the golden years...when it was more than just a competitive sport...it was filled with character and flair..community spirit....
@jen38006 жыл бұрын
What an era! Incroyable ! these domestiques/ waterboys were robbed but the character and strength of will is admirable. The fealty to their king, the soldiering attitude makes today's racers look tame,and pampered by comparison. i love the panache and mayhem of the rest stops most of all, along with the kisses from the old men to the riders! My wife is French so I spend a lot of time there and physical affection between men does not have the connotation it has in North America. We should have more joi de vivre !
@pinarellolimoncello5 жыл бұрын
Totally agree, bring back the joie de vivre. I have a 14 year old son and nothing stops me from regularly giving him a big hug and a kiss, sport takes itself way too seriously these days.
@brianmessemer29736 жыл бұрын
The metaphor of the grand tours being an ancient dance is lovely. Whoever thought to pair this footage with Renaissance instrumental dance music is a genius. Great historical artworks give you a nostalgia even if you never experienced it or weren’t even alive then. This film does that. Thank you for sharing this.
@briancartoscelli80298 жыл бұрын
best days of cycling .
@chapmyers9272 Жыл бұрын
Brilliance in every aspect of filmmaking.
@user-xx2hj7xb6bАй бұрын
Look at those beautiful lugged steel bikes. Simple and elegant. No disc brakes, electronic shifting, internal cabling or carbon everything. Just well-oiled, efficient machines that riders got by with only 5 cogs in their free-wheels and down-tube shifters. Kind of like my venerable '86 Schwinn Paramount with a 6-cog free-wheel.
@zedgee45142 жыл бұрын
they were enjoying themselves and sharing.👌
@arklat10 жыл бұрын
Those domestiques are freaking highway robbers!
@rebellis1310 жыл бұрын
Cycling in its best years
@wullebulle1238 жыл бұрын
Just gold
@titounoundici79202 жыл бұрын
1:40 I can not recognize this rider...looks like Roger De Vlaemink, but I think might be someone else. These are precious images which give cycling a real "human" soul, when Technologies had not overthrown it, yet, and riders did find a simple way to enjoy their long hours on a saddle. They were no whimsical, no snooty, no shiftless! Dope hadn't shown yet, and riders had no ruse to hide! But when obnoxious "doctors" got up on the stage, cycling went through a very hard time.
@wantlessworkless.25582 жыл бұрын
Back then grand tours were about 1000km longer than the modern versions .
@fabioaiello-germania21765 жыл бұрын
Bellissimo! Anch'io vorrei partecipare di questa gara di bicicletta! Questo dovrebbe essere stato un divertimento molto grande.
@chapmyers9272 Жыл бұрын
Pirates. Merckx, Gimondi, de Vlaeminck. Killer medieval soundtrack, too.
@fabioaiello-germania21765 жыл бұрын
I migliori giorni del ciclismo.
@vr4ever6454 жыл бұрын
Oozes with atmosphere! Will never be the same, let that sink in...@1:36
@boyrock20125 жыл бұрын
Very emotional sharing food and drinks....
@mikegan733 жыл бұрын
Love it.
@micheleaquila13 жыл бұрын
bellissimo, thank you for sharing
@treygray28176 жыл бұрын
Ah, our beautiful sport ☺🚲
@stefanosgkinis33027 ай бұрын
What a beautiful time then. Eddy Merckx = "The Cannibal" they give at him this Nickname because Eddy it was the Greatest Winner 🏆 of the History of Cycling, because he takes the one Victory to another (!). In his Great Carrier he has over than 500 Victories Totally (!). Also his son Axel Merckx it was at the podium of Olympic Games in Greece Athens 2004 at the Third place bronze metal (!). Eddy Merckx Always on 🌹🔝🌹 🏆🚴🏆👩🚀👍
@vr4ever6454 жыл бұрын
Quarantine has its highlights....youtube is one of it.
@gregy5590212 жыл бұрын
awesome video. seems more fun than the modern version :)
@jackdaniels8422 жыл бұрын
Quando i corridori magari si scannavano e non se le mandavano a dire, ma erano un vero gruppo e si divertivano facendo una grande festa. Comunque fa impressione vedere che il grande Eddy prendeva tutti i sacchetti da solo e al giorno d’oggi abbiamo capitani del livello di froome che non sanno prendere la borraccia dall’ammiraglia cm è successo in Trentino.
