The Italians certainly love their Giro. The passion is incredible. It must be thrilling for the riders (and more than a bit nerve wracking) riding through that maelstrom of rabid fans. Wow.
Haha. Nowadays, they talk about how you can tell a rider is struggling with a climb when his shoulders start to rock. Back then their shoulders were ALWAYS rocking! I LOVE watching these old vids. Heck, I LOVE watching cycling from ANY era! What a beautiful sport!!
Just nuts, the gear ratios. Humping up climbs sub-60 cadence is what we had to do with the small blocks in the back - the smaller the better. LOL. As a rider brushing up against 60, I wouldn't trade my 52-36, 11-29, 12 speed plastic bike for my old steel bike of the late 70s and 80s for all the tea in China. Those days, while memorable, are best left where they belong - well in the past. Thanks for posting the vid. Those guys were tougher than a coffin nail.
Their lowest gear was like 42x21 or 23, and they only had five or six on the back. So, like 13, 14, 17, 19, 21? Crazy by today's standards! We're so spoiled nowadays.
That's what I was thinking when watching this. I wonder why they didn't put on one big rear cog for climbing? Was it a "tradition" thing, that it would be seen as wimpy instead of macho? Or was it because with a limited number of cogs the tradeoff on the flat portions of the course would be too great?
Remember showing the mountainbike to my grandfather around 2012. Being 85 then. He did not take it for a serious bike. He was a race bike freak all his life. Being around 45 years of age back in 78. Must have been a great show back then - as it is now ! Love biking !
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I can feel the lactic acid just by looking at them grinding it up the mountain.
Very well done. Excellent show. My primary racing bike throughout my career was an Eddie Merckx So I obviously was a huge fan. Thank you for building my bicycle Mr. Merckx It served me well.
A chaque période de l histoire du cyclisme les vélos étaient aux tops par apports au modernisme des années 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 2000 . Il empêche que le plus grand champion de tout les temps reste eddy merckx . Même en 2023 jamai égalé ça en fait du temp et malgré les avancés technologiques. Eddy le roi des rois sans égale pour l éternité. Je l ai vu des quantités de fois et jvous jure il falait le voir magnifique avec la rage de vaincre la différence le ptit gamin qui rêvait d être cycliste était un passionné de son métier alors il la montré toute ça vie . Que dieu protège notre eddy merckx mon idole idole pour l éternité à 63 ans je parle d eddy et ma passion pour lui est intacte comme en 1969 j avai 9 ans l année ou il gagne son premier tours et eddy est en forme pour voir que ces pas l aveil qu' il soit égalé. Eddy merckx le plus grand pour l'éternité.
Now this is racing. Mano-a-mano. No helmets; raucous, passionate crowd invested in the racing and not the spectacle of tech and sponsors; no barriers; no power meters; could go on. Magnifico!
GSatiFan Why did you even reply to my comment? Do you want to control my behaviour? Scare me into agreeing with you by capitalising death? Fear drives our society. If you feel that wearing a helmet makes you feel safer on a bicycle, good for you. I choose not to wear a helmet on a bicycle, as a pedestrian, or on public transport. That's my choice. I could offer you my reasons; go into more detail; but frankly, it's not worth my time. I know that approach of yours all too well. I don't have much respect for it. Good day sir!
@@uglyfulify Racing is mostly the athlete, regardless of era, I agree. But there are aspects like power meters (regulate effort according to science over feeling); team radios (team tactics play more of a role. Less instinctual attacks. Strategies devised in the team cars rather than by the riders themselves); the influence of performance enhancing drugs, and I don't mean just the illegal ones, but the grey areas, that sports scientists with mega-budget teams like Sky, constantly push riders into for maximum performance. My comment regarding Helmets was mostly in regards to how, because you can see the riders' faces, there's more of a connection as a spectator. I think that's undeniable. Helmets can save your life, or prevent serious injury, in some crashes but not all. I'm not suggesting professional cycling should revert back to no helmets. That would be crazy. I could get into the pros and cons of wearing a helmet, but precisely because there are undeniably both pros and cons - scientifically tested - it should be down to personal choice for the average cyclist. If you think they should be compulsory because of your personal experience that's crazy talk. But it's good to hear a helmet may have saved your life :)
Thought the crowds today were rowdy, this is just insane. Fans getting run over, fans running alongside riders and punching out other spectators as they traverse up, fans wearing suits, fans pushing up riders then getting knocked out by the police, all total chaos.
