Lance Armstrong-Hautacam Attack

[@coolbreeze3856]

Lance Armstrong’s book and Foundation got me through breast cancer. I started riding during my chemo. 18 years out. I ride every day and I feel great. Thanks Lance. I had hope because of you.

[@itstrbo]

Ppl always forget he was more than a guy who ALSO took PEDs. ....he inspired a generation

[@luatala8008]

He got lucky with cancer. He returned to cycling because he no longer had cancer. Then he cheated and lied and destroy other people who were threat to his lie. What is so inspiring about that ????

[@stevek8829]

@@luatala8008 what she said above ^^

[@haroldsmith7044]

@@itstrbo EVERY rider was taking them in those days. Don't ever let anyone tell you otherwise.

[@itstrbo]

@haroldsmith7044 hence why I said "also took PEDs" ...he wasn't the only one, easily half of the world tour riders were juiced on EPO and other substances...he was iust better than all of them

[@walkinwithjesus]

These were great rivalries, however Id also like to point out that these 2 announcers are the finest around in any sport. They have always made these races enjoyable and deserve credit. Paul Sherwen and Phil Liggett

[@marcdaniels9079]

And the two protagonists were both juiced out of their brains 😉

[@jamiehancock6296]

Agreed and RIP Paul Sherwen.

[@sorellman]

Great attack by Lance. All those blood transfusions and illegal shots paying off.

[@SteveZ919]

@@sorellman funny how he beat all the other drugged up riders in the tour all those years...so it wasn't 'just the drugs' that helped him win.

[@sorellman]

@@SteveZ919 You're right, he was the best among the dope users. What a strange world we live in.

[@YiftertheShifter1]

The man who won this race, Javier Otxoa, was later hit in a car accident about a half a year after this race. His brother (riding with him) died, and Javier was in a coma for a month. The accident left him disabled, but he was successful in the paralympic games. Sad story for a man who had so much promise.

[@Philippepencet]

🙏

[@Lee-One]

12 years later how’s it going

[@gamingmidget]

@@Lee-One he died in 2018

[@tubesockets120v]

​@@gamingmidgetah really. Must've been fairly young.

[@dblissmn]

@@tubesockets120v 43 years old. "long illness" from obit I read.

[@johnsumner6185]

LA did a lot for Trek bikes and Livestrong...got many off the couch and on a bike.....that will never be erased from history!

[@TraumaER]

Agree! He is the greatest of all time. 💯

[@MarcF.Nielssen]

Maybe. Armstrong has also put millions off professional cycling. There has been doping left, right and center. But nobody apart from Armstrong went after accusers and tried to destroy them.

[@georgexanthopoulos3003]

@@MarcF.Nielssen Well nobody's claiming that he is a good person lol

[@abone2pick]

@@MarcF.Nielssen theres about 200 riders in the tour bro. Only around 25 world tour teams each with no more than 20 -25 riders. Those millions probably wouldn't have made it anyways

[@MarcF.Nielssen]

@@abone2pick I was talking about the spectators, on the road and on TV.

[@ahmadjooma8850]

Miss these commentators. And prime Armstrong. I was 12 years old when I watched this live. EPO or no - these tour DE France's will always have their mystique 👌🏾

[@ericwilhelm2941]

Phil Liggit and Bob Roll still doing it !!!

[@freedomlover24-7]

They were all doping, Lance was just more disciplined and had a better "program." It's a shame he had all his wins stripped while others who doped didn't. They just didn't like an 🇺🇲 dominating for 7 years straight.

[@JohnnyTheMonkey]

Lance is a disgraced cheater. No untainted results, sorry.

[@lesleykuramoto3943]

Commentators still commenting on NBC.

[@thesoultwins72]

@@freedomlover24-7 .....Oh hum yet another Armstrong apologist. [are you American by chance?] Yes, by varying accounts 85-90% of the pro peloton were 'juiced' back then. The difference is that unlike Armstrong the other riders weren't sociopathic arseholes determined to destroy anyone or anything that stood in his way.

