Lance Armstrong Alpe D'Huez

Lance Armstrong killing Alpe D'Huez (NOT ON DOPE)

[@doccrimson]

The EPO era was honestly the most exciting time in cycling.

[@kypatriot3625]

True, and its sad too. The UCI list is now stricter than the Olympics drug list. If we went back to the Lance Armstrong days, you' have to remove the top 10 or so riders.....it was that prevalent

[@lizziemobil]

At least we have Pogi now

[@ostros]

2024 TDF is even more entertaining

[@doccrimson]

@@lizziemobil I have no doubt that 2024 Pogi would have given 2002 Lance a real run for his money.

[@ThePixelize]

@@doccrimson Run? Pogi is up on top enjoying a nice cocktail before Lance even reaches the foot of the climb

[@MichaelStreet]

some of the greatest bike commentary ever recorded! cheers to Ligget a true tour icon

[@adambrickley1119]

But also a false assumption as everyone knows now!

[@Spruikermania]

Ligget was a fool on the Armstrong payroll. Even flew with Armstrong on his jet plane

[@TheProtocol48]

@@Spruikermania Haters gonna hate!

[@kenkaniff8428]

I miss Paul Sherwin!! I have a feeling Phil will retire this year actually. It's been sad to see the amount of mistakes he's been making this past 2 years. 50 years and he's a legend. No shame in retiring now!!!

[@Liofa73]

Fuck Liggett the Lance denier and apologist. Hated his commentary too...

[@Quetzachapin]

Everyone was doping, Armstrong had a better dealer. He was the best.

[@savagess25]

Quetzachapin dope or no dope talent is talent!

[@TraumaER]

@@savagess25 exactly!

[@greyeyednick]

Liestrong was the dopest man on earth.

[@shads888]

one of the best to ever climb on a bike

[@melande1966]

Armstrong is a cheater

[@Rowgue51]

Along with every other cyclist for the past 50-60 years. Singling Armstrong out as a cheater is stupid. Literally every single professional cyclist was and continues to do exactly the same things he did. Hell most of his biggest rivals during his run served suspensions at some point because they were caught. If you want to call out the entire sport because the entire thing is a sham that's legitimate. Trying to pretend everyeone else in those races wasn't doing the exact same things is not.

[@brdski_2238]

Rowgue51 agree with you and you just forgot that all of the sports are packed with ped's but there is a lot of money involved so everybofy keeps quiet,like soccer in eu perhaps or tennis or nba, you name it

[@ScottieCub]

A cheat is a cheat no matter how many others are cheating. Children look to champions for inspiration and copy them. We can do without Armstrong and all the rest because then real Champions will emerge. Almost every sport is now tarnished with drug abuse and doping but that’ll never make it acceptable. He’s a cheat end of story

[@FranciscoElNeneGalan]

The Colombian Soler was the BEST, fastest EVER uphill...Google it...sad finish to his career...

[@musarra195]

Amazing era !

[@quentinmoreau8687]

No helmets, No fears!

[@sevenrats]

They all doped. All of them.

[@jbmuggins8815]

and armstrong the most by far

[@karl8805]

@@jbmuggins8815 they all did the same....he trained harder....

[@kevinbuja4373]

I think Bill Burr said it best: “Our ‘roided up guy, beat your ‘roided up guy.”

[@stratrat57]

But it was exciting, wasn't it?

[@bigbenji6]

@@stratrat57 not sure...the Armstrong tours were pretty formulaic, this year much more exciting

[@DiegoSenge]

I love how the commentators immediately interpret "he looked straight into his eyes and said hey im going are u coming" . When lance later said he was just looking for his teammates incase this attack failed.

[@genaro19se]

Simply, Armstrong the best! I would like too see who else can get his achievements, even with dopping

[@riemoaz-ziri6278]

Do you hear yourself?

[@kenkaniff8428]

@@riemoaz-ziri6278 😂👍

[@johng830]

Actually Ullrich was perhaps the strongest but his penchant for grinding up the hills in a high gear hindered. His abiliyy to react quickly enough to Armstrongs high cadence and low gear style.

[@oldtwinsna8347]

It did not matter, that was just the cadence he was generating the best output. He put down more torque vs less torque spinning faster to achieve the same. Recall his background was that of a short run time trialist and bunch sprinter during his youth. The main issue is that Jan was too fat. His extra heft lead to a lower w/kg rating that lead to major problems in the mountains over sustained lengths.