Yeah, what's with the spectators in suits? Did they helicopter in from the office to watch their favorites ride by, and then zip back in time for their next meeting? 😂
El ciclismo de ruta, la máxima épica del deporte, más en esos tiempos gloriosos ! El único deporte, o uno de los pocos, en el cual los aficionados con gran fanatismo y pasión desbordante, se encuentran encima de los competidores. Corren con ellos, vibran con ellos, ganan con ellos. Algo único. Muy emotivo ver las imágenes. El ciclismo era (y aún lo es) casi una religión en países como Italia, Bélgica y Francia. Da gusto ver estos reportajes históricos. Es cierto que era (y es) muy riesgoso para los ciclistas, claro. Por lo menos ahora, varios cientos de metros antes de la Meta, ya colocan barreras a los costados. Pero es prácticamente imposible evitar cualquier accidente provocado por el público, en el momento más inesperado, en las grandes carreras en calles. En el Tour 2023, para mencionar lo actual, ya hubo accidentes de esta naturaleza. Hay que educar más a los aficionados y al público en general.
Fucking hell man, its like a Scorsese movie, those Italians were so scrappy, lads falling and pushing each other and shouting and cursing haha. Dog eat dog man; what a scene.
Удивительно, что так много зрителей велоспорта, смотрят и горячо болеют за взрослых мужиков на велосипедах, но стоит выехать на улицу, так все - "Повылазили... Детство в жопе... Катайся в парке"...
The crowd behaviour is totally unacceptable! It's hard enough to ride up a mountain without idiots running alongside screaming & spitting in the faces of the riders.
Los ciclistas de ante tenia que subir los puerto a golpe de riñón, no como ahora que con los desarrollos que llevan las bicis todo es más facil, las carreteras eran peores, la alimentación, hoy todo está más controlado, correr era muy arriesgado con tanto publico encima.
Estimado Señor : Cierto, el máximo rival de ése gran campeón que fué MERCKX . josé Manuel Fuente Lavandera, el Tarangu. Una vez, durante el Giro de Italia, en la cima del monte Stelvio, dijo de él Edddy Merckx : " El día que sepa dosificar sus fuerzas, nos destrozará". Lo cierto, es que fué un gran ciclista , pero su carácter libertario, le llevó en muchos momentos clave de la competición , a no dosificar bien sus fuerzas. Saludos Rafael.
@@neofuturo7518 cierto amigo. Tarangu , era un corredor al que no le importaba, quedar descolgado arriba del puerto. Cuando comenzaban los puertos , miraba la cara de sus rivales y les decía : Ahí os quiero ver. Y arrancaba , éstos se organizaban a relevos, y le daban caza en ocasiones, pero realmente , nos proporcionó buenos ratos de ciclismo espectacular. Aquel ciclismo tan abierto , era más bonito que éste de hoy en día , sin quitarle espectacularidad ni belleza al de hoy. El francés Virenque , que tuvo muchos problemas con el dóping , también era un corredor espectacular, que atacaba de lejos. Recibe un cordial saludo Rafael.
I would like to know what dope he have took, something they didn t find that time. what is the reason you think that he was so mad at Armstrong? Because he confessed hé
Yes, my kids are aware that I walked over 1 mile uphill, in a snowstorm, to school and back home, every day, including struggling home through the snowstorm for lunch ..
i think it’s a team jersey, not a national champion jersey. back in the day the world championships included around 10 teams all from europe so not many american cyclists riding at that level at all at the time
It is in the Dolomites, yes. Wikipedia describes the stage as being from Misurina to Bassano del Grappa, though the mountain-top finish clearly isn't in the town itself.