[@baronianmcclure8865]

I have followed this man all his life, the entertainment and the passion I had was amazing, nothing has changed he is still a legend

[@kusalperera8839]

Agreed. He would have won even without drugs. He has such a passion and brutal commitment to win

[@franz009franz]

@@kusalperera8839 i mean, he wouldn't have. but he would've won if nobody was drugged^^

[@ivanboesky1520]

Bullshit. He was by far the biggest doping cheat of them all. That’s why he won. 😀

[@truthseeker4388]

Watching Lance pound those pedals with that cadence straight up those hills is a sight to behold and one that we probably never see again. Thank God for reruns and KZbin

[@JUANGARCIA-se4dm]

Armstrong use electric motor.

[@Wikato]

@@JUANGARCIA-se4dm Any evidence?

[@JUANGARCIA-se4dm]

@@Wikato si, ya se sabe toda la verdad.

[@Wikato]

@@JUANGARCIA-se4dm English please.

[@JUANGARCIA-se4dm]

@@Wikato What's up? You don't speak Spanish and you think you know about cycling. LOL

[@TesterAnimal1]

I was by the roadside on that climb, shivering! We’d done the Tourmalet in the rain that morning, then rode up Hautacam. Tough day for everyone, EPO or not.

[@thesoultwins72]

@TesterAnimal1.......I was on Mont Ventoux for the following day's stage - when despite yo-yoing 'off the back' all day, the true 'Greatest Climber ever' Marco Pantani won the race [although the ever-sportsmanlike Armstrong claimed he 'gifted' it to the little Italian - arrogant prick!]. I rode up the Ventoux several hours before the race came through and as you exited the forest and emerged into the 'lunar landscape' section the wind was at over 200kph then! [apparently, it got stronger - and if you watch Pantani and Armstrong attacking you can see the effort they are having to make to forge ahead]. It also isn't obvious because of the lovely sunny weather that it was actually only 1 degree centigrade at the top of the mountain! [I have a photo of me crouching against the walls of the weather station with some other riders as we are all having great difficulty staying on our feet due to the strength of the freezing wind!] I was only wearing a Kelme team jersey and shorts and I was absolutely perished! [I had tried to buy an undervest and arm-warmers at a number of bike shops in Carpentras the previous day - but everything was sold out! [The day before, L'etape du tour' was held on the course - but was abandoned due to the severity of the weather]. I heard that only 70 riders [out of nearly 6000] made it to the top and a lot of riders that packed were carted off to hospital with hyperthermia! Mont Ventoux is without doubt the most brutal climb I have ever ridden - and I have done virtually all of Alpes and Pyrenees TDF mountains. I totally understand why the late great 'Mr Tom' [Tommy Simpson] lost his life there and why it is known as the 'Beast of Provence'. One final note - my hero [Marco Pantani] was a fading star by 2000, despite matching and ultimately beating an insanely doped up Armstrong on the Mont Ventoux stage and also winning stage 15. But he was totally off the pace on the Hautacam stage and Armstrong made him pay. A sad end to 'il pirata' I was privileged to not only see, but actually ride alongside Marco and his entire Mercatone-Uno-Bianchi team on their warm-up lap for the first stage of the TDF in Dublin in 1998. Marco won the TDF that year - as well as the Giro d'Italia. A feat that has not been repeated since - or is ever likely to be. He may have been on the 'juice' but he is by far the best climber I ever saw.

[@Ultegra10SPD]

RIP Javier Oxtoa. 1974-2018.

[@fanofeverything]

I've seen this stage before and I'm still rooting so hard for Ochoa

[@sizzlexc]

Also, Phil is amazing. I dont think there is a better announcer out there.

[@pointbreak2811]

Don't forget Paul Sherwin. They're amazing together.

[@Butterratbee]

Phil is terrible

[@chris14091975]

Oh thanks for posting the video, it is refreshing to fing TDF videos without all the stupid background music.

