chambre. Il est resté là de nombreuses années et je l'ai rangé quand nous avons déménagé. Oui Eddy Merckx a vraiment été le plus grand. C'était un seigneur sur son vélo, très élégant. Pour moi, cela a été un véritable Dieu. Je me souviens à cette époque, mon papa m'avait emmené le voir dans une étape qui passait par le col de Porte dans les Alpes (j'habite la région grenobloise). On s'était mit dans la montée. La pente était raide eh bien je peux vous dire que, quand il est passé devant nous, il allait vite. A peine le temps de tourner la tête qu'il était déjà loin. Un souvenir inoubliable.

[@marcdelente2456]

@@ramierechristiane merveilleux commentaire sur le roi Eddy Merckx je l ai vu des quantités de fois j'ai même été avec mon oncle pour le record qu' il pulvérisé. Eddy en voulait parce que c était ça passion depuis son enfance. Moi j'ai fait une pièce de 40 mètres carrés et je lui est dédié avec photos boyaux j'ai acheté un maillot d Eddy enfin plein de choses bidon vélo Eddy Merckx le roi des rois. Bravos a vous pour Eddy le plus et magnifique coureur Et au palmarès inégalable. je suis touché en tant que fan du roi Eddy Merckx de votre passion pour lui par vôtre commentaire amitié sincère du plus grand et magnifique champion. A bientôt pour un commentaire sur notre idole le roi des rois Eddy Merckx pour l éternité.

[@ramierechristiane]

@@marcdelente2456 Merci beaucoup et j'espère à bientôt pour un nouveau commentaire sur Eddy Merckx. ❤❤❤

[@marcdelente2456]

@@ramierechristiane a très bientôt la fan du roi Eddy Merckx. Allez 3 phrases du roi Eddy Merckx 1 ces pas parce que l ont gagnent des courses qu' il faut dormir sur ces lauriers. 2 Abandonné ne fait pas parti de mon vocabulaire. 3 j aimerai ravoir 16 ans et peut être gagné encore plus de courses ces phrases ces tout Eddy Merckx. 525 victoires et Eddy ce rappel plus des victoires sur piste. vous vous rendez compte le plus grand palmarès de tout les temps et il aimera ravoir 16 pour en gagné encore plus. Eddy est phénoménal. Amitié.

[@dariocontessi5475]

Che impresa il mio amico Attilio Rota, grande tra i grandi!!!!❤❤❤❤❤😊

[@alexbaum2204]

This video makes me want to breakdance almost as much as it makes me want to cycle.

[@misterarthur]

Sadly, Fuente died young of kidney disease.

[@SpaghettiAndLove]

Great to see Ernesto Colnago on the SCIC car at 2:05 !

[@DanieleVetrucci]

Great cicling fan and obviously great bike maker.

[@DanieleVetrucci]

Only 12 seconds late GB Baronchelli, great ciclyst too.

[@TheJno86]

The crowd it's a total mess. LOL

[@bishplis7226]

its meant that way, more drama more money JERRY JERRY JERRY!

[@JuCarlos-ex8ip]

Thanks for sharing such an epic race

[@dariocontessi5475]

Che bello Felicione in maglia iridata!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@AlzataDiMano]

Il campione in carica era Merckx.

[@Ferreal92]

That drum beat at the beginning was extra nasty.

[@freenational]

The fans were crazy. Many of them touching the riders.

[@JulioHernandez-zs5pb]

Grandes hazañas de estos hombres

[@atakajail4643]

inmortal josé manuel fuente, "el tarangu"

[@neofuturo7518]

El que mas hizo sufrir a merx en el giro , como subia el asturiano, los tifossi se volvian locos

[@valdi4637]

Noi italiani esultavamo quando Fuente staccava Merckx in salita.

[@AndrewJones-tj6et]

What a bunch of nutters . . . haha, Love it😄

[@gordanvidak8622]

❤❤❤❤❤ le plus beau des sports le courage la volontée tous du premier au dernier chapeau bas merci

[@eduardocerceno4979]

Con punteras y piñones chicos eran unos monstruos subiendo

[@TimS-i4v]

And they mention Cavandish in same breath… give me a break. Mark couldn’t hold Eddy’s jock strapped

[@jeanlawley6483]

But he can beat his tour de france stage wins 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@peterneumann7145]

@@jeanlawley6483Eddie wasn’t there though. Riding carbon fibre

[@Sills71]

NO stupid radios.... NO EPO.... NO disc brakes... NO carbon wheels.... BEAUTIFUL

[@dupondavignon869]

You forgot : "no youtube and its stupid comments" my friend...

