The Best Lance Armstrong Tour De France Documentary Nobody Has Ever Watched

[@mannyquinones6020]

I was inspired to become a serious cyclist because of Lance. I have him to thank for being a fit, healthy 55 year old. Thanks for posting.

[@grimreaper3526]

I was inspired to become a serious drug user because of Lance. Nobody ever suspects me because I look so clean cut & have such a great job. Thanks for posting.

[@grimreaper3526]

@Ginja Ninjaaa were ALL junkies Ginja, be it cocaine or twinkies. just remember were here on this earth to create carbon dioxide for the aliens, nothing more.... treat others as YOU wish to be treated because karma never sleeps

[@peteredwards8499]

Started riding a bike aged about 7 got a bit serious aged 19 barely been off a bike for 46 years could say I'm hooked - on adrenaline ha ha More to do with Sean Kelly and Stephen Roche than Lance -what a worker!

[@Benjaber74]

True

[@wobblymilwaukee644]

Lance ruined cycling form me. I never doped, cheated or lied when I raced. I can't understand why anybody would do that.

[@Mmee298]

72 year old grandma and still knocking down 50-70 miles per day in the summer. I LOVE my bike!

[@coolrig]

89 year old here, I cycle 120 miles every day rain or shine.

[@darrenmorris8666]

Great work guys x

[@aixpert291]

I’m 240 and next week I’m riding 100 miles to Alaska

[@youtubechangemynamewhy]

I’m 52 , comfortably in my couch, this steak is juicy and soft.

[@magiller2010]

That's serious going. Fair play to you. Hope I'm doing similar when I reach my 70s

[@Steveness100]

Cycling has never been the same since the days of Lance, Jan and Pantani. Yes they were all doping but man, what a time to have been a cycling fan!

[@andy199121]

I agree, I enjoyed the cancellara Boonen era too!

[@simondolega7373]

It's boring now they were all at it he was just the best in his day at what was going on

[@phixxxer11]

All fake

[@jmkeuning]

Well you know what sucked? Reading about their workouts in Bicycling magazine. With Chris Carmichael saying do this and do that, so we’re out there following the plan with our intervals and heart rate monitors, but they never told us about the blood doping, HGH, and EPO parts of the plan.

[@th5841]

@@simondolega7373 They were not all in on it. Those who didn't want to be a part of it, were out of the game in a matter of a couple of seasons. Those who were willing to cheat, "succeded".

[@ricardomoonbeam8530]

I like how you've watermarked a film that isn't your property and can be watched here and on various platforms, and a film that most genuine cycling fans have already seen. Great work.

[@thelucieflower317]

Durian rider the narcissist would not even see a problem with that. He also thinks Lance Armstrong is a God. The only person a narcissist will worship is another narcissist

[@ricardomoonbeam8530]

@@thelucieflower317 i stumbled across this by accident, is durianrider the weird banana diet guy? The name rings a bell.

[@thelucieflower317]

@@ricardomoonbeam8530 yeah he is. He's a piece of work for sure. I used to follow him years ago. It's funny but I stumbled across this video by accident as well!!. I am currently reading David Walsh's book 'Seven Deadly Sins', and decided to look at some footage and came across this!!

[@JnFTff]

Loved Bill Burr's stand up routine about Lance. "Our roided up guy beat your roided up guy" . If you haven't seen it, find it. Heard Lance liked it.

[@pulpficti]

Which doesn't make but ok

[@knifeprtyyyy]

He says our psychopath was better than your psychopath

[@bobbwc7011]

Bill Burr is a comedian, and in this case he is totally wrong, and he probably knows it. Burr reads a lot. Tyler Hamilton and ALL OTHERS clearly said: It was NOT an even playing field. A really HUGE part of Armstrong's tour wins were to have the best doping and to interrupt the doping of others. He did it to Telekom, to Phonak, to CSC etc. The guy was called a psychopath in the FBI files.

[@stizz19]

My favourite was seeing George Carlin before he died and he literally walked on stage from behind the curtain and the first thing he said was "Fuck Lance Armstrong and his fuckin balls"

[@4plus20isHappy]

It wasn’t just that he cheated. He ruined the lives of anyone who tried exposing the truth. If his cheating wasn’t a big deal, why did he go after people?

[@paulwevers2109]

All these people here saying Lance was the best ever or he dint deserve the punishment because all others were doped as well. Ok, fair argument. But remember this. Besides the cycling and him lying about doping just as others did he also attacked people that were either investigating him or told truth about him doping. He used his lawyers and money to quit them, he used tactics like a politician trying to destroy his opponent. He made life hell for witnesses and people that were not on his side. Its like Bush saying if your not on my side your the enemy and we will destroy you. No other doping user has gone on this kind of level. When other cyclist did not want to dope in his team they were out. And on top of that they would be open for smear tactics if they said anything. He took doping to another level and comparing it with the other dopers its clear to see why this narcissistic guy was handled differently in this case. What is another side to it is the fact the important people in the organisation of world wide cycling protecting him and took the money. Armstrong corrupted the whole system at that point and they were just as corrupt as him. Thats how the world works, the suits get off. Sickening. They are still in power at cycling. By the way, Lance was only the best because of doping, without it and every else also he would be a day cyclist winning some rides but the mountains he would not do good.

[@thebirdbrand]

Everyone covering for him because just because he is American. If this guy way from any other nation, he wouldn’t receive any praise and would be labelled a cheater by everyone

[@gatesmetcalf]

I agree with a lot you said, however the guy was winning major triathlons as a teenager, before devoting to only cycling.

[@jasoninman8912]

He was not the best only because of doping. All the other top riders were doping and he knew it. He doped to level the playing field.