[@Nation010]

Hey guys i am brit born Nigerian and i respect L Armstrong totally uterly n absolutely pls don't disrespect all the hard work that guy has done, like it or not there will never be another cyclist like him PERIOD!! his ethics n dedication to the sport is no.1 he is hated because he is a perfectonist since when is that a bad thing, if i am anywhere near his approach to applying his his dedication to his sport and life i would be satisfied indeed. This i say with sincerity

[@LomuHabana]

He is hated because he is a cheating arsehole.

[@Nicksonian]

Phil Liggett…the best thing about this video. One of the best sportscasters ever. His long-term, continuing presence at Le Tour is amazing.

[@NeverTakeNoCut-offs]

“This is unbelievable” yep, you could say that

[@boardhanger79]

Pantani, Oxtoa(brother), Jimenez all sadly dead. RIP forever.

[@jackdanielss]

All doped to their eyeballs

[@rcdogmanduh4440]

But dead none the less!

[@abone2pick]

@@jackdanielss let them rest in peace dip shit . You can take the same shit and you'd still get dropped on the first climb

[@NeverTakeNoCut-offs]

I rode with Jimenez

[@flugtager]

@hghepo Most cyclists in the peloton have a hard time even completing the tour their first go round at a young age like 22. It takes years to develop the stamina to be a true endurance athlete. If you look at the age of winners for the tour de france, but for a few exceptions most are in their late 20's to early 30's. Lance's training differs from others in his specific studying of the stage routes and the tailoring of his training to peak during the tour. Other teams have adopted this.

[@Liofa73]

2022 -- Well this didn't age well... Pogacar... Roglic, Vingergaarde... that fuck times have changed.

[@ElderNerwal]

@@Liofa73 It was never true to begin with. Anquetil, Merckx, Hinault, Fignon won their first tour at the first try and they were only 23-24. Lemond came third at age 23, then 2nd at age 24 and won at 25.

[@johntechwriter]

@@ElderNerwal. They are the exceptions that prove the rule.

[@chrish3030]

“Where he’s found this strength from I don’t know”.. 😂😂😂

[@bobmorane2082]

Lol ikr I got a little idea

[@slopf]

And probably has battey powered bike also...the man is a disgrace

[@amstelveen1]

All on dope so fear enaugh I guess

[@IAmAlpharius20]

Hint: Definitely not legal.

[@michaelvrbanac6923]

All were doping ya dopes.

[@lamesalegend]

True Champ hoping we get to see another as dominate as Lance was. He enjoyed crushing the opposition

[@bodi516]

You don't judge the things well: you could take, right now, any substance, testosterone, everything, but by sitting next to the tv, won't make you win tdf 7 times. He worked hard, and you tell me that the second, third, and generally top 10 overall weren't doped, but still managed not to lose to much time to him...?

[@alexamann5729]

They all doped, but he doped way harder than the others did. Doping isn't a binary thing. There are countless performance enhancing drugs and countless dosages to take them in. And yes, he trained hard as well, but so did all the others. And those who trained hard but did it cleanly are an afterthought at most because they never even got to the TdF or as a domestique at most. And to account for the very likely scenario that everyone used PEDs they decided that noone is awarded with winning those 7 TdF's.

[@andreasandremyrvold]

Well.....and well....and a lot of we...llls......and everyone was doped probably?..??

[@patrickloper671]

Trek bikes and American cycling exist because of Lance. The Tour de France became an event in America because of him. There was so much drugs in the whole Tour it's stupid to strip the results

[@alanrobinson7891]

Trek we're one of the market leaders and innovators many years before lance Armstrong even became a pro cyclist

[@johntechwriter]

Particularly near the top, Armstrong is floating up that grade with no discernible strain. He’s on the drops just to stretch his legs and his cadence is high. He looks noticeably leaner than the other riders. His riding style is light, buoyant, even. It’s almost as if at some points he’s holding himself back. Armstrong’s ability to humiliate of some of the best climbers in the sport, as in, Pantani, who looks like an old man when Armstrong breezes past him, was described by Greg LeMond as “Unbelievable!” Make of that choice of words what you will.

