Cycling Tour de France 2002 Part 2

[@rodrigovcosta]

Bons tempos

[@Jerry-mg1cb]

Telekom rider handing a drink to a USP rider - love the sportsmanship.

[@todotulio]

keep uploading this videos! THNX

[@adrianj78]

1:36:09 - Phil Liggett on Armstrong’s continuous run of wins, “because he seems to just have the secret that the others don’t have”. Least we all know that secret now.

[@briancornish5990]

Enough already

[@rodrigovcosta]

😂😂😂😂

[@Milkywayboy]

Everybody had the secret🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️ What are you taking about? Over 98% of those riders used epo! If you don’t know what you are talking about don’t talk

[@fredbosch5392]

Hard to believe they used to race without helmets.

[@roadracer1584]

EPO.

[@leeshackelford7517]

Lol...decades before Armstrong, doping of some kind... By this time (Armstrong's time) ALL the riders doping to the max that their bodies could use... So..what it came down to...was training... Since THAT is the base to build on Did you watch the video? Did you see/hear Armstrong's training vs the others' training?

[@91Metalhead]

@@leeshackelford7517 What it came down to was the best doping doctor. Lance wouldn't have won shit without that exclusive deal with Ferrarri + the UCI covering for him, even when he tested positive for cortisone in 99. Meanwhile in the 01 tour Jonathan Vaughters had to exit the tour despite having a huge visible bee sting on his eye because the only thing that would kill the swelling was cortisone, which was a banned substance. When Armstrong tested positive they made up a bullshit excuse about him needing it because his ass had a rash and he was allowed to continue.

[@JohnLee-vj9lh]

My question is was the sprinters on drugs ???

[@EFCasual]

Yes, starting with the east german and Ukrainian cyclists and spreading to the rest by the 90s. There might be a few new riders in these races not on a drug program if their team or country isn't organizing it for them. The sprinters of eastern Europe will have a tren/test program for thier off season training, others will have something similar. I don't know when it started being used but some will be using a steroid amusingly named Winsterol.

[@akerbofkfgodanyheter2924]

Yes, Stuart O Grady and Erik Zabel have both confessed to doping. EPO and blood doping do not directly help you go faster they assist with fast recovery and make you feel less tired. So in these 3 week races you need it to keep going. Armstrong said you could win one day races without drugs but not a race like TDF.

[@victord.3197]

Yes. 98% of the whole field was by 2000. And if you weren't, you were right off the back or eliminated/out the race