The Rich DOPED Who Won the DIRTIEST Giro in History

The 1984 Giro was the 67th running of the Giro. It started in Lucca, on 17 May, with a 5 km (3.1 mi) prologue and concluded in Verona, on 10 June, with a 42 km (26.1 mi) individual time trial. A total of 171 riders from nineteen teams entered the 22-stage race, that was won by Italian Francesco Moser of the Gis Gelati-Tuc Lu team, doped by Michele Ferrari. The second and third places were taken by Frenchman Laurent Fignon and Italian Moreno Argentin, respectively.
Amongst the other classifications that the race awarded, Urs Freuler of Atala-Campagnolo won the points classification, Fignon of Renault-Elf won the mountains classification, and Renault-Elf's Charly Mottet completed the Giro as the best neo-professional in the general classification, finishing twenty-first overall. Renault-Elf finishing as the winners of the team classification, ranking each of the twenty teams contesting the race by lowest cumulative time. The team points classification was won by Metauro Mobili-Pinarello. #Cycling, #Sports, #Doping

[@cyclinghighlights]

DIRTIEST Giro in History! Without covid!

[@leonardofabbri7930]

Coming soon, 2023 Giro and how the italian doctors came back on the scene to find the right formula for a real vaccine 🤭

[@Stannystansfield]

The introduction and the rendition of Ricchi e Poveri was sublime 😂 I love your playfulness with the channel it keeps me coming back for more

[@Diego-uq3yg]

My dad nearly went pro in the 60s He preferred a job in a factory. When he saw the programme of that Giro he said that Moser had only to turn up and he would have been maglia Rosa

[@savagepro9060]

3:58 that tight block of gears, those were the days BEFORE granny gears

[@drphibes7666]

In the 90s I rode time trials on 12-19 8v, w. 55T, but a lot of riders were still using 12-17 6v 😊

[@savagepro9060]

@@drphibes7666 now they go up to 32🤣😂

[@rollinrat4850]

Back in the day, I might use a 12-26 freewheel to ride all day in the Sierras. 39/53 rings. Usually I was on a 12/21 or 12/23 in my smaller local mountains . Decades later Im still riding single speeds and fixed gears most often. Straight blocks are for pretty flat terrain.

[@davess61]

You’ve struck gold with these longer videos 👌

[@janscanulfsson9295]

The Stelvio switch was outrageous.😮

[@marekkocon7407]

Found your channel stoned yesterday. Watched it and laughed all night 😂 great job man! Greetings from Poland 🇵🇱

[@cyclinghighlights]

Thanks! Hope you'll enjoy all our vids

[@fstenum]

Keep’m coming. Love the combination ofstorytelling and the archive footage. Have followed and watch most races since the Badger and Fignon made things interesting. Although the bald doper is my altime favourite. Thanks for all the goodies. ❤

[@davess61]

Pantani or Riis? 🤣

[@fstenum]

@@davess61 Riis

[@davess61]

He’s hideous, and time has not been kind to him…

[@djiembefolaDan]

Just found this channel. Great commentating! Amazing dirty tactics....... Keep 'em coming! Thx!

[@trevorcreighton3424]

Fantastic stuff. Who knew Alan Partridge was a cycling buff?

[@savagepro9060]

6:41 Freddy Mercury: "We are the champions"

[@youssefazaiez1]

Best intro

[@leonardofabbri7930]

As italian I laughed like for fifteen minutes

[@uptown710]

Bro… a helicopter?! Fucking insane.

[@paulseddon1550]

Great video as usual. Love them.

[@dinodaniel2237]

Great cycling stories. Look forward to seeing your videos

[@abdul-kabiralegbe5660]

That channel KZbin Chickasmith was a treasure trove of cycling footage from the '80s-'90s. A huge shame those videos are no more available.😢

[@oscarlindvall1053]

Great vid :)

[@doctornrsfnly]

can't wait for the video with Hinault!

[@flashgord2007]

Awsome video like to see the Bernard H and Moser battle also like story on Eric vandarden and his 1986 Roubaix win

[@ralphc1405]

uh...Sean Kelly won the '86 PR with that Flexy VITUS bike.

[@manowar50]

Great history lesson about the nature and mechanices of past cheating. I was a new racer and F. Moser was an inspiration for me, His advice about some of his training routines. Oh well.

[@janscanulfsson9295]

Brilliant video guys. Crazy cheating. Fignon was awesome.... Bring on Le Blaireau!!

[@davess61]

Nobody fxxks with the badger 💪🤣

[@channul4887]

Tony Le Blaireau, of labour fame?

[@trentvlak]

Keep up the reporting; we need more cynicism in this corrupt world!

[@MegaMonomer]

Another great summary of the Giro. Cant wait for the 7 part Armstrong series. Also will you do any for the 50's 60's although there might be a lack of footage?

[@cyclinghighlights]

We need good footage but we'll keep waiting

[@abdul-kabiralegbe5660]

I had no idea the attempt to rob Fignon of this Giro was THIS concerted. All I knew of was the helicopter during the final TT.