[@russshaber8071]

Lance motivated my 50 year old butt to get out and ride off 30 lbs of fat. I even went to see Lance and Le Tour 2001. I'm still riding. Thanks Lance!

[@geneharris6021]

Lance Armstrong was a cycling PHENOM regardless of what he, and others over the years, got caught up in. The US govt set out to take down an individual, not the problem, like what is going on in America today in the political world. European cycling could not stand they got their heads handed to them on a platter. I don't like what Lance and other cyclists did with doping, they let the pressure to win take them over. That said Lance, is one of the greatest cyclists EVER to race. The TdF, while Lance was competing, got me through FOUR knee replacement surgeries. I could not sleep due to pain so I watched every stage live and then all the rebroadcasts. Thank you!!!

[@alwinhuigen4378]

To me, as a cycling fan since the late 70's, it's not the doping. In that era they all juiced. It's the sociopathic behaviour he displayed. Threatening to destroy careers, actually actively doing that and not just careers but lives. That makes him a loathsome character. Not his use of ped's which was common place at the time

[@Archiconocido]

@@geneharris6021 He was a cycling VENOM. 😅

[@desmondgarcia8630]

Lance Armstrong inspired me to ride in 2001 I'm still hooked at 57 2022

[@rufusgoldstein2655]

Same here, now 53

[@pavanatanaya]

It wasnt about the EPO Lance. It was about you. It was about how you tried to destroy people. It still is.

[@Cram3rMKE]

Ruined LeMond's relationship with Trek (Trek is at fault too).

[@torontocitizen6802]

For me, it was all the lying. Such a turd.

[@IndiaNumberOneCoubtry]

​@@torontocitizen680295% of all professional athletes worldwide are doping. At least. Olympics, FIFA, everything. If you disagree you are naive or intellectually shorthanded

[@belvert1]

Did you watch the recent Netflix documentary about him? I had to turn it off. He’s just disgusting in his justifications and denials and soft-pedaling of his excuses.

[@TheJaxsonjack]

LeMonds' a giant douche. Cry babies ... all of you.

[@rufusprime99]

Push aside the negatives and enjoy this. This is awesome. Disappointment came years later, but inspiration wins out 100 to 1. Lance and co did great things. Well done Lance, well done.

[@bepismestari6005]

"Inspiration wins out 100 to 1" The motto of Joseph Goebbels. No, what wins out every single time is reality, and the reality is that Armstrong was one of the biggest liars and cheats in history, despite being an incredible athlete. He personally betrayed every single honest athlete in his sport, and is lucky to get away with only half a castration.

[@georgiaguardian4696]

They all used performance enhancing substances! It was the norm. Companies and the industry used him to profit billions and then dumped him!

[@swordsinging1709]

@@georgiaguardian4696 a scape goat they hid behind that's the real disgusting thing

[@Carry2386]

@@bepismestari6005 el único dopado es armstrong??? Ignorante o envidioso. Otra cosa, el comunismo es mejor que goebbels???? Que gentuza hay suelta.

[@roadcyclist1]

​@@bepismestari6005lol...get a clue...they were all the same. Lance just took the fall for everyone since he was at the top of the mountain.

[@differentangle2499]

Lance was, is and always will be my biggest cycling inspiration EVER.

[@jamesetheridge6224]

Nobody denies that he worked hard, nobody denies that he was a talented cyclist and nobody denies that in this era, everyone was doping. The reasons he's vilified are that he and his teams took doping to new professional levels (ever wonder why people who went to different teams immediately got caught?). He roomed with new team members to make sure they were on board. He denied it for years and destroyed people to preserve himself. He's a narcissist, a cheat and a bully but he was certainly an exceptional cyclist.

[@thomasbehrendt4808]

Lance has the best pro thinking ever. An inspiration for me for many years and still now. The best

[@corefishing4858]

Bottom line, he turned pro as a tri athlete at 15. His Vo2 max was one of the highest ever recorded. Everyone was on EPO and had a hema of about 47 to 50. He was a hyper competitor and a type A personality. He would have wone even if everyone was natural. He was a gifted endurance freak who could suffer. Was he an A hole? For sure, but he had to fall from grace to become a better human, I think he has made tremendous strides. I think he has put the monster in the corner and has learned a lot about humanity.

[@shawnbruce6934]

Good Comment.

[@serinagaleong3781]

Bottom line...he cheated

[@MrHackTheGibson]

@@serinagaleong3781 So did everyone else in the top 10 Tour finishers for like the last 30 years. What's your point?

[@jamesmonahan9408]

if he would have won if he didn't dope, then why did he dope. He bullied those who WERE clean (Simeoni). Many riders spoke out against doping and they were ostracized.

[@litedawg]

@@serinagaleong3781 is it cheating if everyone is doing it? I know what your answer will be but cyclists have been doping for 100 years. I would feel differently if it were just Lance. It was literally EVERYONE.

[@Adversitiv]

Why do I watch this video every couple months, never gets old

[@lavadorsizemore6645]

Great video! Lance Armstrong is a great inspiration i also had testicular cancer and lung cancer back in 2008 it's 2023 im still cancer free cycling every day im 48 years old and feel better than when I was 35 years old!

[@kaceydillin7367]

I love the Tour. Such a fantastic event. Dope or no dope, this event is grueling and will take you to the edge

[@akschmidt2085]

With no dope, a lot closer to the edge

[@jonpetrichenko9416]

He was still unbelievable. He did what he did but so did everyone else. He was the best. You can't take that work ethic away from he. He worked his ass off.