Si é vero oggi pedalano molto più agile in salita, molti consideravano un disonore il rapporto agile forse anche per questo o forse erano altri tempi e per la preparazione che avevano era meglio salvare il fiato rispetto alla gamba.
Nei commenti al video ho letto che Merckx sarebbe stato uno dei corridori più dopati della storia del ciclismo e che, addirittura, gli dovrebbero essere tolte le vittorie così è stato per i tour di Armstrong. Non sono assolutamente d'accordo. Nel corso della carriera Merckx è stato controllato almeno 1200-1300 volte ed è risultato positivo solo al Giro 1969 per un sabotaggio e al Lombardia 1973 per l'utilizzo di uno sciroppo per la tosse (il Mucantil). Affermare una cosa del genere significa non coniscere la storia di Eddy Merckx.
You couldn't make a race horse out of a mule, like EPO does, so while all drugged it was a more level playing field and the top riders really were the best.
This is why I could never race in Europe. Especially Italy. The crowds are very dangerous. And cycling is dangerous enough, without the out of control crowds. I would end up in jail my first Giro, for punching out some fans.
There's loads of proof sonshine, he was disqualified FOUR times for doping and in an era were dope testing was negligible and the likes of Merckx able to dodge the testers or just like Hinault simply tell the testers to fuck off he was the biggest dope cheater in history. I never competed only at rugby but unlike Merckx I know I've never cheated by taking stuff to enhance my performance. Stop being so deluded fucktard!
@@ynotnilknarf39 fucktard is not really a word but I'm not really surprise to hear that kind of stuff from a person like you. So yeah there's about 1% of truth in what you're saying. So that's a giant improvement. Merckx was tested positive twice but there were strong suspicions that the testings were corrupted by the Italian organisers who saw Merckx as a threat for their Italian cyclist. And once, he took a couching medicine from his doctor and there was apparently a minor illegal substance. That's it. Still makes him by far the best cyclist of all time. It's not even a debate. A national treasure and one of the greatest athletes of all time.
Fuente grandissimo scalatore!!!!❤😂
❤❤❤❤❤ le plus beau des sports le courage la volontée tous du premier au dernier chapeau bas merci
This is what bike racing is all about I am a BIG FAN being from the south side of Chicago Eddie is my hero
So much more connection with the riders without helmets and sunglasses.
Il cannibale indomito e potente!! Il migliore di tutti i tempi!!!❤❤❤❤😊
Un véritable Dieu pour moi ❤❤❤
The Italians certainly love their Giro. The passion is incredible. It must be thrilling for the riders (and more than a bit nerve wracking) riding through that maelstrom of rabid fans. Wow.
Questo Giro lo meritava Fuente, insieme a Pantani il più grande scalatore che io abbia mai visto.
Haha. Nowadays, they talk about how you can tell a rider is struggling with a climb when his shoulders start to rock. Back then their shoulders were ALWAYS rocking! I LOVE watching these old vids. Heck, I LOVE watching cycling from ANY era! What a beautiful sport!!
Merckx was known for pushing large gears. Armstrong did the opposite.
@@RackwitzG compared to today they only had large gears available
.entre los profesionales estaba mal visto mover desarrollos pequeños
Great historic photography. I look forward to this years TDF.
Just nuts, the gear ratios. Humping up climbs sub-60 cadence is what we had to do with the small blocks in the back - the smaller the better. LOL. As a rider brushing up against 60, I wouldn't trade my 52-36, 11-29, 12 speed plastic bike for my old steel bike of the late 70s and 80s for all the tea in China. Those days, while memorable, are best left where they belong - well in the past. Thanks for posting the vid. Those guys were tougher than a coffin nail.
Their lowest gear was like 42x21 or 23, and they only had five or six on the back. So, like 13, 14, 17, 19, 21? Crazy by today's standards! We're so spoiled nowadays.