[@VikingInvaders]

People who watch the tour on television share the responsibility of spoiling this sport. If we didn't watch it there would be no sponsors. No sponsors would mean no money and no money in the sport would mean no doping. No doping means that we would find a true winner with good ethics and moral. It would be a far greater experience for us to see, that these riders were suffering like we would. It is not realistic that they finish with a sprint (to be continued)

[@Applecorecafe]

Lance crushed all the other dopers, Lance is the greatest cyclists ever.

[@Mondelibre882]

AppleCoreCafe and you are the greatest Asshole ........

[@drvonnostrum2671]

Eddie Merckx, not even close

[@LomuHabana]

Greatest cheat ever.

[@897570]

Atleast He is a legend....7 time TOD winner......1st in history atleast give him some credit...

[@thelame123]

THE KING IS BACK THE KING IS BACK! he´ll kick ass

[@lazurm]

One of the most amazing demonstrations of mountain climbing in history.

[@ivanboesky1520]

Yeah, and all fake based on massive doping. 😀

[@nolanryan999]

@hellsadore Are you aware that Armstrong at age 24 was a very promising rider? He won the 1993 World Champ ahead of Indurain, and won a stage in 1995. He was a different type of rider before the cancer (not a stage-race specialist), but he wasn't a chump.

[@blackgsxr350z]

I love how much people want to put down the efforts of Lance Armstrong. Truly shows how envious some people can be of a man that they wish they could be. Really people, just give respect where its due. Unless you have something to prove it otherwise, just keep your mouth shut.

[@fanofeverything]

I remember this stage, totally epic. So glad Otxoa just made it, he totally deserved this one.

[@dbass6326]

Armstrong sure didn't

[@Butterratbee]

@@dbass6326except he did

[@taurus0423]

I agree with you 100%. If Ullrich has done as much training and dieting as Lance had, I believe Ullrich would have won at least 3 TDF. Besides, Lance only focused on Le Tour post-cancer, so he wasn't greedy like Eddy M., nor was he ready to risk dropping his condition by trying to win Giro, either. All he wanted was Le Tour de France yellow jersey. That's it.

[@Lee-One]

How’s life 16 years later?

[@johntechwriter]

I would not characterize Eddy Merkz as “greedy” for having competed through the season. Among the pros there used to be a thing called “honor.” A true champion did not cherry-pick his races. He toughed it out against them all, and this validated his star quality. Plus, racers back in the day made a pittance of what a top pro makes now. Armstrong had so much money coming in from sponsors, he could take his private jet from event to event and take part in celebrity activities. I think Armstrong was grooming himself for public office when his racing career was over.

[@shellsbignumber2]

The amount of times the commentators said the word unbelievable about Armstrong's performance. It sure was unbelievable.

[@johntechwriter]

They got that line from Greg LeMond, who answered a reporter’s question about Armstrong’s ability to drop the group at will. Expected to reply with a compliment, LeMond used a left-handed one: “Unbelievable!”

[@thierryjulien572]

Funny to see those pictures today. One question . Who wasn't doped ?

[@maradona80s]

Me acuerdo perfectamente de esta etapa, una de las mejores que he visto en mi vida. Que recuerdos, que fuerza y como subía Armstrong por aquel entonces y mítico Chava. DEP Otxoa.

[@MrSuedehead69]

Un mounstro Lance ...

[@Swimmer47]

The thing is everyone was doping, including Pantani….