[@MichaelOliver-ry7fj]

YES, The Addition of Super Performance factors ONLY made him more; a Superman, unbeatable; ie, had "The Experts" NOT finally figured out What he/they were accomplishing with their super science; an amalgam of the premium knowledge, research and formulation designed to be subtle; he (Lance) would Still be Celebrated as the Greatest Athlete of 21st Century.

[@4plus20isHappy]

Putting aside how “Everyone else does it” is the excuse a 5 year old uses, if it wasn’t a big deal that he cheated, why did he go after and try to ruin the reputation or livelihood of anyone who tried exposing the truth?

[@billdang3953]

Didn't Lance himself say the same thing when people asked what he was on?

[@marksalazar7805]

OMG! I love this docu video. Greg Lamond inspired me to ride bike as a teen and Lance inspired me to ride and race as an adult. Love those two guys. Thanks for the video

[@MrBrandonLau]

I bought this on DVD back in 2006 I think. One of my favourite documentaries. Overcoming was was another one I bought, the story of team CSC in 2004 and in my opinion the best overall TDF documentary there is.

[@helenamarietarot6371]

Absolutely loved the start of this doco. Especially when the coach says 3 meters of snow you can't ride and Lance says "who says" So inspiring! Makes me want to get back into cycling! Thanks for posting

[@JosedeJezeus]

He could do it because he was DOPING

[@mikethomas4423]

"who says" 😅 usada says

[@Saoco325]

Yeah, give me the same drugs and I bid I can climb mount everest in 4 hours fool

[@leeshackelford7517]

@@Saoco325 you truly are a moron. The drugs, just made everything level......the actual TRAINING.....was the difference

[@rebinu]

@@Saoco325 bet

[@tufikum2633]

I miss the old days. Armstrong, Ullrich, Pantani. It's not the same anymore.

[@doble_k36]

Freire,indurain

[@ybet1000]

Dude was the best... comes back from cancer treatment.. then wins the tour 7 years straight.. I loved the tour when Lance was in charge... so exciting..imspired me to ride too.. 57 and i am on a cycle

[@stanlee-eq7lu]

It's because of Lance that I got into cycling. He was just the fall guy. Everyone used something but they didn't get caught because they didn't win. Lance is still the seven time champion.

[@mariushernes606]

​@@stanlee-eq7lu Remember that Lance destroyed people that tried to expose his doping. The dude is a full blown sociopath.

[@suhdud4646]

Just started watching, I can tell this documentary is going to be dope!

[@kingquads6982]

😂😂😂

[@JohnCampbellmarleybikes]

Nice work. This captures the members of the early U.S. Postal team in closeup conversations. The George Hincapie footage alone is worth the view. It also highlights the coaching process and documents the initial resistance to radios by the riders.

[@kingtungstenworldwide4472]

I have this on DVD and always think of it when everyone wants to dismiss him because of the later admissions. And yet they only talk about Lance using meds, never everyone else when they were ALL doing it but they werent all doing this training. This is how he surged when he needed and didnt when he didnt need to. His cancer taught him its all about numbers and discipline for long periods of time. Plus, he had the best team, everyone won it for him.

[@pdureska7814]

Yes, i've seen this one too before. You are correct. Most of the Tour riders were doping. However, this does not diminish the accomplishments of Lance. Seven in a row! And had he not retired its certainly possible he could have won several more because the guy retired for 3 or 4 years and came back at age 37 to podium in third place. No one gives him credit for literally riding the whole Tour in the early spring to check out all the nuances of the course and certainly all of the climbs. Every year he had different team members and through all of that generally the whole team remained intact the entire tour and no one got sick or crashed out. i only remember Lance having one bad day (Joux Plaine as I recall as be bonked because he did not take in enough fluids and calories) but he survived and came back to win the Tour. A remarkable achievement. He was just the fall guy for the entire doping scandals. Other sports (like baseball) were selective in who they punished as well and other "users" got a free pass. i think because Lance was American and at times prickly the Europeans took great glee in going after him.

[@SvalbardSleeperDistrict]

This is the most unserious fanboy comment one can imagine. All dopers were being questioned by reporters and whistleblowers, and sometimes arrested and paraded in front of the public as such. You either haven't heard about the Festina Scandal, Operation Puerto and what happened to careers of riders like Pantani and Virenque - in which case you have no idea about road cycling and are just one person's fan - or are ignoring that history to construct this victim narrative for the person who is the least fitting for the role of a victim from that era. Then another claim, that supposedly it was only Armstrong who was "doing this training", when you don't get to even compete anywhere near the front of the field in grand tours unless you do all of what he is doing here. And then supposedly in other teams the domestiques rode for themselves and not for team leaders, when the latter is how every single team operated and operates. Lazy, ignorant clichés in service of gushing for a deeply unethical personality who was not only engaged in promoting himself to his fans as a clean athlete while doing the opposite, but went far beyond the other dopers by gaining support of influential people to attack and sink careers and destroy lives of those who questioned him and campaigned for truth on doping in cycling. Like the kids say, cringe.

[@roadcyclist1]

​@SvalbardSleeperDistrict you are just as bad as the guy you are attacking as your comment is biased with your obvious hatred towards Lance. It must have felt like daggers piercing your gut with every win Lance pulled off. Get real, we all know that everyone of these riders were doping along with taking a multitude of banned substances. It was an even playing field for all. Lance was just better at it than the rest.

[@SvalbardSleeperDistrict]

@@roadcyclist1 Should I wait for any actual points against any actual arguments in my reply, or did you arrive here to make vague, random, unqualified, irrelevant claims?

[@j.s.3113]

The Man. Started riding my Trek Chromoly in 82’ and still riding my Madone today at 68.