Yeah, when I started racing everyone had a 42-52 and 13-21
That's what I was thinking when watching this. I wonder why they didn't put on one big rear cog for climbing? Was it a "tradition" thing, that it would be seen as wimpy instead of macho? Or was it because with a limited number of cogs the tradeoff on the flat portions of the course would be too great?
@@poly_hexamethyl The rear derailler at that time could not work with a big cock like 28, 30.
totally, the grinding was crazy
Remember showing the mountainbike to my grandfather around 2012. Being 85 then. He did not take it for a serious bike.
He was a race bike freak all his life. Being around 45 years of age back in 78.
Must have been a great show back then - as it is now !
Love biking !
I can feel the lactic acid just by looking at them grinding it up the mountain.
Brilliant produced and photographed,...
inmortal josé manuel fuente, "el tarangu"
El que mas hizo sufrir a merx en el giro , como subia el asturiano, los tifossi se volvian locos
Che impresa il mio amico Attilio Rota, grande tra i grandi!!!!❤❤❤❤❤😊
Che bello Felicione in maglia iridata!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Muy bueno este reportaje y los datos que aporta el comentarista.
Very well done. Excellent show.
My primary racing bike throughout my career was an Eddie Merckx
So I obviously was a huge fan.
Thank you for building my bicycle Mr. Merckx
It served me well.
Thanks for sharing such an epic race
The crowd it's a total mess. LOL
its meant that way, more drama more money JERRY JERRY JERRY!
This video makes me want to breakdance almost as much as it makes me want to cycle.
That drum beat at the beginning was extra nasty.
dai dai dai forza forza
Great to see Ernesto Colnago on the SCIC car at 2:05 !
Great cicling fan and obviously great bike maker.
Only 12 seconds late GB Baronchelli, great ciclyst too.
MONSTRO!
Madness! What a glimpse into the past
A chaque période de l histoire du cyclisme les vélos étaient aux tops par apports au modernisme des années 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 2000 . Il empêche que le plus grand champion de tout les temps reste eddy merckx . Même en 2023 jamai égalé ça en fait du temp et malgré les avancés technologiques.
Eddy le roi des rois sans égale pour l éternité. Je l ai vu des quantités de fois et jvous jure il falait le voir magnifique avec la rage de vaincre la différence le ptit gamin qui rêvait d être cycliste était un passionné de son métier alors il la montré toute ça vie . Que dieu protège notre eddy merckx mon idole idole pour l éternité à 63 ans je parle d eddy et ma passion pour lui est intacte comme en 1969 j avai 9 ans l année ou il gagne son premier tours et eddy est en forme pour voir que ces pas l aveil qu' il soit égalé. Eddy merckx le plus grand pour l'éternité.
Now this is racing. Mano-a-mano. No helmets; raucous, passionate crowd invested in the racing and not the spectacle of tech and sponsors; no barriers; no power meters; could go on. Magnifico!
Yeah riiiiight.
No helmets = real racing
A skull is as weak as an egg. A small hit at the wrong position and you are DEAD.
GSatiFan Why did you even reply to my comment? Do you want to control my behaviour? Scare me into agreeing with you by capitalising death?
Fear drives our society.
If you feel that wearing a helmet makes you feel safer on a bicycle, good for you. I choose not to wear a helmet on a bicycle, as a pedestrian, or on public transport. That's my choice. I could offer you my reasons; go into more detail; but frankly, it's not worth my time. I know that approach of yours all too well. I don't have much respect for it.
Good day sir!
A helmet maybe saved my life long time ago in training. It has nothing to do with racing. Racing is the athlete. Not nostalgia, no drunken spectators.
@@uglyfulify Racing is mostly the athlete, regardless of era, I agree. But there are aspects like power meters (regulate effort according to science over feeling); team radios (team tactics play more of a role. Less instinctual attacks. Strategies devised in the team cars rather than by the riders themselves); the influence of performance enhancing drugs, and I don't mean just the illegal ones, but the grey areas, that sports scientists with mega-budget teams like Sky, constantly push riders into for maximum performance. My comment regarding Helmets was mostly in regards to how, because you can see the riders' faces, there's more of a connection as a spectator. I think that's undeniable.