Merckx must have been taking something, don't be so naive.

[@danjo1967]

there were enhancing drugs (steroids) back then, and merckx took them. you should add; "NO testing..." to your list

[@Norman92151]

Yeah, just good old fashioned amphetamines.

[@neofuturo7518]

YES ANFETAMINE

[@g2em3]

Man the gears they are smashing....Ugggh

[@danfuerthgillis4483]

These guys look like they are dying exhausted, compared to 2023 they now look like they went for a bike race around the block.

[@mariomontoya2138]

Se llama doping

[@danfuerthgillis4483]

@@mariomontoya2138 Sim 100%.

[@crakrjak9819]

MONSTRO!

[@MaFd0n]

Merckx was a total baller, peepo comparing Pogacar to him ... not sure they actually know what this man did.

[@Rambleon444]

Wow, and I thought the Vuelta fans were nuts!

[@gallegoleal4260]

Tarangu Fuentes el mejor escalador del Giro

[@stevemt3238]

Reality: toe clips, steel frames and just 10-12 gear selections. Believe it!

[@allgoo1964]

Those drunken spectators are so annoying just to look at, imagine how annoying they must be to the riders.

[@aliali8able]

They are called italians...

[@carlobrotto7132]

​@@aliali8able Italians who are supposed to know cycling, unlike you. At Tour de France it was and still it is today even worse, get informed .

[@taichihead42]

Amazing

[@johngaller278]

​@@taichihead42 In Italy the fans are called Tifosi. You may know this... The Italian Tifosi are world renowned in cycling as " passionate " . 😂

[@johngaller278]

​@@carlobrotto7132 you do realize your snark is being directed at a 4 year old comment, right? 🙄

[@dunkno1660]

music at 1hour is amazing

[@ohnezuckerohnefett]

He truly was the Tadej Pogacar of his time...

[@johnsumner6185]

4:42, that left a mark! ahha

[@fensterputzernuernberg]

If you notice their cadence you will see they have not got the gearing that modern road bikes have plus their bikes were heavier .. And this made climbing extremely hard work

[@NobbisLover]

The work is probably the same as today, but the tempo nowadays is much higher. As the quote by Greg Lemond goes: It never gets easier, you just get faster :D

[@janverheyen8331]

1 year later 1975 Merckx got a hit in stomach from French fans.. those were the early days .. still the greatest legend?

[@GC-jt7ey]

When cycling was a sport.

[@Big_Island_Boi]

Just imagine what these guys could have done with some modern bikes with 2x the gears and 1/2 the weight...

[@torstenhranchuk7]

AAAA when bike racing was real!!!

[@nicohakvoort4998]

Yes, he did used doping.

[@chrisround5122]

Even Eddy himself has admitted that everyone needs help to get through the TDF. How can podacar smash Armstrongs times and not be doping +??

[@irishelk3]

Fucking hell man, its like a Scorsese movie, those Italians were so scrappy, lads falling and pushing each other and shouting and cursing haha. Dog eat dog man; what a scene.

[@kampango789]

Cadence at 50 RPM

[@albertoguerra3351]

The fans went real mad!😮😅

[@jak888111]

The first part in the mountain, it was the mess! And also very dangerous for the racers !!!

[@juanvr8259]

.y yo me pregunto,que pasaria si a estos ciclistas,antes de empezar este giro 74' les dieran unas bicicletas como las actuales?

[@ted2091]

dai dai dai forza forza

[@bellavia5]

He broke the World Hour Record in 1983 (I think)in Mexico City.

[@bellavia5]

@@rollmops7948 OK thanks for clarifying. I must have read about it in 83.

[@koldoascunce2706]

Que grande "El tarangu" llevaba el paquete de tabaco envuelto en la manga

[@venturejay]

The fans are absolutely insane.

[@riteandleft]

They just didn't have the gears in those days!!

[@davidspendlove5900]

Men of steel.

[@dannywest7587]

SHOWS THE WORD!!!

[@poly_hexamethyl]

When men were men And bikes were steel That's when cycling Was real!