[@aidizhang750]

Hey, He was very committed to winning, An Animated Animal, trained like no one else. The rest I feel it is what it was. Few years back I bought my first real racing bicycle in China 🇨🇳 2018 Trek SL 6 emonda with rim brakes. My Chinese friends help me get I was an English teacher in China, also riding with the Trek team from the Trek bicycle store. Was fun miss them today they were great people. Now I am in Orlando Florida brought the bicycle to USA 🇺🇸 ride all the time. Thank you 🙏 Peace Out ✌️

[@toms7671]

Truely inspiring piece of history right here and what a fantastic soundtrack.

[@EstebanRapido]

Lance Armstrong and a 2001 Passat TDI. It's like a superhero scandal origin story times two.

[@scottsylvester1024]

Loved it! Can’t wipe the smile off my face. Always was and always will be a fan. Your final comments nailed it.

[@gregghorner9107]

Armstrong is a lying sociopath who will not hesitate to trash the reputation of anyone who points out how he cheated.

[@michaelorr181]

Thank you for the time you have spent sharing this great documentary 🐐

[@robbo3132]

that intro gets me every time - "there is no way you can ride" "who says that?"

[@Jonifico]

I even watched the ads with pleasure. That was awesome. Nice to see Victor Hugo representing Colombia.

[@offroad6901]

46:54 After Lance races by Johan, you can hear him say, "WTF," at the river. I actually thought he was going to keep on riding, that would have been classic Lance!

[@tranzco1173]

classic lance is taking so much HGH he gave himself cancer.

[@roadcyclist1]

​@@tranzco1173it must be nice to live with your hands over your eyes. 99% of them were all doing it. But the media went after the guy at the top, of course. Then, they tell the small brains, like you, that it is only Lance Armstrong cheating and he ruined the sport! Must be nice to be a naive lemming.

[@SinCityCycling702]

Crazy to se these guys race the Tour without helmets.

[@Drewskii_RBLX]

Best cyclist ever!! They were all doing the same, he was just the strongest. Go check all his contenders one by one. Respect the man from Texas

[@Archiconocido]

He was a crook cheating soab

[@jpguthrie6669]

I greatly respected Lance in those days. I was a competitive racer, and Lance was a great motivator. But the man who got me into cycling was Greg Lemond. I have met a great many people in my life, but Greg was one of the very few whom I could call "a good man." Lance trashed Greg because Greg dared to tell the truth. As a result, Greg lost his business, because Trek was the distributor for Lemond bicycles, and Trek did want Lance wanted them to do. As Paul Kimmage said, Lance was the "cancer" in professional cycling. Of course all of the top riders were doping, if confronted, they would deny it, or avoid giving an accurate answer, but Lance viciously and remorselessly attacked anyone who dared tell the truth about him. That is unforgivable. I watched Lance race, I bought his books. I wore one of his "Livestrong" bracelets. But I, like so many others, was duped. Not only was Lance a pathological liar, he was a vindictive bully.

[@durianriders]

So when someone tries to kill your families income by exposing you as a drug cheat what should you do? Be nice to them?

[@claudiaauerdike5063]

JP Guthrie good comment !

[@josevillalobos1666]

Lance brought a sense of magic that same way most super stars do when they step on the big stage. The world watched cycling when Lance was involved. I know he was doping. The winners or atleast the top 10 cyclist of that era were all caught using performance enhancing drugs yet he still won 7 straight, so u can’t discount team strategy, training, and skills. In my book he is still the best in the last 50 years

[@jeremycorrao]

💯💯💯

[@jlconferido]

The best cheat in the last 50 years.

[@siggifreud812]

@@jlconferido well, the 7 TdF yellow winners jerseys are still hanging on the wall in his house.

[@jlconferido]

@@siggifreud812 have you been to his house lately?

[@siggifreud812]

@@jlconferido no. there is an iconic picture of him relaxing on his sofa, watching TV, with all 7 TdF yellow jersy's above the mantle on the fireplace. how does that saying go again: "possession is 9/10 of the law", or some shit....

[@jonwilliams2985]

Great video, about a great team and great riders

[@BroosDager]

Man, I still love Phil ligget, Paul Sherwen, and the glory days. How could you not love Pantani, Ullrich, and Armstrong! And they're all still trying to outdo the other teams in every way.

[@abstractgeniuscomments]

Sorry, but late 60s to early 80s where my h more diverse, competitive and interesting imo.

[@johnnyboy6429]

This doc was dope. Roid up there with the best of em 🤙

[@rmccluskey91]

I see what you did there. Clever.

[@mariafargeorge1202]

I bought my trek bikes bcause of Lance! Still love him but I have learned never to put people on pedestals again. Ever! He is human, not super human. I have tapes of all his TDFs. HE climbed all those mtns, doped or not. He did it, it was a joy to watch!!❤

[@pmoormann]

If your going to show someone elses work without permission you can have the decency to give the film makers credit.

[@runninrebel1520]

Why do you care?

[@simonedwards7004]

Agreed; pretty scummy to filch a lot of others peoples time, effort, work and edit their name and credits out making out it's a rare documentary and slapping their watermark/URL on it instead. Shitty click-baiting and theft to answer Personal Accounts snide comment.

[@simonedwards7004]

@@runninrebel1520 This is a documentary which has been widely available for many years; all that has been done is a cut and edit to remove the details of those who made it and are due the credit. It's also had a Watermark/URL added on top of the documentary that does not belong there; which is leading people to a web store for someone not responsible for the content in the documentary. Scamming and click baiting people for personal gain while not crediting those who made it.

[@taaaaaaaaaaaarheeeee]

I agree. Scumbag move. The movie is called a road to Paris.