Helmets can save your life, or prevent serious injury, in some crashes but not all. I'm not suggesting professional cycling should revert back to no helmets. That would be crazy. I could get into the pros and cons of wearing a helmet, but precisely because there are undeniably both pros and cons - scientifically tested - it should be down to personal choice for the average cyclist. If you think they should be compulsory because of your personal experience that's crazy talk. But it's good to hear a helmet may have saved your life :)
They had helmets back then they were made of leather and probably didn't do squat to protect you but the pros really didn't use them too much.
Thought the crowds today were rowdy, this is just insane. Fans getting run over, fans running alongside riders and punching out other spectators as they traverse up, fans wearing suits, fans pushing up riders then getting knocked out by the police, all total chaos.
Yeah, what's with the spectators in suits? Did they helicopter in from the office to watch their favorites ride by, and then zip back in time for their next meeting? 😂
Sadly, Fuente died young of kidney disease.
Damn that is chaos!
And the gearing...sheesh!
El ciclismo de ruta, la máxima épica del deporte, más en esos tiempos gloriosos ! El único deporte, o uno de los pocos, en el cual los aficionados con gran fanatismo y pasión desbordante, se encuentran encima de los competidores. Corren con ellos, vibran con ellos, ganan con ellos. Algo único.
Muy emotivo ver las imágenes. El ciclismo era (y aún lo es) casi una religión en países como Italia, Bélgica y Francia. Da gusto ver estos reportajes históricos. Es cierto que era (y es) muy riesgoso para los ciclistas, claro. Por lo menos ahora, varios cientos de metros antes de la Meta, ya colocan barreras a los costados. Pero es prácticamente imposible evitar cualquier accidente provocado por el público, en el momento más inesperado, en las grandes carreras en calles. En el Tour 2023, para mencionar lo actual, ya hubo accidentes de esta naturaleza. Hay que educar más a los aficionados y al público en general.
I don't speak spanish but I could make sense exactly of what you were saying and it was exactly what my son and I were talking about as we watched it.
AAAA when bike racing was real!!!
Fabulous footage from the glory years of cycling, when the riders looked like real men and the bikes looked like real bikes..:)
4:42, that left a mark! ahha
These guys look like they are dying exhausted, compared to 2023 they now look like they went for a bike race around the block.
music at 1hour is amazing
Grandes hazañas de estos hombres
Cadence at 50 RPM
Lipa, było minęło i dobrze.
Epop
Reality: toe clips, steel frames and just 10-12 gear selections. Believe it!
SHOWS THE WORD!!!
1 year later 1975 Merckx got a hit in stomach from French fans.. those were the early days .. still the greatest legend?
Those drunken spectators are so annoying just to look at, imagine how annoying they must be to the riders.
They are called italians...
@@aliali8able Italians who are supposed to know cycling, unlike you. At Tour de France it was and still it is today even worse, get informed .
Amazing
@@taichihead42 In Italy the fans are called Tifosi. You may know this... The Italian Tifosi are world renowned in cycling as " passionate " . 😂
@@carlobrotto7132 you do realize your snark is being directed at a 4 year old comment, right? 🙄
Fucking hell man, its like a Scorsese movie, those Italians were so scrappy, lads falling and pushing each other and shouting and cursing haha. Dog eat dog man; what a scene.
Men of steel.
The fans went real mad!😮😅
Que verraquera ver estos videos
Very high Cadence
Family guy would be like: "EY! EY! EY!"
They just didn't have the gears in those days!!
La furia unità alla potenza del cannibale!!!😊
NO stupid radios.... NO EPO.... NO disc brakes... NO carbon wheels.... BEAUTIFUL
You forgot : "no youtube and its stupid comments" my friend...