@sambarrows39432 жыл бұрын
this is 1973 not 1974. Gimondi won the world championship road race in 1973 and would have been in the rainbow jersey in 1974. In the video, Marino Basso is wearing the rainbow jersey which he won in 1972.
@nielskjr54322 жыл бұрын
Right on! 👍
@gilmaroliveira62042 жыл бұрын
bons tempos. Parece inocencia minha, mas não há o ar de competitividade que temos no mundo atual.
@markhill92752 жыл бұрын
The first rule of bike racing, Eat! The 2nd rule, EAT MORE!
@serginovaser7298Ай бұрын
the only one still today
@bismarckregino16125 жыл бұрын
FOGUETE , UMA LENDA ,EDDY MERCK.
@gmil7655 жыл бұрын
Qeul charme
@luigiscartozzi91453 жыл бұрын
Non è il 1974. Si vede Marino Basso con la maglia di campione del mondo, vinta a Gap nel 1972. Quindi è il Giro 1973.
@nielskjr54322 жыл бұрын
Excactly! 👍
@markhill92752 жыл бұрын
Merckx didn't send gregarios back, he did it himself!
@micheleaquila13 жыл бұрын
bellissimo
@nielskjr54323 жыл бұрын
Must have been the Giro '73. Not 74. Marino Basso is the world champion. Gimondi Italian champion. Later in Barcelona Gimondi became world champion. He arrived with Merckx, Maertens and Ocana. How Belgium could lose that one is a true mystery.
@MrLore682 жыл бұрын
a 2:54 il sacchetto dei rifornimenti della molteni è contrassegnato col nome "eddy" chissà forse c'era la boccetta col bombardone a lui-solo-riservato......
@MrTribiker11 жыл бұрын
emocionante !!
@telebyte168311 жыл бұрын
The antics must be on the controlled (pre-race) portion and / or last day of the race as is traditional. Glass juice bottles - crikey...
@the.communist5 жыл бұрын
So chilled compared with todays cut-throat attitude
@Requiredfields2 Жыл бұрын
Put a big glass bottle in your jersey pocket. What could go wrong?
@OzgurNevres10 жыл бұрын
From what movie is this clip? It looks like "Stars and water carriers" but I don't remember the scene?
@MinGyuShin10 жыл бұрын
oh, 1973 was my miss numbering. ㅠㅠ I corrected it. This clip is from 1974 tour's movie, Eddy's last Giro d'Italia. Thank's for your awakening ~ ~
@nielskjr54323 жыл бұрын
Yes, I think it is. From the Giro '73.
@ateliermarcjusseaume3 жыл бұрын
3 '55 vuelta 73
@user-qn2lc1ni5t6 жыл бұрын
what is that orange beverage ?
@boyrock20125 жыл бұрын
07:28 hhhhhhh
@hrenim4 жыл бұрын
Я забыл как ездить без рук.
@mathieub9339 жыл бұрын
Der ,,MinGyu Sheen'' hat das hier aus dem Video ,,Eddy Merckx-La course en Tete '' ,vom Mr. Fixie, geschnitten.
@spidermice4 жыл бұрын
It s 1973 not 74
@nielskjr54323 жыл бұрын
Yes Marino Basso is world champion.
@petervandervoort68635 жыл бұрын
Can not be in 1974 gimondi was world's champion
@robysambeth91685 жыл бұрын
True 1974, Gimondi won in Barcellona 1973, so wear jersey during Giro 1974
@nielskjr54323 жыл бұрын
It's from '73. Basso is world champion.
@ericoschmitt7 жыл бұрын
what a mess
@Dennis45234 жыл бұрын
Jesus how much soda and mineral water do they need
@MyDemon323 жыл бұрын
Back in the day grand tour stages were long af. They needed as much drink as possible to not die of thirst
@perronegroycallejero1927 жыл бұрын
ahora vamos al oxxo por los gatorade y las chelas....
@death2pc2 жыл бұрын
When it was real. Today, SO plastic. Everything......... The &^%$#@! bikes, riders, you name it.
@danfuerthgillis44835 жыл бұрын
Lmfao they all looked like farmer dudes on bicycles. Christ pro cycling has become an embarrassment. Look at them going into a coffee shop for bathroom break rofl!!!
@booklover39595 жыл бұрын
I know they cycle for hundreds of miles but clammy wet socks and shoes and clothes as well...sounds awful....plenty of water to drink sounds better. Just sayin.....
@pauli65705 жыл бұрын
The medieval introduction music is slightly out of place.