[@joseflemire4284]

Really show the proof...Pantani did dope but when ...how do you know...do you know how doping works? Lance had a whole system for doping..it was NOT individual...he had his director, his team, The best Doctor and physiologist in the world telling when and how to use and what to use, etc etc etc...Sorry to pop your bubble. LA was a good pro rider..but TDF champ w/out what I just listed??? Never Never...his Vo2 was measured in the low 80's...he weighed 167 pounds and was 5' 9"...so once again the spin of the everyone was on the same dope etc is how LA tries to spin it and you drank the Kool-aide. Lemond's Vo2 by comparison was 93!! Please do your research and don't just throw out BS ..Read the secret race...Tyler Hamilton lays it all out...LA never sweated doping because he had a whole system to help him do it...Pantani had to worry constantly...he was doing it without his team enabling....and he didn't have Ferrari !!! It was all scientifically planned out..BIG difference. Just look at the comparison of Armstrong after cancer to before and explain to me why he was not crushing it then? HuH? IT IS OBVIOUS

[@tonycrabtree3416]

@@joseflemire4284😂😂😂 Doping is cheating. Your argument is, “well, the gunshot victim wasn’t really shot because they lived” 🤡🤡🤡

[@JSSBBB]

@@joseflemire4284 YES!!! Absolutely correct!! Every word!! thank you for writing this!!

[@TheGagnonRx]

Actually he was crushing it back when he first started as a triathlete prior to doping. What people don’t understand is that there is huge money at play with sponsors / teams. The teams are who organized everything to make sure their riders win. Dope to make millions, or stay natty to be nobody. It’s with every sport. Doping doesn’t make you mentally tough. It give you the extra 1% advantage needed to be at the very top.

[@SAAMIAM99]

@HotChixAndMusic You're right, dope doesn't give you the will to win, it just gives you the win.

[@garycook413]

I still find it astonishing, bearing in mind that Pantani was doping also, that Armstrong could ride way from him like that. As much as he was unpleasant, and clearly cheating, he was a tremendous rider

[@M.Đ-z4u]

armo american takes every tip off drugs.why more that anybody else.he was just american puppet

[@chrisbatson3402]

Great druggies. Dopers competing

[@chrisbatson3402]

Lance timed his drugs and miligram perfect.

[@drvonnostrum2671]

@@chrisbatson3402 they were all on the same program, using the same doctors. Get over it, LA was the greatest tour rider of all time

[@chrisbatson3402]

@@drvonnostrum2671 they are doping with EPO now. All of them dope

[@KD-oi9sk]

I was on a bend at the bottom of the Aubisque for this, just outside Laruns, boy was it wet. When it finished we went back to the car and drove into the warmth of Spain.

[@joseperezpaz9986]

Every Pro athlete Juices

[@kolegalo]

one year after this, Otxoa and his brother were training, and one car hitted them killing Javier Otxoa´s brother Ricardo, now Javi is cycling in paralyimpic games, this is an example of brave, I m from Spain, and we are proud of you Javi

[@WanderleiSilva29]

Miguel indurain was the same.... he rarely won anything (using youre same lance logic) because he would peak for the tour. Yet, in his time.... Miguel was considered super human.... Lets not forget his buddy pedro Delgado (also a TDF winner) actually was caught with PEDs. Lance is under fire, but in reality most of the TDF riders are on something. Theres a reason every riders time is crushing all the old greats in time trials, etc. Its not just technology.

[@giuseppegiordano217]

Era doping

[@bradyb2482]

2.40 'this is unbelievable'

[@00bikeboy]

@markyboy28able99 Well, I agree with you. I started watching when Indurain was on top. I loved the Tour, I couldn't get enough. The climbs, the time trials, the team tactics and the individual efforts. The amazing dramas, the class of the riders who waited for opponents who had mechanicals. Then the doping scandals hit and I just stopped watching. Such a shame. Hopefully they'll fix it and I'll watch again, but it hasn't killed my love of riding.

[@rochellestanley9532]

Great display of Dominance 👏

[@sukhmaidickoff]

The one with the best doping advisor wins

[@tooleyheadbang4239]

Go Faster with Ferrari.@@sukhmaidickoff

[@cesarjom]

Lance Armstrong, still the greatest Tour de France rider!

[@Lehmann108]

An oldie but goodie! Lance boggles the mind. He might make it 8 and that would be beyond belief!