Merckx must have been taking something, don't be so naive.
there were enhancing drugs (steroids) back then, and merckx took them. you should add; "NO testing..." to your list
Yeah, just good old fashioned amphetamines.
YES ANFETAMINE
Merckx was a total baller, peepo comparing Pogacar to him ... not sure they actually know what this man did.
And they mention Cavandish in same breath… give me a break. Mark couldn’t hold Eddy’s jock strapped
Удивительно, что так много зрителей велоспорта, смотрят и горячо болеют за взрослых мужиков на велосипедах, но стоит выехать на улицу, так все - "Повылазили... Детство в жопе... Катайся в парке"...
The crowd behaviour is totally unacceptable! It's hard enough to ride up a mountain without idiots running alongside screaming & spitting in the faces of the riders.
Los ciclistas de ante tenia que subir los puerto a golpe de riñón, no como ahora que con los desarrollos que llevan las bicis todo es más facil, las carreteras eran peores, la alimentación, hoy todo está más controlado, correr era muy arriesgado con tanto publico encima.
Wow Manuel Fuente the Tarangu maximo rival carrere Merx
Estimado Señor : Cierto, el máximo rival de ése gran campeón que fué MERCKX . josé Manuel Fuente Lavandera, el Tarangu. Una vez, durante el Giro de Italia, en la cima del monte Stelvio, dijo de él Edddy Merckx : " El día que sepa dosificar sus fuerzas, nos destrozará". Lo cierto, es que fué un gran ciclista , pero su carácter libertario, le llevó en muchos momentos clave de la competición , a no dosificar bien sus fuerzas.
Saludos
Rafael.
@@rafaelredondo240 los tifossi se volvian locos con el tarangu pero locos de verdad, no se creian que alguien pudiera atacar asi a mercxs
@@neofuturo7518 cierto amigo. Tarangu , era un corredor al que no le importaba, quedar descolgado arriba del puerto. Cuando comenzaban los puertos , miraba la cara de sus rivales y les decía : Ahí os quiero ver. Y arrancaba , éstos se organizaban a relevos, y le daban caza en ocasiones, pero realmente , nos proporcionó buenos ratos de ciclismo espectacular. Aquel ciclismo tan abierto , era más bonito que éste de hoy en día , sin quitarle espectacularidad ni belleza al de hoy.
El francés Virenque , que tuvo muchos problemas con el dóping , también era un corredor espectacular, que atacaba de lejos.
Recibe un cordial saludo
Rafael.
Gimondi and Ocana and some other were the rival of Mercx
.y yo me pregunto,que pasaria si a estos ciclistas,antes de empezar este giro 74' les dieran unas bicicletas como las actuales?
Tarangu Fuentes el mejor escalador del Giro
He broke the World Hour Record in 1983 (I think)in Mexico City.
@@rollmops7948 OK thanks for clarifying. I must have read about it in 83.
quel bordel ! courir dans ces conditions : no way !
What numpty thought it would be a good idea to include ‘Summer time’ in the sound track?
The crowds were pissing me off. Even when you finish the race people are still putting their hands on you.
When men were men
And bikes were steel
That's when cycling
Was real!
.cualquiera que entienda un poco de ciclismo aprecia que en esa etapa eddy iba k.o.si el puerto tiene 3 km mas fuentes le mete 5 min
Que grande "El tarangu" llevaba el paquete de tabaco envuelto en la manga
Azta micsoda káosz!! :) :)
I would like to know what dope he have took, something they didn t find that time. what is the reason you think that he was so mad at Armstrong? Because he confessed hé
No drug testing in those days !!!!! ,something The Belgian cycling world conveniently FORGETS !!
No, there were several drug testing
Eddy Merckx rode his bike uphill, in a snowstorm, to school AND back every day before becoming a professional cyclist.
Wow, a snowstorm every day!! Was he living in the Arctic at the time?
Yes, my kids are aware that I walked over 1 mile uphill, in a snowstorm, to school and back home, every day, including struggling home through the snowstorm for lunch ..