[@Oakdogg]

Truly at the top of his game!

[@PATAR144]

CHRIST... this is just amazing, nothing else to say

[@petef15]

Lol even the usps domestiques are sprinting up the mountain.

[@Tommy1198S]

Lance was a machine.

[@BruthaVIII]

I'm no Lance Armstrong defender; however, the haters shouldn't kid themselves -- most of the cycling greats took some sort of performance enhancing drugs (though I have never heard of LeMond or Hinault testing positive). In the 50's & 60's, Gaul, Bahamontes, Anquetil all openly took drugs. Jacques Anquetil of France never hid that he took drugs - a common practice at the time - and in a debate with a government minister on French television said that only a fool would imagine it was possible to ride Bordeaux-Paris on just water. He and other cyclists had to ride through "the cold, through heat waves, in the rain and in the mountains", and they had the right to treat themselves as they wished, he said in a television interview, before adding: "Leave me in peace; everybody takes dope." (from Wikipedia entry on doping in cycling). And Merckx. Maertens, and Zoetemelk in the 70's, Fignon, Delgado, Sean Kelly in the 80's, Pantani (and many others) in the 90's, etc., etc. PED's has been pervasive in cycling for many years but, apparently, it's Armstrong who is the most vilified -- no doubt, for having vociferously denying doing so.

[@liamoreilly308]

These were the voices of the Le Tour. Ligget and Sherwin

[@vernefits1953]

Lance GOAT

[@keithaverill1223]

Goat fraud you mean

[@333JIMB0333]

NOTE: Gotta love the earlier days, if you closely you will notice that lance has a friction shifter for his front derailleur and a non-sti lever at his left hand for weight savings. Used to save about 50g before the bikes could approach the uci legal limit by accident (technology!)

[@LeeLee-nc7xj]

L.A. is the reason I ride today! This was a great stage!

[@buddyclark8642]

The look

[@liamoreilly308]

Lance Armstrong is..a seven times TDF WINNER. He smoked everyone in Peleton.

[@sabretooth5404]

Nope. He's just a dirty drug cheat

[@jack14kd]

The tours were great back then

[@markmtbrider]

Not to shabby now.

[@otenyop]

Hey which year was this?

[@pointbreak2811]

2001 stage 10

[@otenyop]

@@pointbreak2811 Ok thanks!

[@BurgerTime7441]

It's mister "500 watts, all the way up"... foaming at the mouth

[@xyphenius9942]

Nice video! Where did your self-study mathematics video go? :'((

[@eriksau]

Saying that they were all doped so that LA would have won anyway is a false argument. Doping can be done in many ways and it affects the riders differently. LA was an excellent rider, and certainly among the best. But he and his team sold us all a fantasy. It is amazing to watch the pure strength focus and determination, but in the end it is literally unbelievable

[@richarddixon6352]

Asked are you coming or not; answer NOT!

[@user-gl9iz1bp1r]

Incredible - where is the battery and motor?

[@johntechwriter]

The Look.

[@qbertq1]

People say now, "Why don't we see these kinds of stages anymore?" Simple: Drugs.

[@brianmcg321]

Lol if you think they aren’t still taking drugs. Don’t be so naive.

[@johnpontes812]

Bloody hell Lance was out of theit site in less than 1min 30sec

[@drdecanto]

Broke my heart to find out about the doping. I drank the koolaid...

[@Denny-yq1ei]

Lance Armstrong anche se era dopato era fantastico vederlo correre una gioia per gli occhi per come attaccava era un robot era ben superiore a tutti anche senza doping lo sarebbe stato era di un altro livello

[@jameshaney171]

People talk about Lance Armstrong being more doped up than anyone else, but the facts speak otherwise. His blood hematocrit count was always below what was the acceptable level as compared to other doped riders like Bjarn Riis of whom some people wonder how Bjarne Riis didn't suffer from some stroke or another. Lance actually took the minimum of PED's but never went overboard like some other that either overdosed or died as a result of a heart attack or stroke.

[@meylina8]

Brilliant!

[@chem1cal01]

" Not Normal "

[@ALSNewsNow]

Paul Sherwen was the best announcer of all time

[@gladegoodrich2297]

Beat everyone and cancer. In those days you either got on the train or you were left at the station. 100% of the other riders were just as guilty! LANCE IS STILL A HERO TOO ME!