[@ivanboesky1520]

More EPO 😀

[@VikingInvaders]

That would put me in a bad light (hope this makes any sense in english) because people would throw suspension on me for using doping. And for good reason! I have no doubts about Lances physical attributes, I do not question that, but I find it suspicious that all the big names of cycling has been involved with doping or indicates that they have been....

[@VikingInvaders]

Finally I meet an American with a little bit of realitity sense - respect

[@seadbiberovic7791]

10 minutes from the bottom and 43 seconds on the top. The best doping make such a good result.

[@yaniktydetmer4153]

Never testing positive he is the goat final lance my idole

[@secretagent86]

like Phil Liggett I believed in Lance..."i don't know where he gets the strength from"... now we all know. love the classic bikes and no helmets though

[@kloschuessel773]

They were all doped so i guess the advantage wasnt just his from the dope

[@alpha3488]

@@kloschuessel773 Yes it was. Armstrong had the best doctor in cycling working exclusively for him (Michele Ferrari, also known as 'dottore epo') and before he worked with Ferrari he never finished a mountain stage with the top contenders between 1993 and 1996. Armstrong was never a climber and at best average in time trial, but a specialist for one day classics and stage wins at the tour de france.

[@kloschuessel773]

@@alpha3488 ferrari started doping cyclists when? Late 80s? Indurain himself was doping apparently. Not being among the best when not doped while the best dope… Fuentes cyclists were worse? I dont quite see this bs that he was the best doc and thats why he won. Besides… When everybody is doping, let the best doc win. Why not? I dont see a problem there at all. He probably chose armstrong bcs he thought he would have the best chances to win.

[@kloschuessel773]

@@alpha3488 i think it is totally stupid to hate and blame armstrong like some folks do. He was neither the first, nor worst. And he dominated despite all of his contenders being on the stuff…

[@alpha3488]

@@kloschuessel773 My point is that despite everyone doping it wasn't an even playing field. I have to admit I hated Armstrong as a kid for his disgusting dominance in the early 2000s. Today I only have a particulary dislike for the things he did to other riders to make them shut up about doping.

[@Rommelchen1985]

The France is one of the nicest countries of the world. It has a long history and I like this country very much. Since I have been thinking, I have always been there for vacation. I love the tour de France :).... let's put the hammer down and continue the tour ... looking for 2008

[@huntingsynth]

500w FTP @ 7w/kg...apparently Contador got close to 7 at his best

[@alabamatide8192]

Ever wonder why none of the 7 tdf titles were not awarded to another rider??????????????????????? The entire top 30 were doing EPO....hypocrites against Lance......yep....HE did epo.....oxygen ...........not will power.

[@weebig]

Such a stupid thing to say...i bet if you did every steroid in the book + epo + ANYTHING. You couldnt even finish the TDF...let alone in good time

[@davids1033]

Hell LA even cheated better than other teams and riders. I was/am a big fan. Lots of hours watching OLN.

[@Tehknein]

How do we know? He came back after a good number of years sitting in his beach house drinking beer and is in third overall right now. If you ask me, if he was doping he would not done as well this year as he has. He would be in the peloton 30+ minutes back with Cadel Evans.

[@npantano1846]

The greatest doper of all time. Thumbs up

[@fusionstar916]

I get winded going up a 50 meter hill.. how these guys do it is beyond me.

[@abone2pick]

Epo, roids ,6 hours of training a day. And a lot sugar and carbs

[@kikkers123]

@SkratchD Everyone was doped back then, don't forget that..

[@timbermeister]

Fantastic, thanks.

[@eggymaticremit]

@SAAMIAM99 no...it's not a vote or comparing him to others. it's about respect towards him and his achievements.

[@blackdog2994]

Armstrong, Pantani, Zuelle, Ullrich, Virenque. It's a who's who of doping greats.😂

[@jatinjitsinghmann730]

Lot of people don’t walk straight after cancer . Do u think only epos can make him ride like this?

[@MyWissam]

All of the commentators’ “remarkable” are now explainable.

