Tour de France 2003 Stage 8 Sallanches - Alpe d'Huez

[setq]

I am high from this!

[setq]

I love that tour and Armstrong era in cycling, it was the time, when I fell in love with cycling ;)

[cyclingforalife]

I woud like to know the title of the songs from stage 13 tour de france 2003 please. unfortunately, this video doesn't work any more in france.

[woodstock321]

@cyclingforalife Oakenfold - Dread Rock and Zion - Fluke

[generatorin]

don't care if they were all hopped up on dope, that first acceleration by beltran and chechu is a thing of beauty. absolutely destroyed the field that day.

[LittleGodOfGods]

i want to be as "weak" as Armstrong on this stage

[xxmdogxx1ify1]

a manly sport indeed maybe the most manly nj

[Yamshamoyal]

EPO TE QUIERO

[thor851302]

And the others had to fight against a "clean" Armstrong

[Lundahlium]

At 00:18, US postal climb way too fast. It cost Armstrong an easy tour win. Instead he had to fight hard against a "clean" Ulrich.

[xStargazer38x]

0:20

RAWR BELTRAN ENGAGED

[sheepcidus]

the doping age was a lot more fun

[cpinheirorosa]

iban mayo had the ride of his life that day! and what a ride....

[steveprewannabe]

I think if you go to your videos, you can change the settings for that video. FYI. Thanks

[woodstock321]

@steveprewannabe It is weird, I can't check the box "make it public for mobile devices". It is greyed out...

[steveprewannabe]

I can't find this video on the iphone or apple tv. Can you make it work on those devices?

[woodstock321]

@steveprewannabe

As I have neither an iPhone nor Apple TV, I can`t check that.

@all: If anyone of you have an idea of how to make it work on those devices I will try it.

[woodstock321]

@ steveprewannabe: thanks for your comment. It really means so much to me!

@all: hope you all have a great New Year's Eve! There will be some more great cycling vids in 2011. So keep checking this site every once and a while

[benissimo86]

@woodstock321

thx, u 2

[steveprewannabe]

Dude, keep the videos coming. Your videos are badass!!!

[aboomoosab]

shit dude, I remember watching 2003 Tour in my house... enjoying every mountain stages like if it would be the FIFA world cup final... jumping off the couch on every attack... those were beautiful days, those guys were fucking beasts... but now, the tour is so fucking borin with those clowns like contador, schleck, evans, etc..

[bonaje7]

If Ullrich would not have been sick in the Alpes he would have won that Tour. It certainly was his strongest year.

[quickchaos2009]

@bonaje7 If he wasn't so stupid to stop afer armstrong's crash in Luz ardiden he would've won that tour easily. But he was so weak mentally even to do a dumb thing like that.

[bonaje7]

@quickchaos2009 Then he'd be as pathetic as Contador.

[alexf1freak]

@bonaje7 Nobody waited for Contador when he crashed several times in last Tour, watch how pathetic is the ENTIRE peloton.

[bonaje7]

@alexf1freak Not sure what you're getting at?

[7amoonra3]

everybody wanted to see tour de france. i has my bachelor exams and i was keeping studied beside.to see every stage.i love tour de france with armstrong.ullrich.vino.basso.m­ayo.beloki. those stars make tour de france famous around the whole world...it was amazing...not like now..thans my stars..thks armstrong

[ManiX89]

Haha Beltran ftw.

[zenmachinefilms]

EPO, blood doping, HGH, testosterone, IGF-1...

Amazing watching these guys practically sprint up one of the hardest climbs in the world, after 180km of hard racing.

I miss the days of no helmets though, at least up the final climb. The rest of the course I can see why they are mandatory.

[instinctdonniedarko]

music? song?

[randy19382]

The Drugs and pre EPO tests and no helmets

[randy19382]

It was the no helmets and drugs, pre EPO testing days. Those were the days.

