He really was the king. The performance from Pantani I remember the most was in the Giro. I can't remember if it was in the Giro he won or the one he was pulled out of. Anyway, I remember him having a puncture or a crash at the bottom of the final climb on one of the stages. And he was way down. But still managed to fight his way back to the front after a furious chase and even drop everyone behind him. Anyone who knows what stage I'm talking about?
Hah, I like those 1980s vids with the muzak and dramatic commentary.
Two clips from the classic cycling documentary "A Sunday in Hell" about the 1976 Paris-Roubaix:
Two clips from another documentary, Höllentour/Hell on Wheels, about the 2003 Tour de France:
The Riis bike toss during the 1997 Tour. Always makes me smile because I remember how the Danish press was all worked up about how modern, revolutionary and expensive his time trial bike was, and then the bloody thing wouldn't work:
Don't call me Jens Fuck! It always sounds like that when you Danish people say my name. Jens Voigt
you have to admit it's frustrating. it was his last chance for a win, he was in great form just as the previous year, and then he catches a flu just when the mountains are about to start...
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"I love him, I think he's great. He's transformed the sport in so many ways. Every person in cycling has benefitted from Lance Armstrong, perhaps not financially but in some sense" - Bradley Wiggins on Lance Armstrong
SotD wrote:
His dope never kicked in like the previous year...
your proof of that being?
It bothers me that people give that answer to every single case of performance of a rider not being up to usual. "his drugs didn't work. he forgot to dope"
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"I love him, I think he's great. He's transformed the sport in so many ways. Every person in cycling has benefitted from Lance Armstrong, perhaps not financially but in some sense" - Bradley Wiggins on Lance Armstrong
issoisso wrote:
you have to admit it's frustrating. it was his last chance for a win, he was in great form just as the previous year, and then he catches a flu just when the mountains are about to start...
Yea, of course it must've been pretty damn frustrating, but it doesn't change the fact, that it's quite funny to look at!
I don't know if this has been posted before, but it's an interview with Lance Armstrong about "The Look". It's rather interesting, 1) because it shows some of Lance's personality (constantly interrupting the interview while he talks) and 2) what he actually says - he didn't look at Ullrich.
SotD wrote:
His dope never kicked in like the previous year...
your proof of that being?
It bothers me that people give that answer to every single case of performance of a rider not being up to usual. "his drugs didn't work. he forgot to dope"
He have confessed to doping at the time. Of course the flu had nothing to do with that.
It was the first tour i followed and Riis throwing his bike after having so many problems is a great memory. I was cheering for him but it was just so much fun when he threw the bike.