[@TheNfields260]

Erythropoetin is used in cancer treatment as a RBC booster. But Lance was not racing when he was trying to survive metastatic cancer.

[@rallydriv3r]

I agree. No one seems to say the same negative things about Tiger or Agassi.. People (in general) are jealous that there is someone better than them. Thing is, there is ALWAYS someone better..

[@yaniktydetmer4153]

Hé is the goat final

[@1978utreg]

@btinder711 you cant pay one organisation because the lab only has numbers to go with the samples and they send the results to several organisations and they do that because you cant pay someone to pass the test. The lab doesnt have names so they cant manipulate a test or at least not the one they want to ;-)

[@allexpch]

Lance is an idol...Miss you Lance! Romania Love You!

[@1978utreg]

@hellsadore 'dominated because of epo' even if so he won from a lot of other cheaters so he was still the best right?

[@tomburke1878]

Phil and Paul were lionized as announcers, but I will always hold against them their willful naivete about Lance's doping and general thuggishness. The more honest commentators just laughed when Lance, never a climber as a pro, blew past people like Pantani as in this video. Phil and Paul steadfastly defended Lance even when he did outrageous things like the "zip your lip" gesture he made at Simeoni, who threatened the doping regime from which Lance profited so immensely. Lance was worse than a doper, he was the primary exponent of Omerta, lashing out at anyone who told the truth about the scandal that nearly ruined pro cycling.

[@wuhtinyauh]

WADA needs to open an unlimited class where the riders can just do want ever they want to and we can just sit back and see how fast these guys can go. It may be impossible to stop all doping I just hope that they catch as many dopers as possible. GO Lance '09

[@TTRUSOUND]

this was a good one.

[@MNC2k]

love the thumbs up from the camera guy on the bike at 1:36 haha

[@dahgutone]

@htg1313 But Merckx did dope.. They caught him doping a few times too. Love the guy though. A complete legend.

[@7amoonra3]

tu bavarde toi? je pense que tu n'a jamais vu une etape de tour de france. je l'ai suivis stage par stage. depuis 1999 jusqu'a 2005. armstrong etait hero. legende. il etait toujours parmi ls dix premiers. ou premier.

[@Matteomjb]

Not just Pantani but Jose-Maria Jimenez dead as well. And the stage winner Javier Otxoa was critically injured months after this stage in the accident that killed his brother Ricardo. Javier is now a Paralympic champion.

[@moropiau]

Ten years ago Jabier Otxoa won in Hautacam. Lets go, Jabier! (your life is your new race)

[@Milkywayboy]

Lance is the goat! They were all doping He was the best

[@V1Racerdude]

You will see sometimes the rider will stop to "water the flowers" and then continue on. When any rider does that, there is an unwritten rule that no attacks are to be done. So if somebody stops to piss, don't think they are out, they'll catch back up in a few minutes.

[@rgnet]

The best Armstrong attack, even better than Alpe d'Huez 2001 and Luz Ardiden 2003.

[@saucy05]

this was my first tour stage (watching).

[@abone2pick]

Lucky bastard

[@xaviqaz]

When Armstrong was around 23, 24 or 25 years old no one expected him to win a Tour (or Giro or Vuelta). He was not a good climber at all and not trial specialist. On the other hand, most champions have a linear progression. When Indurain was 24 or 25 he was a good climber and won 2 mountain stages in Tour de France, so he was expected to achieve great things one day

[@pilota_virtuale]

Great Lance

[@pncombies]

@huskyshark1 The rules were different then, hasky, and they weren't required when they were finishing a race ascending UP a climb.

[@emiliomonteiro5826]

Saudades destes tempos 👌👌👍👍🇵🇹

[@Sherrif86]

He has been tested for dope so many times and nothing has been found. Some sportsmen are exceptional. Armstrong is one of them.

[@getur99]

Lol

[@Sherrif86]

@@getur99 Oh my, that response didn't age well, now did it? But in my defense... Ah forget it, I've got nothing. Lol indeed.

