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.
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
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.
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 ????
@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
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.
@@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
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 👌🏾
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.
@@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.
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 CZcams
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.
@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.
They were both doped I think basically every top rider then was doped… Atleast all the winners were So its hard to say who was the best clean rider. Probably hard to say. And probably many have different reactions to the doping. Some may be better suited for it than others which creates another unfairness. I think lance was a mental beast more so than others and he may not have been just the best doped of all of them… Certainly worked harder off season than ullrich did. I have to say it was probably the most exciting time of the tdf. Though vingegaard and pogacar seems interesting now. The froome years, who was certainly doped like his entire team and fucking wiggins, were shite Utter shite
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
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.
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...?
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.
@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 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.
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.
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.
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!”
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.
@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.
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..
@u368 So the only time he tested positive - despite going on to win the tour another 6 times - was in 1999 before they had the ability to test for EPO. And he has since 1999 never tested positive, despite large numbers of tests throughout the year. . How do you account for his continued performance and lack of a positive test if he is taking EPO, Growth hormone, Test, Cortisone and Steroids, as some would have you believe?
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
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)
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.
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
@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.
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.
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
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
Was Lance doping? Sure he was. We knew it even back then. BUT SO WAS EVERYONE ELSE. I bet there wasn't a clean rider in the Tour. He was still the greatest rider I've ever seen.
Listen to him get defensive when somebody mentions motordoping. His reaction is an instant rewind to 2003, the only thing missing is the threat of a lawsuit. Take it for what it is, but I’d think an admitted doper would be more inclined to laugh such a thing off, rather than fly into rage.
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.
🙏
12 years later how’s it going
@@Lee-One he died in 2018
@@gamingmidgetah really. Must've been fairly young.
@@tubesockets120v 43 years old. "long illness" from obit I read.
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
And the two protagonists were both juiced out of their brains 😉
Agreed and RIP Paul Sherwen.
Great attack by Lance. All those blood transfusions and illegal shots paying off.
@@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.
@@SteveZ919 You're right, he was the best among the dope users. What a strange world we live in.
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.
Ppl always forget he was more than a guy who ALSO took PEDs. ....he inspired a generation
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 ????
@@luatala8008 what she said above ^^
@@itstrbo EVERY rider was taking them in those days. Don't ever let anyone tell you otherwise.
@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
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!
Agree! He is the greatest of all time. 💯
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.
@@MarcF.Nielssen Well nobody's claiming that he is a good person lol
@@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
@@abone2pick
I was talking about the spectators, on the road and on TV.
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 👌🏾
Phil Liggit and Bob Roll still doing it !!!
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.
Lance is a disgraced cheater. No untainted results, sorry.
Commentators still commenting on NBC.
@@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.
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 CZcams
Armstrong use electric motor.
@@JUANGARCIA-se4dm Any evidence?
@@Wikato si, ya se sabe toda la verdad.
@@JUANGARCIA-se4dm English please.
@@Wikato What's up? You don't speak Spanish and you think you know about cycling. LOL
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.
@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.
Phil Liggett…the best thing about this video. One of the best sportscasters ever. His long-term, continuing presence at Le Tour is amazing.
That was AWESOME!!!! Dope or no dope. That was an inspiring ride. HOLLA
They were both doped
I think basically every top rider then was doped…
Atleast all the winners were
So its hard to say who was the best clean rider. Probably hard to say.
And probably many have different reactions to the doping. Some may be better suited for it than others which creates another unfairness.
I think lance was a mental beast more so than others and he may not have been just the best doped of all of them…
Certainly worked harder off season than ullrich did.
I have to say it was probably the most exciting time of the tdf.
Though vingegaard and pogacar seems interesting now.
The froome years, who was certainly doped like his entire team and fucking wiggins, were shite
Utter shite
Lance Armstrong is the machine on his bike 😊.
RIP Javier Oxtoa. 1974-2018.
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
Agreed. He would have won even without drugs. He has such a passion and brutal commitment to win
@@kusalperera8839 i mean, he wouldn't have. but he would've won if nobody was drugged^^
Bullshit. He was by far the biggest doping cheat of them all. That’s why he won. 😀
“Where he’s found this strength from I don’t know”.. 😂😂😂
Lol ikr I got a little idea
And probably has battey powered bike also...the man is a disgrace
All on dope so fear enaugh I guess
Hint: Definitely not legal.
All were doping ya dopes.
One of the most amazing demonstrations of mountain climbing in history.
Yeah, and all fake based on massive doping. 😀
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
Pantani, Oxtoa(brother), Jimenez all sadly dead. RIP forever.
All doped to their eyeballs
But dead none the less!
@@jackdanielss let them rest in peace dip shit . You can take the same shit and you'd still get dropped on the first climb
Also, Phil is amazing. I dont think there is a better announcer out there.
Don't forget Paul Sherwin. They're amazing together.