[@yaniktydetmer4153]

Thank you bless you

[@sabretooth5404]

So you condone cheating, bullying, threatening and intimidating people then? You sound just as much of a moron as Armstrong tbh

[@thomashutten712]

He was always on dope.

[@paulmurphy9909]

With these new allegations about tiernan locke/rogers to say cycling is in a new era might be stretching it !!!

[@panini79]

Mr badass

[@24kachina]

Armstrong is the best cyclist of all time. Everyone he was riding against was doping as well. The older riders back in the day REALLY were doping and use amphetamines, it's a wonder more didn't drop dead on the bike. He turned into Icarus, flew too high, but he won fair and square each of his Tours.

[@alanrobinson7891]

Cheating is not winning fair and square

[@24kachina]

@@alanrobinson7891 Respectfully, I understand your point of view, i just disagree. All were breaking the rules then. It was shameful and to flagrantly lie about it was worse - but Lance Armstrong is the greatest cyclist of all time, period.

[@alanrobinson7891]

@@24kachina regardless if they were all breaking the rules or not, cheating is cheating. Either way lance is nowhere near the greatest of all time

[@hugejackedman1951]

@@24kachina if everyone raced clean, lance would never have won the tour. not everyone is affected by EPO equally; if you are less physically talented (low blood cell count) you get greater benefits from EPO. life isn't fair. lance wasn't a naturally gifted cyclist. he just wasn't born with the physiology for it. he had a good body for EPO which is why he dominated an era in which PEDs were king. he also had a cut throat mindset which made him capable of going to extremes to win. this allowed him to set up the best doping program for himself and his team. unfortunately his mindset and behavior led to the destruction of many lives and careers.

[@24kachina]

@@hugejackedman1951 Sorry, and respectfully, but you dont know what youre talking about. He was born a physically gifted athlete. He was a world class triathlete as a teenager - no doping. We can all agree he was a total liar and asshole but objectively he was the best grand tour cylclist ever - regardless of doping.

[@spo_rtief]

Lance LiveStrong for ever! 💪🏻

[@sevenrats]

The big difference between Lance and Jan is that when Jan got caught he surrendered. When Lance got caught he attacked all his accusers, sued, made threats, ridiculed them. He was a complete asshole.

[@wtookey]

sevenrats He was and still is the biggest asshole.

[@basedneeble7350]

He maybe an asshole but he has a point.

[@asl2g4u]

were helmets not required in the tdf back then?

[@sapiac37]

helmets were not required in the last climb at the time.

[@egghead3567]

before nanny state guidelines came into force!

[@marcchrys]

As the commentator says, "unbelievable"..and it was :-( Sadly, Armstrong (and the whole culture of doping) inflicted appalling damage on the TdF...even now, whenever someone does something amazing, the first thought is "is he doping?" :-(

[@ryanaddlesberger9110]

I wonder what his average watt output for this was. Also, they didn't have to wear helmets?

[@juschu67]

Say no to DRUGS

[@rattyfingers8621]

STEEL!!!!

[@MarkFreemam1957]

I miss Phil and Paul. Tdf is not the same

[@DIMITRIX90]

Persona diversamente bella, molto molto diversamente !!!

[@emmanuelmailhe1399]

lance the best comme Coppi Anquetil Mercx

[@Condor1970]

Ullrich and Basso both said on more than one occasion, if no one in the Peloton had been doping, Armstrong still would have won all 7 times. The guy was completely obsessed with winning the TDF to the point of psychosis. They used to call him "Robocop", because he attacked that Tour like an unemotional and purely focused machine.

[@jimkoral3824]

Sorry, but without dope his power to weight ratio was not TDF champion material. Top 20 at best.

[@andyperks1878]

Great excuses from a cheat

[@giuliaraggi5216]

Jim Koral don't say the true

[@stevehougom7454]

He training days were like this several days a week for months. Nobody worked harder not even close. Guy was a killer. The doping was actually limited to small windows to avoid testing so...I don’t really get what all the fuss is about.

[@jeffw9465]

I agree. Beside all the BS (I condemed him too) he was the best. he wanted it the most. He was the bast strategist with the ultimate focus. Lance himself said that if Ullrich just would have made an effort he would not have won al seven. Ullrich did not prepare well for the tour and that's on him. He was to heavy at the start. Which is funny caus he was the only contender for Lance.