[@LKeet6]

@@runninrebel1520 morals?

[@MarkRadcliffe]

I actually totally had this DVD when it came out. The rampant hidden doping that was actually going on aside (and our collective disgust at Lance's denials), it's a great look into the dedication it takes for cyclists to achieve at the world's highest level.

[@leeshackelford7517]

You're a joke..... 1) to be competive (make a living at it) it was dope....or no chance 2) EVERYONE doing it...reporter makes a statement WITH NO EVIDENCE......of course deny

[@sampreece]

I wonder how much autonomy Lance actually had in the end. A lot of Hollywood actors are essentially blackmailed into lying about steroid use because of the potential loss of investment. Not downplaying his behaviour, but theres usually people behind these stars controlling what they say and do, and failing to abide by these requirements can lead to brutal consequences.

[@brandongillette6463]

Lance's place as the face of the doping era in cycling is somewhat unfair given its prevalence at the time, but at the same time, he was so sanctimonious about being clean that he bought himself that place.

[@rmprime7191]

? u missed his thousands of interviews obviously..... beeing a total asshole and more. he crushed people left and right. only after years of lies he came clear - to the point everything was already out. stop setting him on one stage with other dopers. no one was such a stupid idiot WHILST doping

[@anthonylwyr]

No disrespect to you but what was he supposed to say !!! If he's guilty of anything it's being a Smug Prick But we've all been one of those at sometime of our lives 🤣🤣

[@kar102030]

NO its not. Yes others was doped. But Lance toke it to new lvls. You know shit about cycling if dont know this.

[@leeshackelford7517]

When a person you KNOW IS DOPING......but he says YOU ARE, while he lies about his doping.... Yeah, I'd do everything to destroy the guy

[@bobbwc7011]

@@kar102030 It is a cliché fanboy reaction to deflect Lance ultra guilt on other riders. They want to make it sound as if it was an even playing field, but it was not, as thorougly descrived by Tyler Hamilton during the FBI investigation and in many interviews later. Armstrong mainly won due to his doping advantage. All others were training hard as well, even Ullrich. It is simply not true that Ullrich was not training hard.

[@stephenweeks8588]

I love this documentary, I remember seeing it ages ago,and there is a longer version, good stuff all the way 👊👊👊

[@jeffruff1179]

Excellent Doc. Thank you.

[@manilamartin1001]

Lance also campaigned for bike lanes across America. It was his passion project.

[@wingnut4200]

He was the smartest and most exciting athlete I ever had the pleasure of watching. I never missed a second when he was on a bike.

[@andrevorster8425]

Loved Lance then still love him now he was just the fall guy, there still doping today allbeit ketones or cotizones. Thx Durian great video.

[@alunthomas5369]

If pogacar isn't doping I'll eat my hat lol

[@joseftullen6372]

Looks like dope to me

[@andrevorster8425]

@@joseftullen6372 Brilliant cabbage salad in Slovenia😜

[@zymphad7377]

I don't care if Lance took PEDS or not. Can't deny, Lance was the smartest cyclist in history, he trained smarter than any other cyclist, including today. He revolutionized cycling analyzing his performance, aerodynamics etc. He trained for goals. He was the hardest working in cycling history. I think it's lunacy if anyone would deny during his 7 TDF wins, Lance also trained harder than any other cyclist. Wasn't just drugs, he won those TDF.

[@motrock93b]

Lance. Seven.times in a row TDF Champion against all training in a similar fashion. The best ever..

[@johnhill9921]

Awesome post mate and great docco. People forget - doping or not - Lance had to put in a fuck load of effort to win those titles - more than most of us would ever put in over the course of our whole lives. And the big question is - how many other people in the same tours were taking something as well!!

[@pn6834]

Yes totally agree! However, personally the reason I don't respect him for anything is he went out to destroy people's lives! Absolutely disgusting!

[@tolstoyed]

he was an average cyclist before he started doping...

[@tranzco1173]

he took so much hgh he gave himself cancer. that is a lot of hgh, a lot of effort.

[@muppetpaster]

Like EVERY other rider....Bullshit..

[@LKeet6]

funny the logical leaps people take to try and justify their love for armstrong. the answer to your question is "some, but not most of them." and the "some" are cheating shits, just like armstrong!

[@mattadams9484]

Lance is a great athlete, Don't care what anyone says.

[@ClemensAlive]

Crazy thing: The top notch bikes from 2000 today cost about 800€ and are called "Entry Level" xD I bought a 1.000€ road bike last year - and it is better than theirs.

[@muscleendurance5190]

Its not about the bike....its about the epo!

[@TheSandrozeneger]

well 2000 is like 21 years ago. its like riding a 1979 bike in 2000. (damn I feel so old)

[@plexoduss]

@@muscleendurance5190 75% of the field was doing it. My bike guy used to ride with Lance and with Rasmussen/Bogaert and he says that some guys came back from a break and gained 10% of power. Sad times but I really believe that 95% is clean nowadays, especially since sponsors would drop you so hard and even file lawsuits for defamation. What do you think?

[@robertlund5694]

800 euro my ass !

[@robertlund5694]

@@plexoduss an American female cyclist got suspended last week for steroids!

[@mirella8733]

Documentaries are excellent, thanks for sharing!

[@MTBraging]

Lance Armstrong was and is still a beast! Those who hate are just liars to themselves.

[@magiscichoam]

What “Bull Exhaust”. A practiced serial liar.

[@sbfredster]

Liars to themselves... about what? He may be a beast, who give a #. A role model for your kids? Hardly. You're amusing

[@thesceptic1018]

Yep forgave him long ago

[@plasmagicgirl2806]

I don't care about the doping. He will always be the best for me, ever. I can't never forget the way he made me feel while watching him on the tour de France. Nobody can't take that away from us not even Lance himself.