[bustedbojangles]

Sometimes I think to myself that the drugs made it more exciting.

[woodstock321]

I think it were the riders which made it much more exciting these days! Ullrich, Beloki, Hamilton. They were stars. And now there aren't any riders of such a charisma left...

[bustedbojangles]

@woodstock321 Yeah it is unfortunate that those riders are no longer racing or at the same level after a ban from the sport... It would make it much more exciting if they were still around.

[zakaria1908]

@woodstock321 tottaly agree with u

[bearmare]

@bustedbojangles It's double standard that exists in sport. Professional athletes, under bodies like NFL, FIFA, NBA, etc., are not held to the same standard. The claim is they are policed, but their respective leagues would die if they were completely clean. The IOC is the most corrupt sporting body in the world, yet makes extreme demands on their athletes. Here's another idea: allow drug use, but regulate it. Put in all on the table where is can be seen. Sport will improve as a result.

[thinkpozitif]

nice video

[EatsYouUp]

@thinkpozitif yeah great shots

[lillooh]

That was a perfect attack done by Mayo!

[tugaorgulhoso]

look at the us postal train... DAMN! how could someone beat that?!

[mattchow]

@Tohya66 got proof ?

[ianzkie019]

exitement climbming very strong cyclist....nicccceeee.

[x94bird]

ULLE THE BEST AND NICE MUSIC!!

[riptorian]

In a interview for the Versus hosts of Tour De France, Lance stated that over the radio he was saying "Slow" to Heras who pulled him and he heard it as "Goo". He also stated it to be his worst time on a bike ever.

[rbonilla18]

@riptorian this is not the one where he said that. Thats the stage where heras, beloki and armstrong got to the finish line together.

[riptorian]

I stand corrected then!

[rbonilla18]

@riptorian in what he says absolubly the location on this video nop.

[matthewwilson99]

@riptorian Yep, 2001 Alpe D'huez when Telekom had its riders on the front all day. We also know that day as "The Look" which turned out to be untrue.

[benissimo86]

and, don't forget that Ullrich was sick on that day in Alpe d' Huez where he lost this very important minute.

[rbonilla18]

@benissimo86 even though im ullrich fan, i dont think i would have matter ullrich simply couldnt match armtrong on climbs

[Miik100]

This stage was 1 of the reasons ulle didnt win that year :(

[maxiskhan]

2003 Tour de France was the best in the last 20 years

[benissimo86]

i do absolutely agree.

[kinered]

do you remember the last time trial? the diference betwenn amstrong and ulrich was 1 minute, but after some km, was reduced few seconds, and after, the crash. What could happen if there not be a rain that day?, nobody know

[hansgackl]

do you know that ullrich ran a world record at 1500m. he did this when he was 19 and after that he had to decide between 1500 meters and cycling.

[bustedbojangles]

@hansgackl Really? I assume it was a WR for his age group. There is no way he was on the same level as El Guerrouj.

[gameradf118]

They dominate running from 800m to marathon. Trust me, you need a lot of power in your legs to run a world class time at 800 or 1500meters. Kenya produces about 20 new guys every year who are world class at these distances. They would dominate TT, mountains, everything.

Google; "kenyan cyclists on alpe duez"

[gameradf118]

That's silly talk, hansgackl. You obviously know nothing about endurance sport and the necessary physical requirements for an event like the Tour de France. The North Africans are much better equiped for cycling than any American or European. Cycling is virtually non-existant over there. They don't have the roads or the bikes, plus they all want to be runners. But trust me, if a fraction of the talent that turns to running  were to turn to cycling they would totally dominate.

[lampsy8]

I don't think so. in france there are living 100'000s of north africans, if not millions.

but not even 1 of them became a pro cyclist, and that in the country of the tour...

[hansgackl]

no i don´t think so. africans do not have that power in their legs for a long time trial

[gameradf118]

Honestly, if the Kenyans and Ethiopians ever take to cycling they will wipe out the Europeans and Americans, without drugs.