[@ninetytwopoint5640]

To a man, juiced up to the eyeballs...and I enjoyed every minute of these epic battles.

[@andrewchapman5659]

All the Riders are juiced tho - still are

[@georgesealy4706]

I was a huge Armstrong fan. He was the reason I got turned on to the TDF. It was so sad that he was found out to be cheating. Maybe they all were. But he was the guy that was winning. So they focused on him.

[@monica93304]

most of them doped. Armstrong was incredible though.

[@OutYourBackDoor]

i kinda think they busted them all. dominoes...

[@username8644]

They were all cheating. He was just on another level. He wanted the win the most too.

[@zurichgnome6073]

All the top guys were doping. Lance was/is a jerk, but he actually got screwed, left holding the bag for that entire lost, doped generation of riders.

[@emersonblake7]

they all were doping.

[@P0rkD0rky2000]

One of THE great moments in cycling. The hill. The man. And maybe what really separates it, the tactics.

[@Al-ny8dk]

Oh, and the drugs. 4:11

[@lrfixit]

@@Al-ny8dk oh and the druggies that he rode right past.

[@markbantz9699]

Lrfixit life is cruel,dimwit!

[@caasicam]

@@Al-ny8dk everyone was on something

[@squierstrat9502]

@@caasicam not like lance

[@kenkaniff8428]

Man I miss Paul Sherwin!! I have a feeling Phil will retire this year actually. It's been sad to see the amount of mistakes he's been making this past 2 years. 50 years and you're a legend Phil. No shame in retiring now mate!!!

[@craighermle7727]

It was interesting to hear Ligget., the one who infamously had the commentary about Armstong "going up the road like a motorcar" avoid instances in past Tours with Armstrong involved where racing was slowed for #1 or the Yellow Jersey. I understand why, but to say that's the 1st time he had seen the leader slow up while the #2 recovered from a crash was amusing.

[@kenkaniff8428]

@@craighermle7727 it's just that iconic unwritten rule in cycling that comes into effect at rare moments. Of course he's seen it, MANY times before

[@davewilliams9948]

Having cheated death, Lance finally took his training seriously and lost 30 pounds. They all doped, but dropping that excess weight was the real difference. If he hadn’t treated people so badly I would have nothing but respect for the man.

[@kevinburke7018]

I don't think it was quite 30pounds......

[@TheLemon333]

He doesn't deny that human growth hormone he took that same year might have fed the cancer in the first place.

[@oldtwinsna8347]

Yea, the weight reduction before the Tour was a key pivotal point to getting an optimal w/kg. More important than the EPO boosts. It was clearly evident with Jan who ended up being visibly too fat (for a world class cyclist) while having more watts than Lance.

[@fumanpoo4725]

Karma scrotal...

[@chbrosz]

Except they didn’t all dope

[@lkb3rd]

@legendofstreet And Paul Sherwen is great too, and even better they work well together. They definitely add to the tour for all english speakers.

[@ovathere93]

Best move ever.

[@alex28543]

I still see brilliance when I watch this

[@markmtbrider]

Yep

[@Haukiherra]

Legend. Still remember this particular stage. One of the best athletes ever, doped or not.

[@G2000-k2e]

this NEVER gets old fuckin bad ass. Froome could lose the tour but if he pulled the trigger ONCE he'd be a legend like LA!!?

[@johnfranklin1955]

Munamankeli Agreed! All the top cyclist were doping then. From 1999 to 2006 Armstrong was the best cyclist in the world.

[@jejjerw3173]

Yes, the best CHEAT EVER! What about the few that weren't cheating ? Would he have been so dominant against ones that didn't cheat if he didn't dope? That's the point! We'll never know...... BECAUSE.....he . CHEATED!!!!!!!!!!!

[@bob7165]

Still doped , sure...

[@EagleLogic]

Jejjer W this clown clearly doesn’t know cycling from ‘96-2010.

[@poker_18rs92]

He looked Jan right in the eyes & basically said 'if you're coming then let's go' otherwise this tour is over for you. How epic would it have been if Jan had the legs to stay with him. It would've been the greatest stage duel of all time.

[@terryfonz4603]

Actually Lance in a recent interview said he was really looking back for his teammate to see if he was going to attack with Lance!! But it was a great story he didn’t want to ruin it back when.