[@lukespack]

He has too many ego problems. Basically he a liar and a crook.😡

[@philphil4042]

He's a criminal periid

[@reggie_e]

@@lukespack Tragic minds will fall along the path to disgrace.

[@PickleSmithWildlifeAndDrone]

Amazing that they could produce this film without ever watching it.

[@MONYN76ISLAS]

I launched Armstrong The Unmatched .. whatever is said about him ... determined runner 🚴🚴🚴🚴... the best runner in many years .. nobody did what he did in cycling .. excellent runner 🚴🚴🚴

[@kar102030]

No, just a cheating sob.

[@williammoyer9063]

I have the most love and respect for Lance. None of us, at the time, understood the depth of the Doping that was going on within nearly all the top professional teams. I understand, now, the mentality of having to dope to win against the other dopers. My older eyes have a different perspective now. I'm no longer the blind faith ingenue that looked up to his hero and was so upset when the scandal broke. Lance did what he did. I have regained my respect and admiration for Lance Armstrong.

[@LauraTischler]

Wow. Really was the best Lance documentary that I had never seen. Thank you for posting this! Muchas gracias. 😀

[@theheadshotguys]

I read his book during my own struggles with Cancer and it inspired me to stay strong and survive. After he was busted for drug use didn't they struggle to find someone in his races that wasnt doing drugs ?

[@centeredsurfing7212]

@Charles Vane it seems we project our ideals/values naively regarding how the world really works at the highest levels of performance (whether sport, business, politics, entertainment, etc). Clearly a human’s desire & commitment to win, be “the best,” (for the few who can reach such levels) has a dark side, and necessitates choosing not whether, but when to cross ethical-ideological lines. For me Lance struggled heroically and sometimes persevered pathetically, but always 100% humanly. Much to learn re “reality” following his journey…

[@georgiaguardian4696]

@Charles Vane They all used performance enhancing substances! It was the norm. Companies and the industry used him to profit billions and then dumped him!

[@saddleweary9709]

I give that book to my uncle when he first found out that he had it. The average life expectancy was 5 to 10yrs. It has come back 15yrs later and the doctors have stopped it again but anyway I believe that book has a big part in his determination to fight. The odds Lance had to beat cancer was greater than the odds of most people winning the tour ( opinion ) but that's what defines Lance to me.

[@robertgriffin7569]

Thanx my friend, for the doco, making my day... Long live Lance..Lol. Get out and ride indeed. Great vid BTW. ✌️❤️😁

[@mikbakunin]

Just start at 4:23 and start laughing. This is an interesting documentary. "The only thing we have taken is a bunch of hard work..."

[@ManishSingh-xo1fb]

Hb doesn't do that much. You still need to develop huge vo2 max to saturate those Hbs with oxygen. Hb of 14-16 is quite common finding in normal people. Even non athletic women and old people. I have an Hb of 14. I cannot go beyond 23Km/h on an avg on a flat road. Lance was a phenomenal athlete. Phenomenal.

[@seeyaingarage2864]

@@ManishSingh-xo1fb avg 23km/h on what distance

[@Cris-ss8tb]

He can climb on epo

[@golanremmen7223]

This really was a great documentary. Thanks for posting DR!

[@Richard.Cabeza]

Watching the TdF with Lance pushed my road cycling to another level.... although Il LOVE mountain biking more. Anyway, I enjoyed watching the races during his reign. In spite of the doping that was going on, you still have to ride thousands of miles to train, you still have to be on the bike pedaling up mountains for hours and you still have to ride 21 stages. I was excited the first time I raced 112 miles on one day... lol. I am and forever will be a cyclist and at 60 I can still ride hard and actually feel mentally down if I go more a 5 days without riding. It's my meditation, my medicine, my mental therapy. If I ever ran into Lance, I'd still smile, shake his hand (or fist bump) and be all stupid and excited meeting him. Ride safe.

[@NazriB]

Lies again? LA Liga Gold Yellow

[@ruralphilippines99]

​@@NazriB armstrong is the best cyclist ever

[@dr.c7679]

I've seen this before. seems like the watermark is used incorrectly.

[@JD-mf9cv]

Hi there, thank you for the up load, always good to look back and watch lance and team and take on training to improve one owns cycling. thank you again.

[@1paulgood]

Lance worked his butt off to win the tour. People have no idea how hard it is to win the tour especially in those days. You work that hard you have no choice but to do what EVERY rider was doing.

[@bobbwc7011]

Incorrect blablabla

[@raymondmalan487]

Excellent Footage and Peek into the Lives of Pro Cyclists. Dream Team. Lance Great Allround Cyclist - Champ in my Eyes, Always.

[@niloofarrezai2557]

'Who says that ?' Classic

[@grimreaper3526]

coke does

[@carlasnoplacehome3292]

Lance is the man!!!!!

[@SuperSnipehunter]

Greatest Tour De France champion ever. In a day when everyone was doping, Lance destroyed them all. Forever the champion of champions.

[@shahinarya]

Great documentary and commentary! Hope you're well!

[@dcmsr5141]

it's 2019 and Lance is still a Badass, you do the time and the grind...thats not a short cut. It is and always will be as it is done!!!!

[@mr.gewehr9862]

Awesome video mate

[@GuyLubovitch]

Lance made me get into shape and since I am closer in age to him also helped my confidence. many including myself need to thank him and it's sad there are angry people .. they have nothing to be angry about.

[@wtookey]

Guy Lubovitch Lance made me get into doping

[@r13p13]

Stop It...