[@jerrychicken967]

Today's Giro route shortened due to snow 😁 Is the Giro at it again. ❄️❄️❄️😆

[@danielzuegel1226]

Great Story !!!

[@VancouverHeartHealth]

never realized how low Moser position was.

[@dirtycxer]

This was awesome! Thank you for the entertaining history lesson.

[@gw4550]

Yet another horrendous display of corruption. Just ride your bike folks and forget about "Pro 💰 sport" Cheers 🍻

[@mrmercedes8528]

Never a big Moser fan …..I remember reading about the helicopter on the TT….. the rest is new to me

[@jerrychicken967]

Blood doping was banned in 1985 so Moser wasn't breaking the rules at that point. Oh the good old days :) Giro still paid Remco and designed the route for him too this year. Nowt changes ;)

[@allan4922]

I'd love to hear you do a video of David Miller 😂😂😂

[@johanprx7985]

Given the last stage of the 1984 giro stage you would think that Fignon had learned his lesson in the last stage in the tour of 1989

[@drphibes7666]

I hope you get to 87 Roche v Visentini

[@venusfooltrap7371]

I stood on the Champs Elysees and watched Roche celebrate in yellow in 87, so I want to see that one too.

[@Stannystansfield]

Another vote for that little tête à tête 😍

[@Sills71]

Beat Breu and his special bike would make a great video

[@bikeyclown4669]

Please do one about how Hinault whooped the shit out of Moser. I hate this crooked bullshit in cycling and everywhere else. I used to admire Moser. I started racing during that era and really looked up to the guy. Show us what happened when the Badger was released on them. Hinault was/is a cocky fucker, but he really was one of the greatest of all time. Go, Bernard!

[@ralphc1405]

Details! What year was that,.

[@bikeyclown4669]

​@@ralphc1405 1985

[@JacobafJelling]

Where is the previous narrator? That’s sort of his fault that I subscribed

[@jerrychicken967]

I think there was a hint that Charly Mottet might have had assistance with his cycling. I read the Paul Kimmage book and he said Mottet was as clean as a whistle. Mottet would run out of gas much over a week of racing thanks to the lack of steroids. Hmmm...

[@janscanulfsson9295]

Mature GC Charly was super-clean by the standards of the day - prob. just iron injections, anti-oxidants, B12 - but I think he admitted to having taken amphetamines in crits and might have dabbled in other stuff in his very early days. As well as Kimmage there's Willy Voet's account of being stunned by just how clean Charly was when he left Uncle Cyrille and signed for RMO. It makes the Giro 2nd and 2 x TdF 4th all the more remarkable

[@jerrychicken967]

@@janscanulfsson9295 I think Kimmage said Mottet was a health freak for sure. He picked out Mottet in a book full of Naughtiness. No idea how anyone can validate but if so, Mottet could've been a dominant force in cycling in the late 80s but chose another path.

[@janscanulfsson9295]

Willy Voet said the whole RMO team was staggered by his dedication to 'faire le metier' in the cleanest way. Eating, sleeping, equipment choices, even the way he presented himself. His palmares is already impressive, but then you look at the placings and near-podium finishes and wonder what he could have achieved in a sport where everyone was tiring after ten days.

[@AlwaysForwardRunning]

Not a comment about doping, but... Mexico have been used alot for time-trials. Due to some high altitude training, leading up to an atempt.

[@woopimagpie]

Ah, the 1980s, when drugs had a hand in just about every decision ever. Good times.

[@gabrieljohannson6777]

Armstrong must be shivering

[@Micbop]

He should be stripped of his title that's for dam sure!!

[@ocram2m]

Great video. I knew that Moser's giro was not one of the most clear victory in sport history... Stelvio switch, the elicopter in the last stage and so on.... Anyway, in some way, I miss the days when at sporting events the home athletes were obviously helped by the organization. It Adds an epic and historical flavor to sporting challenges. Today we are all fans of great champions like Pogacar, Messi etc. But once upon a time a Frenchman couldn't win in Italy and a German couldn't do it in England. Bye

[@domestique3954]

Didi Thurau won in Great Britain in 1977-in the german master‘s shirt-just before he took 5 stage wins and the white shirt of the best young rider! I was lucky to see him win in Freiburg,beating Patrick Sercú in the sprint In the time trial of Bordeaux he managed to overtake the second placed Eddy Mercx-who started 2 minutes in front of him and took another minute out of him in the end

[@TweedSuit]

Those thumbnails are trippin'

[@ralphc1405]

Try Indurain!

[@uberkloden]

Full on doper!

[@robwhite461]

Fignon was robbed big time, cycling lost its credibility at this time. Doping and deals had always been around, but at least they were gentleman’s agreements. EPO ruined cycling for ever, I can’t bear to watch it anymore.