[@fouriertransformbrowne6886]

they need to silence the audio and come up with an appropriate over-dub focusing on "look what a top athlete can do to his world class competition, carefully doped by a doctor who knew exactly how much EPO and oxygenated blood to put into Armstrong, and not get caught." In consulting they call it "lessons learned." Keep the recording for posterity

[@strace67]

or if he had the drugs Lance had Epic

[@kadecarthel5297]

@@strace67they all doped. Armstrong was still the best.

[@stevemahoney1733]

@@kadecarthel5297 Yes they all doped but I wonder if they all doped as much and as often as Lance did? A few of his teamates have said that US Postal had the UCI in their pockets. Meaning they could ( & did) buy their way out of (+) test results. I don't think other teams had that much confidence or pull with the powers that ran the Tour.

[@mithrandirbooga]

Lance Armstrong climbs hills faster than I can go down them... holy hell.

[@jamesblaser5329]

mithrandirbooga it's called cheating

[@caasicam]

@@jamesblaser5329 he did nothing different from all the riders

[@ccbgaming6994]

@caasicam This comment has nothing to do with the other riders

[@markandrach]

lance....you still have your fans,we know you were only doing what everyone else was doing you were the best

[@gtrpimp76]

What did they say watts/kg was required to win this stage at 30 min threshold? 6.3 w/kg? At my wt of 87 kg, I would have to maintain 540+ watts/30min. I cant sustain that for more than a few minutes. Even with religious training, Im lucky to even sustain 340 watts for 15 minutes.

[@AdamWarrix]

Most professional riders are 15-20 kg lighter than you are. They have around 400-450 watts. Plus, they spend 30+ hours a week training. Us normal humans have work and other obligations. I'm lucky to get 12 hours a week.

[@stuartboyd6340]

Can you do my tax returns

[@oldtwinsna8347]

I'm not sure this stage was measured but on the Alpe' stage where it was a time trial they have Lance's time up the mountain at 6.97w/kg. Essentially 7w/kg for about a little over half an hour. And, that was near the end of the Tour so fatigue had already made its way in.

[@kevinbuja4373]

R.I.P. Paul Sherwin

[@christoduplessis8177]

At 0:30 you can see the devil. Behind him stomping his pedals you can also see the legendary El Diablo Didi Senft in his famous red devil costume running next to the side of the road. It is so poetic Armstrong attacked at that point!

[@kenkaniff8428]

Did has been there for 40 years!! Icon in the sport. A German that doesn't speak a lick of English 😂 he's BRILLIANT

[@andrewchapman5659]

He knew that he could be on tv the most if he ran after top riders at that point

[@lizziemobil]

I was with him first stage of this year's TdF, what a legend! Still doesn't speak English 🤣

[@benhulme7401]

I did the Marmotte which finished on Alpe D'Huez. The pace Armstrong goes up this climb is insane

[@kiyaleelevyrunaya9495]

Lance is why I got into cycling, I'll forever be a fan

[@stevegreir23]

Its a shame it took you a doped up cheat to get you into cycling

[@boblatkey7160]

I agree! Even with a little blood dribbling and track marks down his arm it was still a lot of fun watching these guys.

[@philthornton1382]

@@boblatkey7160they all did it, he just did it better (and all his guys got paid)

[@Simon-fr4ts]

Me too, I am the same age as Lance, so a late starter.

[@kiyaleelevyrunaya9495]

@@Simon-fr4ts I meant watching ... ^^"

[@TheEvolution1984]

In those years everyone was doped, not only Lance Armstrong. Remember Ulrich, Pantani, Basso, etc.. So, between the doped guys, he still was the best..

[@PeakPotential46]

Hello 8yr old comment, I agree with this.

[@bengla6760]

He was the best doper

[@PATAR144]

inspires me to practice standing up for long ass climbs...

[@SheepDog1974]

It's about cadence and gearing

[@viodon48]

That was incredible , most of you hearts would have exploded dope or not

[@MrIanlapworth]

Lovely to hear this old commentary, Armstrong was great in terms of entertainment and was one of the reasons I got into cycling, will always like him for that despite the doping

[@ShuKatashSam]

They ALL were doping. So in most respects, the competition was equal.

[@OttoIncandenza]

@@ShuKatashSam wrong. I don’t want it to be a competition in the quality of your drugs/how well your body reacts to drugs.

[@mcafton]

and now Phil won't even say his name on the broadcasts. It's kind of bs.