[@buddyclark8642]

Watching this, I'm about to pull a bike out of storage at 59 and ride again

[@zwaian2626]

i love how he gets mad and skeptical whenever his coach tells him he cannot go...even if there is a avalanche or flood waters...he wants to see for himself :)

[@HkFinn83]

That’s acting. He wants to show he has something other riders don’t. Maybe he does but it isn’t hard work. All the guys train at 100%

[@surfside75]

Probably best part😂 "they said you can't go.. -lance, who said that😡"

[@youtubechangemynamewhy]

Thank you Durianrider, for filming and directing this film, the whole documentary , you are a great man.

[@jasonlamine2478]

What is the TDF gonna do with the prize money? Give it to the 54th place rider who stupidly refused drugs? It was the reality of their sport from the very beginning. Lance didn't win because he doped, he won because he was the finest doped athlete there was. They looked the other way for money. And now the greedy sloths want more. My god. Look at yourselves people. Do you pass up millions for some sporting purity? Very few did, and they only did out of fear or because they had no chance in the first place. Yah, peds effect individuals differently but Lance is still a great champion. Without him we'd have some array of lesser ped champions. This is all a joke. A way to make us lesser athletes feel better. When 80% would have done exactly what Lance did. 19% would have been too stupid to lie. And 1% would have cried to Oprah and thrown away a 100 million for their family. Go fucking Lance.

[@Tonyklick]

A big issue with Lance is that he destroyed careers and publicly named people and called them liars - all to keep his secret.

[@CaribbeanMischief]

Loved seeing the care they put into the riders' food bags at 10:15

[@PackerBronco]

Lance was a jerk. We can agree on that. But if he didn't win those 7 TDF's, who did? He's disqualified, so who are the champs during those seven years? Oh, wait. You can't name a single person b/c all of the contenders were doping. Finally, I'm more impressed by Armstrong's accomplishments, albeit with doping in a dope-laden field, than I am with Chris Froome, who won the 2017 TDF w/out winning a single stage and w/out attacking even once during the 3 weeks of the tour.

[@steveetienne]

PackerBronco ah chris froome.....funny that so many of these top guys have asthma. I remember the kids at school with asthma they couldn't even run around the school field.

[@steveetienne]

Timothy Binder fuck off is it bollocks. Froome and wiggins and God knows how many other riders today are supposedly 'asthmatic' so they get therapeutic use exemptions it's just more bullshit sold to the naive public to keep tuning in, spending cash to keep the sport making money.

[@rajivmurkejee7498]

No one has ever seriously suggested that Cadel Evans was a doper . He is the only TDF winner that can be said about

[@krystiannaja8675]

i got your point but... there could be another winner if would dope at so high levels as lance did, along with such power to do this. dont forget he got caught when he was average joe, then once they caught him again, they did nothing, b/c it was good for cycling that some guy from texas would open a market for US. money bro.

[@steveetienne]

Krystian Naja Lance wasn't the heaviest doper in the peloton and still came out on top.

[@michaelorr181]

Armstrong got me dreaming of cycling ,got my first bike last year. I'm 55 soon 56 child hood dreams still alive did my first 100k 6 weeks after I bought the bike . Never listen to the naaa saaaers 🖕

[@legitlee8359]

Whatever people think about lance,he won in a even field. 1st place to 18th all got caught on peds but they made lance the scapegoat. He was an absolute machine regardless

[@JosedeJezeus]

But the point is that Lance was the MOST ADVANCED DOPER, and that's why he won! It's all a FRAUD.

[@jenperdsmonlapin6953]

He really didnt though. He built an empire around him to win at all costs, everyone standing in his way would be his target he had so much power. He made himself king with money power and drugs he was way above the rest of the field in my opinion with the cheating.

[@jamaly77]

Meaning he stole the victory from the 19th guy who was clean? Saying that it was an "even field" is ridiculous.

[@bobbwc7011]

He did not win in an even field. That is the biggest lie, whataboutism and distraction fanboys try to push. It has been denied by Tyler Hamilton and all others who were making statements to the FBI and anti-doping agencies. Hamilton made it VERY clear: Armstrong invested unbelievable efforts and money into making sure that it was everything BUT an even playing field. Please inform yourself and stop repeating these long debunked Armstrong fanboy urban legends.

[@emmettroche313]

Dope video

[@isuskrist420]

I find it hilarious that a lot of the cycling world thinks no one is doping now when the reality is EVERYONE IS ON STEROIDS - and that’s perfectly fine. People bashing on steroid use in sports always fascinate me, especially in non contact sports like cycling. Literally who cares if they’re doping or not? Idiots.

[@yourservice6868]

Essentially you're defending a culture of fraud and betrayal. Well maybe you're a cheater yourself. Anyway, you better don't complain if someone does a scam on you.

[@terbennett]

You're absolutely right. Everyone's angry talking about lives he ruined, but no one talks about those same people got rich off of Lance. The entire bike industry did. Trek is what it is today, and Nike is as big as it is in cycling today because of Lance. Like I said on a forum before, Greg Lemond was the first to ride a carbon bike: Lance Armstrong made you want to buy one. technology catapulted when Lance was on the scene like never before, and it shows no signs of slowing down. The bikeindustry owes their success to him. They all made a fortune off of him. I am not nor was I ever a Lance Armstrong fanboy. Lemond (and the movie," American Flyers" ) were my reason for starting in the first place. Still, I'm going to give credit where credit is due. He changed cycling for the better, especially here in the US. so , people can complain all they want. He is still the 7 time winner. Just like Eddy Merchx (who we know also doped) is still considered the greatest cyclist of all time..