[@getur99]

@@Sherrif86 all good, I believed as well

[@danielgharris]

never tested positive. Ever. Lived and trained in France where penalties for possession of doping agents is stronger than anywhere else in the world. He dominated because of a combination of exceptional athletic ability, innovative climbing technique, practice, great coaching, and the best teams of the last decade. What would you know about any of that?

[@getur99]

Lol

[@00bikeboy]

I think that they're allowed to remove their helmets on stages with uphill finishes because the organizers believe they're going too slow to do any serious damage if they were to crash. I don't know this for certain though, maybe someone more familiar with the rules could chime in.

[@dardo1201]

The samples where linked by l'equipe to Armstrong but they never fully made clear where they got the codes from wich could perfectly have come from a fake source.

[@chris14091975]

great video

[@ccarneiro289]

ele é o melhor ciclista de todos os tempos... e quem ta a dizer mal dele é porque tem raiva de ele ter conseguido aquilo que conseguio

[@LomuHabana]

LOL. Aged badly.

[@Fermineitorr]

tour is raced faster than giro and all the best take part there. giro is just for italians, but if you take a look to the stages, you'll see that Giro's mountains are harder than tour ones.

[@davidross8233]

I never thought Armstrong was clean, but I was a big fan until he started bullying so many other people. His dominance was inspiring, but in a drug free race I think there were a handful of riders in history who would have beaten him, including Merckx and Lemond. Lemond in 86 would have crushed him.

[@darrinhazuka]

The funny thing is that the vast majority of riders in this era were ALL doping. Marco Pantani, Ulrich, and many more. So it was a level field if you look at it from that point. He would have still had to out train and out work every other rider every year. He should not have had his victories taken away, but there should be a foot note to this period as the Doping Era!

[@cassioluizzancope]

Indiscutivelmente um dos maiores ciclista de todos os tempos!!!

[@jlems56]

Hilarious hearing Phil "Where does he find the strength"....as Tony Stark said to cap, "everything special about you came out of a bottle." While not 100% true as LA clearly has the championship mindset few possess...THAT kind of effort is only achievable through chemistry. And honestly I don't care about that...I care about the lives he's ruined or tried to ruin...but I don't care about professionals doping in sport. It's entertainment, it can be amazing to watch as well. There is simply too much fame and fortune involved to ever think ANY sport, endurance or not, will be truly clean. Too much money.

[@FoxxyBrown1111]

The "greatest" doped up performance ever. That from a 1-Day-Classic-Rider. This wasn´t only Epo, but at least 3 re-filled blood bags. What a cheater... Never seen something like this before and after in the dope full history of cycling.

[@karlnordinger5968]

Pedro Delgado 1988 tour winner : "You can't win the Tour de France on mineral water alone." The real tragedy is Lance Armstrong's character flaw (self doubt) ; he could have been a great stage racer without cheating.

[@ImRezqoo]

@@karlnordinger5968 that’s the cheapest excuse ever… “Oh he does it so why can’t i cheat”? All of these doped riders should be ashamed of themselves and stripped from all of their achievements

[@mc1703]

great post

[@1978utreg]

@herefordmsv indeed the test in 99 was very strange also. The lab only has numbers instead of names if they test samples so how coul they give a name? that was a fix! But its possible he used dope but he won from a lot of people who were doped so that still makes him the best :-)

[@pajaro1576]

I´d like to make a tribute to Javier Otxoa, the winner of this stage. He had knock by a car when trainned with his brother some years ago, Ricardo died and now Javier is a Paraolimpyc rider with some metals in his track record. Under my point of view Lance was the best rider of his time and nobody can say with proofs that he was under dopping. Just speculations. I´d like to add that for me, cycling (TDF) under Lance rule was extremely boring. Greetings

[@jpolwhit]

No, there is definitely proof now😅

[@xereubagua]

Uma situação bem difícil para o Pantani, e rara, acima de tudo; ver um cara abrindo assim.

[@carlosgaspar8447]

pantani, greatest climber ever, of '98.