[@ColonelBummleigh]

Cheeky Italians :^0

[@adrianbackpack]

Mexico is actually in North America

[@Hour882Die]

Countries Of Central America: Belize Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Nicaragua Panama Mexico is part of North America.

[@montani3semper]

U' right but wrong, since Mex is North, not quite Central. Look it up. Far from

[@cyclinghighlights]

In my country, North America is only Canada and US

[@montani3semper]

@@cyclinghighlights So they did not teach geography then, 'cause 1/3 of US used to be Mex, dude

[@valderrama.g.abdiel.r.3140]

Mexico it's a North American country ! (Video says Center American.. error)

[@ralphc1405]

Lkke saying modern England has NO French Norman ties LOL

[@jameskellogg1162]

Like the videos , but a bicycle worth millions at the time ! HAHA , millions of yen ?

[@Slash90ita]

millions of "Lire", the italian currency at the time :)

[@markyoung950]

Blood transfusions go back to 1960. This is nothing but sarcasm.

[@drphibes7666]

Do you have sporting examples from 1960? There were rumours surrounding Finn runners at the 72 and 76 Olympics, but you're going back to Anquetil's era.

[@carlobrotto7132]

You said it rite. Blood transfusion got introduced in sports due to Scandinavian countries research in the 60s , mostly Norway and Finland. Doping in cycling on the 80s was not yet massive and developed as starting from 90s , to think that blood transfusion was declared illegal at end of 90s ....

[@drphibes7666]

@@carlobrotto7132 a lot of people cite 1960 because of the Gastone Nencini 'transfusion' story but it's more likely that he was infusing hormonal serum.

[@carlobrotto7132]

@@drphibes7666 you made an appropriate comment at start, but now you've butchered it all by a ridiculous bs comment !! What Nencini " transfusion story" you and a lot of people are u talkin' about if blood transfusion had yet to come in 1960 ?! 🙂 I told you scandinavians made their research in the 1960s and the good method x transfusions was finally invented by swedish Bjorn Ekblom in 1971 ! And again for your 2nd idiocy on " hormon serum" 😅😅😅, steroyds hormons had yet to come in 1960, 1 st case of hormons use in track&field was made in DDR in 1966 and improved in Mexico 68 olympics !! Gastone Nencini was thin and proportionef won the 1960

[@carlobrotto7132]

thin and well proportioned he won the 1960 Tour 'cos of his incredible skills of downhill specialist and his tactical abilities. Getting doped was not a habit of italian cyclism until the end of ' 80s ,that was of north europe countries and americans at olympics ! Sorry , your childish provoking missed the target ...😅😅😅😅

[@_SodaPopinski]

Mexico is in North America dude

[@_SodaPopinski]

Not Central America…

[@EyZeRHD]

I had no idea Mexico was in Central America 😂

[@cyclinghighlights]

Some people don’t know it. People who gives dislike to our vids

[@ginomartinelli2095]

The song modified with dopato word is sick class skill😂

[@stenovitz]

A memorable Giro edition, nomatter what. My first Grand Tour watching live, standing together with my parents and sister on an excellent small ramp in the country side on the stage from Chieti to Foggia. This just months after watching Joergen Leth's excellent documovie 'Stars and Water Carriers' first time. That the heroes' names were dishonored decades later (typically by Millenial 'explainers' not even born at the times) cannot take away my intense experiences. I'm not exactly the type to bow my head to the poisonous grip of woke cancel culture going on these years. Those were the years.

[@venusfooltrap7371]

My nostalgia for the racing of that era isn't spoiled by learning what was really going on. I too witnessed a grand tour from the roadside for the first time in the 80s. Those who moan about woke cancel culture and call for a return to a mythical golden age are living in a fragile fantasy world devoid of truth. The dishonour of the 'heroes' wasn't invented by 'milennial explainers'. It was always there. The 'explainers' merely bring it into the open, and so they should. We can still admire the spectacle and the daring acts of those who took part, whether clean, lightly doped or 'charged' to the eyeballs, and the corruption of the teams and organisers makes the whole thing even more intriguing.

[@veloboy]

Woke cancel culture? God forbid anyone should awaken you from your slumber and ruin your dreams of a perfect & rosy past! 😂

[@buddhaboy-]

🤑🤑🤑🤑

[@aageseljegard8730]

Don’t like doping. Don’t like you guys either.

[@allan4922]

"Geeks", "Rats". 😂😂😂

[@cpk313]

Cycling in the 80's was a complete joke, all doping, no doping control (of worth)

[@ralphc1405]

still pretty sure 7-eleven and Andy Hampsten stayed clear of the dope. They were my heroes.

[@agcgilmour]

FUNNY!!!

[@Indicasativa55]

You can’t dress as the pink power ranger ride a road bike and be called gangster 😂😂😂however much class a you are shovelling

[@KKFFnr1]

Delete this please, youre making me look only half as cool on my 1992 F. Moser bike

[@jeffhildreth9244]

Why I lost interest in professional cycling. NASCAR on bicycles. TV Pro Wrestling on bicycles.