Als het nu 0 graden is gelasten ze de koers af.😢
Who was the guy in the US champion Jersey?
i think it’s a team jersey, not a national champion jersey. back in the day the world championships included around 10 teams all from europe so not many american cyclists riding at that level at all at the time
Team jersey indeed. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooklyn_(cycling_team)?wprov=sfti1 . The rider is Ercole Gualazzini.
🤌Vaffanculo🤌
01:00-01:13 what is the Place Name...I think maybe Dolomits?
It is in the Dolomites, yes. Wikipedia describes the stage as being from Misurina to Bassano del Grappa, though the mountain-top finish clearly isn't in the town itself.
Tre Cime di Lavaredo / Drei Zinnen
Great film ... but I wish they pronounced Italian correctly
no doping tests
Ah yes, the great drug cheat. Never forget how shameful these events were.
secondo me spingevano rapporti troppo duri.
Si é vero oggi pedalano molto più agile in salita, molti consideravano un disonore il rapporto agile forse anche per questo o forse erano altri tempi e per la preparazione che avevano era meglio salvare il fiato rispetto alla gamba.
NO !
Nei commenti al video ho letto che Merckx sarebbe stato uno dei corridori più dopati della storia del ciclismo e che, addirittura, gli dovrebbero essere tolte le vittorie così è stato per i tour di Armstrong. Non sono assolutamente d'accordo. Nel corso della carriera Merckx è stato controllato almeno 1200-1300 volte ed è risultato positivo solo al Giro 1969 per un sabotaggio e al Lombardia 1973 per l'utilizzo di uno sciroppo per la tosse (il Mucantil). Affermare una cosa del genere significa non coniscere la storia di Eddy Merckx.
Sono abbastanza dìaccordo con te. Ma era risultato positivo anche alla freccia vallone del 1977.
No drug testing in those days, Eddie could win the next tour ,it takes a while for toxins to leave the body ???
You couldn't make a race horse out of a mule, like EPO does, so while all drugged it was a more level playing field and the top riders really were the best.
do you know what armstrong would have done to these chooches? lol.... it makes me laugh
Le peuple italien aiment leurs champions c pas comme certains français !!!!!!!
Can We compare Fausto Coppi to Eddy Merckx, both tall, perhaps Merckx had more strength, Coppi a better climber.
This is why I could never race in Europe. Especially Italy. The crowds are very dangerous. And cycling is dangerous enough, without the out of control crowds. I would end up in jail my first Giro, for punching out some fans.
arklat don't worry, no one is going to invite you to race at the Giro
Punch them as much as you want they deserve it
Good.
Knee grinding! low cadence. Want to see what happens if someone gave one of these riders froome's bike.
So, bicycles progress but the fans stay just as stupid.
Idiotissimo sottofondo con il tamburo….
The Eddy Merckx story, the biggest dope cheat and bully in cycling history. He's a fraud and should be stripped of his titles like Armstrong.
what was he using?
Merckx is the greatest of all time. You're full of bullshit, without providing even the shadow of a proof. Jealous, huh?
There's loads of proof sonshine, he was disqualified FOUR times for doping and in an era were dope testing was negligible and the likes of Merckx able to dodge the testers or just like Hinault simply tell the testers to fuck off he was the biggest dope cheater in history. I never competed only at rugby but unlike Merckx I know I've never cheated by taking stuff to enhance my performance. Stop being so deluded fucktard!
Ask the testers who failed him multiple times, he was DQ'd in three big races incl the TdF and once in a smaller race.
@@ynotnilknarf39 fucktard is not really a word but I'm not really surprise to hear that kind of stuff from a person like you. So yeah there's about 1% of truth in what you're saying. So that's a giant improvement. Merckx was tested positive twice but there were strong suspicions that the testings were corrupted by the Italian organisers who saw Merckx as a threat for their Italian cyclist. And once, he took a couching medicine from his doctor and there was apparently a minor illegal substance. That's it. Still makes him by far the best cyclist of all time. It's not even a debate. A national treasure and one of the greatest athletes of all time.