[@spacecase7566]

I agree with you. I had an issue with Betsy Andreau’s sudden issue with the APS doping program and her husband losing his spot on the team when he didn’t fall into line with the doping program. I doubt she would have had such a huge issue with Lance’s doping/cheating ways if her husband didn’t lose his spot on the team. He benefitted from his secretive doping and so did she.

[@danaherd]

As Tyler Hamilton points out.... as a nation we have a big problem as way too many idolize liars, cheaters, and money makers.... Sorry Terrence I see ZERO CREDIT due any of those involved in perpetrating this fraud.

[@SushiBonsai]

Wrong Nike was big before lance and did not hurt there reputation after he was gone. Nike has always done fine. Lance has nothing to do with the success of Nike.. RUNNING is Nike’s culture

[@ybet1000]

So what's your suggestion? Because everyone else is on drugs .. 1..LA shouldn't have gone.? or 2.. LA should have kept clean and been some druggies bottle carrier?...3..Just finished 100th or something and been a nobody in the race.. but a clean nobody.. Come back to the US broke, financially and physically. I hate having to listen with stone throwers like you... All preachy... All condemning ... Rather than... thinking... this was LA's reality... this is what the reality of competing in the tour involved... everyone knew it was against the rules.. but everyone did it to be competitive.... he was no fraud... he won the race 7 times...

[@ruirodtube]

So the end justifies the means? Remember that riding doped steals the victory from that guy in the middle of the peloton that is one of the few not doped. They too would have made money and changed the cycling industry but they were robbed of it by a cheater. Not nice! I wonder if Lance would have been in the middle of the peloton if he didn’t dope or up front with the best. We’ll never know.

[@kathleensullivan3926]

Haven't seen that in years. thanks for sharing

[@nickv.7181]

---------------------------------------------- Lance: "What if I keep going?" Driver: "You can't. Three meters of snow." Lance: "On the sides?" Driver: "The guy says there's no way you can ride. There's no way." Lance: "Who says that?" (rides away.......)

[@nickv.7181]

Perhaps. But that doesn't matter.

[@agee7777]

im glad you wrote this because im stone deaf!

[@nickv.7181]

+adam garrett you're most welcome. Gotta go rescue some kittens from trees now!

[@nickv.7181]

+Claude Van Note ask your mom about it. Not so funny :( #badpussy

[@MrMiD.Life.Crisis]

Claude Van Note thats because he is very efficient with his rescue efforts.

[@CroneFingrCraft]

Yep, I DID enjoy this, thanks!

[@sbsb4995]

Love his work ethics. The best hero of cycle sport. Thanks for posting, it's nice to revisit the old video. Very nice. Cycle sport is excellent today because of Lance.

[@JohnSmith-wf1xq]

Imagine thinking every other pro was not a drugs at that time lmao

[@NathanaelGreer]

Love the sarcasm

[@kugelhupf945]

Lance have used drugs at that time..... But this doesn't mean something to me because the hole pelleton used it in this era. And he was always a fighter and put so many will and training in it. He has survived the cancer and fight in this system back to the top over years. He two choices swim with the system or leave it.... And everybody who know that he go on a training ride with a orange big ball because of the cancer and ride 60 miles only in to stay and not to sit because of the pain. This people realize how much Lance love this sport. Always an idol....

[@chrismad1344]

No matter what people said about Lance,he still one of the best ever.

[@mattseaman5397]

Becouse of Dr. Ferrari. Without him Lance wasn't shit.

[@vienteflora]

absolute bollocks dirty fucking cheat

[@dumbleduke4225]

lausace may he may have been using EPO to “cheat” as you put it, but almost the entirety of the peloton was so I feel this was a levelling of the playing field and he still came out on top

[@roadcyclist1]

​@@mattseaman5397the rest of the riders were all using too and still couldn't beat him. Makes you mad, hey?

[@bobbwc7011]

@@dumbleduke4225 No it was not a level playing field - that is the biggest whataboutism and deception by Armstrong fanboys and butthurt Muricans. Tyler Hamilton said it VERY CLEARLY, and you obviously are so uneducated and dumb that you don't know shit about the results of the investigations into the Armstrong mafia. Armstrong won mainly because of his doping advantage which he pushed with mafia-esque methods. Hamilton gave detailed descriptions how it was never an even playing field.

[@user-pt1ow8hx5l]

Fair point to resurrect this programme. Lance was a leader in his time. As I write this I seem to recall him sponsoring anti-doping research. Yet, he failed to rid the peloton of the dangers of blooddoping and EPO. It was in his power to find ways of getting rid of the stuff,........ We dane's were shocked when Bjarne Riis, the 1996 winner, refused to lie outright, preferring instead to state on national TV that 'I've never tested positive',....... Mind you, riders have died in their sleep from EPO and blooddoping. It's unhealty. And thus a curse for riders at the time who just wanted to race. And make a living.....

[@allandupale5288]

Very good production! Thanks for posting! Lance is still every serious cyclist’s envy for training and dedication!

[@ronaldweed6103]

Watched on TV each day of the race,got home from work & watched again.

[@timidtornado2869]

Made the tour exciting.....Made the Tour a worldwide success....Changed the sport.....loved watching him compete.

[@Artster8489]

idc if he was doping all this time. The playing field was even, everyone was doping. Lance's downfall was not due to drugs but how he treated people. His story is full of lessons whether you are a cyclist or not.

[@bobbwc7011]

No the playing field was not even. All witnesses of the prosecution made that clear, especially Tyler Hamilton. Unbelievable how uninformed, naive, and dumb fanboys still are. Armstrong was the biggest doper by far, the biggest fraud and hurt cycling left and right.