Phil is terrible
Lance is legendary
I've seen this stage before and I'm still rooting so hard for Ochoa
Great display of Dominance 👏
The one with the best doping advisor wins
Go Faster with Ferrari.@@sukhmaidickoff
10 minutes from the bottom and 43 seconds on the top. The best doping make such a good result.
What a fantastic competitor and rider Armstrong was. He really had his shit together. Just inspirational to watch.
LOL
Doh. He could be president
Fantastic, thanks.
THE KING IS BACK THE KING IS BACK! he´ll kick ass
True Champ hoping we get to see another as dominate as Lance was. He enjoyed crushing the opposition
Lance is an idol...Miss you Lance! Romania Love You!
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.
Un mounstro Lance ...
Oh thanks for posting the video, it is refreshing to fing TDF videos without all the stupid background music.
Atleast He is a legend....7 time TOD winner......1st in history atleast give him some credit...
Saudades destes tempos 👌👌👍👍🇵🇹
Lance the best the greatest
2.40 'this is unbelievable'
Great Lance
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...?
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.
Well.....and well....and a lot of we...llls......and everyone was doped probably?..??
@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.
2022 -- Well this didn't age well... Pogacar... Roglic, Vingergaarde... that fuck times have changed.
@@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.
@@ElderNerwal. They are the exceptions that prove the rule.
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.
great video
great post
love the thumbs up from the camera guy on the bike at 1:36 haha
lance forever..........!!
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.
this was a good one.
Lance, we miss you !!!!!
Way to go Lance!
I remember this stage, totally epic. So glad Otxoa just made it, he totally deserved this one.
Armstrong sure didn't
@@dbass6326except he did
@HotChixAndMusic You're right, dope doesn't give you the will to win, it just gives you the win.
An oldie but goodie! Lance boggles the mind. He might make it 8 and that would be beyond belief!
More EPO 😀
greatest sportsman
The amount of times the commentators said the word unbelievable about Armstrong's performance. It sure was unbelievable.
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!”
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.
Erythropoetin is used in cancer treatment as a RBC booster. But Lance was not racing when he was trying to survive metastatic cancer.
de 6 españoles y demas nace=un lance.... grande lance y el 8-vo tour.. es tuyo!!! felicidades!!!
Amen brother.
legendary commentary
The thing is everyone was doping, including Pantani….
Now we know why Armstrong looked so fresh and everyone else was tired. He was doping.
He's got serious power
Finally I meet an American with a little bit of realitity sense - respect
Funny to see those pictures today.
One question . Who wasn't doped ?
@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.
Hé is the goat final
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..
All of the commentators’ “remarkable” are now explainable.
GO LANCE THE BEST
Lance is the greatest
Uma situação bem difícil para o Pantani, e rara, acima de tudo; ver um cara abrindo assim.
pantani, greatest climber ever, of '98.
Lance Armstrong el Dios del ciclismo
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
Doped to the eyeballs.
Hero
Indiscutivelmente um dos maiores ciclista de todos os tempos!!!
Whatta Climber!!!
Ten years ago Jabier Otxoa won in Hautacam. Lets go, Jabier! (your life is your new race)
Legend the best ever lance 4 life
@u368 So the only time he tested positive - despite going on to win the tour another 6 times - was in 1999 before they had the ability to test for EPO. And he has since 1999 never tested positive, despite large numbers of tests throughout the year.
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How do you account for his continued performance and lack of a positive test if he is taking EPO, Growth hormone, Test, Cortisone and Steroids, as some would have you believe?
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
Yes.
Best of luck Javier Otxoa!!
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)
Still the champ
LANCE IS THE GREATEST!!!
thats right my friend
The greatest doper of all time. Thumbs up
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.
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
Trek we're one of the market leaders and innovators many years before lance Armstrong even became a pro cyclist
@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.
"this is unbelievable!"
doped to the eyeballs
The power of the juice is strong today
I get winded going up a 50 meter hill.. how these guys do it is beyond me.
Epo, roids ,6 hours of training a day. And a lot sugar and carbs
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.
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
Hell LA even cheated better than other teams and riders. I was/am a big fan. Lots of hours watching OLN.
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
@SAAMIAM99 no...it's not a vote or comparing him to others. it's about respect towards him and his achievements.
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
Never testing positive he is the goat final lance my idole
Was Lance doping? Sure he was. We knew it even back then. BUT SO WAS EVERYONE ELSE. I bet there wasn't a clean rider in the Tour. He was still the greatest rider I've ever seen.
Listen to him get defensive when somebody mentions motordoping. His reaction is an instant rewind to 2003, the only thing missing is the threat of a lawsuit. Take it for what it is, but I’d think an admitted doper would be more inclined to laugh such a thing off, rather than fly into rage.
Lance is clean. Test him all you want. You'll never catch anything.
beutyfull
this was my first tour stage (watching).
Lucky bastard
Chava Jimenez RIP