[@DMurdock]

@@OttoIncandenzait wasn’t drug quality alone that made Armstrong what he was.

[@philthornton1382]

@@OttoIncandenzathey were all juiced up

[@YiftertheShifter1]

@datboysha40 Give Paul Sherwin some credit too. Cycling owes much to these two great commentators.

[@markmtbrider]

Rip Paul. Not quite the same now. Taking nothing away from bob roll....

[@brettbale9535]

EVEN PLAYING FIELD!

[@EagleLogic]

Excellent climbing performance and poker face all day long (dope or not). Incredible to watch. Sorry if 90's and 00's cycling offends you. I'm sure most who complain never raced a bike.

[@tennsmoothie]

It's not about certain decades of cycling being unpopular. It's about these riders being held up as equal or superior to the all-time greats who were not doping because it was not available to the level of med technology that Armstrong had or because they simply considered it wrong to use PED's. You gotta admit that Armstrong accelerating on Alpe DHuez like that at the end of a 6 hour day makes his use of drugs so obvious it's almost comical. After he was exposed and had to ride clean, he struggled up these tough mountain climbs.

[@terrenced.1586]

@@tennsmoothie If you think that the all time great cyclists like Eddy Merckx didn’t use performance enhancing drugs then you’re seriously mental. They used mostly amphetamines before blood doping was a thing. The UCI just used to not have as strict of requirements for riders.

[@Jaxck77]

As a lifelong cyclist, fuck these guys. Greg Lemond is a fucking champion, none of these fakers.

[@gringo19860]

I miss him & those years were GREAT viewing! 😊 No helmets on the climbs made the riders more 'accessible' (& recognizable) to the viewer too👍

[@roadracer1584]

No helmets but lotsa EPO.

[@philthornton1382]

@@roadracer1584made for better racing

[@jamesambrocio]

Watching Froome win nowadays is soooo fucking boring. It's like watching someone eat oatmeal for hours.

[@shaundolby5006]

Lance had an extraordinary large heart however the most impressive thing he had was his lactate threshold. When guys lactates we're hitting 14 up the climbs Lance was only hitting 6 and 7 so he was no where near in the same pain as the others, plus he could recover so much faster.

[@keithaverill1223]

He just had the best "secret sauce" pumped into his veins. Total fraud and bold face liar.

[@SMJ95]

Everyone is born with a lactic threshold. Doping or not you can’t change it.

[@OttoIncandenza]

He also took drugs dude

[@shaundolby5006]

@@OttoIncandenza yes and? Who at the top in any sport doesn’t.

[@kingtungstenworldwide4472]

@@OttoIncandenza Apparently they ALL doped so it was irrelevant. Unfortunately all we hear looking back was that Lance did and nobody else did but everyone did. And for the few that didnt, they didnt have what it took to win the GC anyway.

[@lassechristiannielsen9667]

Wow, just wow. Forget the bs. Lance was a beast. Blue train ftw!

[@fhowland]

For anyone who rides seriously or has ridden Alpe Du Huez , you know first hand that going up it like Lance does here almost totally out of the saddle is totally insane and super human.

[@1AceDeuce]

It's called EPO

[@demdjen77]

@@1AceDeuce All the GC contenders were on it.

[@1AceDeuce]

@@demdjen77 Still cheating though

[@haroldsmith7044]

@@1AceDeuce When everyone is doing, is it still giving him an advantage?

[@1AceDeuce]

@@haroldsmith7044 Read some of the books, his scheme was a multi million dollar doping scandal, no other riders had that attribute. Plus it's still cheating and he was rightfully banned for life.

[@chrismikstas2871]

Climbing in the drops like a true badass

[@LEX__FERNANDEZ]

Brutal el aguante que tiene de pie después de una etapa tan larga.... Eso no es humano

[@kenneth7768]

I remember that attack. Just brutal.

[@ShawDAMAN]

people who say cycling is boring need to watch stuff like this. ;p long live cycling like this and commentators like ligget and sherwen, the best!! :P

[@simjam1980]

I don't think you can really appreciate watching sports like this unless you have done it yourself and experienced the pain and suffering, the mind games you play with yourself, the fatigue and exhaustion, the aching back and hands and neck etc. Forcing yourself to keep going despite your body screaming at you to stop. You can't appreciate what they are going through unless you have experienced it. Same as with any sport.