[@marcdelente2456]

Le roi Eddy Merckx était le roi des rois sans égale pour l éternité 525 victoires qui dit mieux personnes. Eddy Merckx la course c était la course pas de cadeaux . Celui par exemple qui yavait deconner déçu il le passait et l autre gars restait sur place. Eddy Merckx éternel et intemporels pour des siecles.

[@nicohakvoort4998]

Yes, he did used doping.

[@marcdelente2456]

@@nicohakvoort4998 no no no Eddy Great great great Champion. no doping

[@oscarbrizmusica]

such mad crowd!

[@petekadenz9465]

What numpty thought it would be a good idea to include ‘Summer time’ in the sound track?

[@davianlomboan2397]

Family guy would be like: "EY! EY! EY!"

[@Milton1111]

Que verraquera ver estos videos

[@Kanonka28]

Very high Cadence

[@neofuturo7518]

Wow Manuel Fuente the Tarangu maximo rival carrere Merx

[@rafaelredondo240]

Estimado Señor : Cierto, el máximo rival de ése gran campeón que fué MERCKX . josé Manuel Fuente Lavandera, el Tarangu. Una vez, durante el Giro de Italia, en la cima del monte Stelvio, dijo de él Edddy Merckx : " El día que sepa dosificar sus fuerzas, nos destrozará". Lo cierto, es que fué un gran ciclista , pero su carácter libertario, le llevó en muchos momentos clave de la competición , a no dosificar bien sus fuerzas. Saludos Rafael.

[@neofuturo7518]

@@rafaelredondo240 los tifossi se volvian locos con el tarangu pero locos de verdad, no se creian que alguien pudiera atacar asi a mercxs

[@rafaelredondo240]

@@neofuturo7518 cierto amigo. Tarangu , era un corredor al que no le importaba, quedar descolgado arriba del puerto. Cuando comenzaban los puertos , miraba la cara de sus rivales y les decía : Ahí os quiero ver. Y arrancaba , éstos se organizaban a relevos, y le daban caza en ocasiones, pero realmente , nos proporcionó buenos ratos de ciclismo espectacular. Aquel ciclismo tan abierto , era más bonito que éste de hoy en día , sin quitarle espectacularidad ni belleza al de hoy. El francés Virenque , que tuvo muchos problemas con el dóping , también era un corredor espectacular, que atacaba de lejos. Recibe un cordial saludo Rafael.

[@DanieleVetrucci]

Gimondi and Ocana and some other were the rival of Mercx

[@juanvr8259]

.cualquiera que entienda un poco de ciclismo aprecia que en esa etapa eddy iba k.o.si el puerto tiene 3 km mas fuentes le mete 5 min

[@JOVO1971]

so big gears, cadence 30:-)))

[@WeekendRider100]

Удивительно, что так много зрителей велоспорта, смотрят и горячо болеют за взрослых мужиков на велосипедах, но стоит выехать на улицу, так все - "Повылазили... Детство в жопе... Катайся в парке"...

[@leonardbertaux6897]

They aren’t standing around in snow on the road Sides anymore!

[@jamisdelsol5761]

Slt à l' époque c'était 52/42 pour les plateaux et derrière juste 6 voir 7 vitesses ou le plus souple pouvait être un 25/42, les chaussures sans carbone , certains se faisaient faire des semelles en fer pour écraser les pedales terribles epoque

[@przemyslaw790]

Lipa, było minęło i dobrze.

[@dirkbaeke2935]

I would like to know what dope he have took, something they didn t find that time. what is the reason you think that he was so mad at Armstrong? Because he confessed hé

[@gijsschubert7901]

That guy running next to the biker starting at 4:53 must have been black & blue after 4 hits with other spectators

[@711honved]

The crowd behaviour is totally unacceptable! It's hard enough to ride up a mountain without idiots running alongside screaming & spitting in the faces of the riders.

[@jaimecorvus6373]

quel bordel ! courir dans ces conditions : no way !

[@Ferreal92]

The crowds were pissing me off. Even when you finish the race people are still putting their hands on you.

[@humercito]

Epop

[@er.r9819]

Los ciclistas de ante tenia que subir los puerto a golpe de riñón, no como ahora que con los desarrollos que llevan las bicis todo es más facil, las carreteras eran peores, la alimentación, hoy todo está más controlado, correr era muy arriesgado con tanto publico encima.

[@steffen4083]

Pure chaos