[@pplpilot]

drugs or not you still have to be something special to do this.

[@xxgoiksxx]

pplpilot 👎

[@keroner9998]

If all where clean he still would have won. He is the best cyclist there ever was, period.

[@wtookey]

Ker Oner He was the greatest cheater there ever was, period.

[@adventuresona700dollarhard5]

AMEN!

[@adventuresona700dollarhard5]

@@wtookey oh stop, you know damn well they were all cheating. Urich’s bug ass was never natty

[@kenkaniff8428]

😂🤣

[@nicolasdelbene6865]

Para mi el mejor de todos los tiempos en la subida los largaba a todos digan lo que digan de el ciclista completo contra reloj subida bajada tenian que controlar a todos del dopin

[@preyband1]

Amazing. Just pure strength and endurance.

[@kenkaniff8428]

You mean pure PED's

[@news4usunshine]

This was INCREDIBLE. And recognize that every single rider you see in this video WAS DOPING, so that issue is completely moot.

[@tomvali6673]

None at the level of Lance

[@floriank6521]

They were doing on completely different levels. Armstrong spent millions per year on doping.

[@floriank6521]

They were doing on completely different levels. Armstrong spent millions per year on doping.

[@christiangerhardt2408]

@@floriank6521 ja they did it at different levels like the Festina team which had a trunk full (a trunk full of blood)..... Ja mmmmmmm they did it at different levels. The only level that was different was Lance was more shrewed.

[@Al-ny8dk]

His doping was another level 4:11

[@scottlong2505]

Lance spinning high cadence, everyone else grinding. Fast forward to current, all climbers spin high cadence! He changed the game…

[@kenkaniff8428]

Froomey is the ONLY one with a truly high cadence tho. Most pure climbers spin big gears. They prefer power over cardio

[@margusmikson794]

@@kenkaniff8428 In this years tour you can see that top guys spin high candence, even Wout!

[@kenkaniff8428]

@@margusmikson794 I always have my eye on cadence. It's something I always look at ironically and I didn't notice any really high cadence. I am ALWAYS fascinated these guys push such big gears in the high mountains so I didn't see a really high cadence. Nothing like how Froomey rides. Thats a super high cadence. I did notice some lower gears being used on occasion but they were at an almost 20% incline. I just didn't notice a really high cadence. When I refer to "high cadence" I'm basing it from Froomeys style of cadence. Very high

[@starlitshadows]

@@kenkaniff8428 you're right they don't spin as high as Lance or Froome. Not always big gears but not the kind of cadence we saw from those two.

[@kenkaniff8428]

@@starlitshadows I don't really know why I say this but a higher cadence is the exact style you would expect to see in dopers in many cases. The extra oxygen in the blood or the TUEs given for things like asthma that allow the bronchi to open up so one can breathe better helps them spin a higher cadence and gives them longer endurance. Really high cadence CAN be a sign of PEDs or abuse of TUE's

[@drouleau]

I miss the doping era....so much fun to watch as most were doing it.

[@jlah3390]

Oh soo many people loving a junkie. And the forever disgusting excuse"everybody do same". And become worst when someone who arent cyclist nasty loves the era of a selfrecognized cheater. Shame on you poor people

[@ACMEpowersports]

He was a beast. It was a level playing field. Great era. What irritates me the most is he made many people millionaires and they threw him under the bus. I’m not justifying doping but I sure am tired of righteous Cat 4s throwing him under the bus. He was a phenomenon.

[@rickmartin4377]

Look dope was equal, what the other riders didn't have was the road set to be what he became. Period! He had it, he knew they trained lazy. Dude without dope and given that focus and his hard work he would have been top 5 natural. Dudes the hardest, ambitious, that had all a gain to be the best, he is the best of the tour. I lol now like I did then at Jan, Jan and the rest except Beloki where happy with riding they hated training and they were thinking about there paper thin career against the vultures that owned them . Lance was free

[@danglybit1]

pokerface all drugged up...deceiving everyone ...the only really beautiful and elegant aspect is the commentary fm Paul and Phil.

[@choffman94]

The Bluff: 0:00 The Look: 1:50 The Win: 6:30 this will never get old

[@FB1BB1BB1]

Ulrich, are you coming or not....NOT

[@benjaminwilson4558]

..."druggin' " or not...tell me it was Electric watching these kick battles compared to what we have recently watched