[lampsy8]

well in an ethnic view (white) americans are europeans.

and there are kenyans and ethiopians who are living in the usa and europe.

none of these children ever reached pro status in cycling. but it would be a great way to become rich for them.

i also read about one who cycles track locally- he is really the peoples favorit but always way behind the best

[gameradf118]

Honestly, this just isn't realy interesting. I love cycling but all of these guys were absolutely pumped up to the gills with every sort of cheating device/drug they could get their hands on. The top 20 guys sprinting up alpe duez in times 20% faster than the likes of Fignon, Roche, Lemond. World class sport just doesn't move forward en masse at that speed. It's disgusting.

[fightinchicken26]

Fignon doped, maybe Roche too.

[benissimo86]

EPO- Lance

[beastlyjamtracks]

Anyone knows how much was the power output for the last 10km on this stage (for the leaders)?

[benissimo86]

maybe 400 Watt or so

[g29er]

According to the description it says that Armstrong was rather weak. He didn't look weak to me at all during this stage.

[woodstock321]

He didn't look weak, but he lost time to both Mayo and Vinokourov, one of the favorites. That never happened in the previous years.

So when we wasn't weak, why did he let them go?

[kolokram]

@woodstock321

you are absolutely right...  Armstrong wasn´t so good, but tour average speed in year 2003 was existing record, that proves existing best quality of this tour..

[dahgutone]

Sad how Beloki lost his spot in the GC.

[freak000111]

what s the name of the music track ??

[woodstock321]

the first one is called "Dread rock" by Oakenfold and the second one is "Zion" by Fluke. You'll find them both on the soundtrack album of Matrix Reloaded!

[stumpjumperpro2004]

attack early stage more mountains left

[bustedbojangles]

That was an exciting stage, drugs or not. I wish Ullrich didn't have a flat, and he would have been up there to possibly cause more mayhem... This is good cycling to watch, if you try to ignore the drugs.

[indysp80]

Ullrich didn't have a flat but he was sick

[venadoSOTX]

para CONTADOR

[venadoSOTX]

gatorrade power gels

[grindwalker]

you gonna call armstrong weak when he took yellow?

[woodstock321]

armstrong was the closest of the favorites to the yellow jersey before the stage, BUT he lost time to both mayo and vinokourov, one of the favorites. That never happened in the previous years!

[ThePwna]

6 times, the 2nd team was dsc

[whataburgerz]

US postal the best team 7 times

[surlypat]

Holy shit - the drugs were good back then!!

[ThePwna]

lance armstrong and his fucking team mates, they all worked for him, only 1 time a team mate won a stage

[grindwalker]

thats what they get fucking paid for.

[alexvino99]

ullrich had a flat tire in the bottom of alpe dhuez.

[maspotty]

how do you know he flatted?i watched the that tour. i even have the dvd coverage and it doesn't show it.

[alexvino99]

lance trained for 180 days exactuely for every tour

[miamisunkrokodile]

Cool Music! Jan Ullrich forever!!

[mattphilipr]

ya, this first song is great for an intense race like this, what is that first song

[DvT093]

No Armstrong his secret just was that he trained ll year for the Tour de France, he didn't do all the races around the Tour..

Besides, he has a big lung capacity..

[tbaum880]

you've got to be kidding me

[bustedbojangles]

Wow, so many dopers though... Seriously. Mayo, Ullrich, Hamilton, Vinokourov, Pantani, even Armstrong (think about it, it is just to hard to believe that he was clean if he is desroying all these rivals who were caught doping)... This video is kindof dark if you think about it.

[Schnidler]

Beloki, Mancebo

[omaramo190683]

la mejor etapa que he visto del tour

[vcf83]

Completamente de acuerdo y mira que he visto etapones. Pero como ese Tour 2003, tanto en el Alpe d'Huez como en el Plateau de Belle como en Dauphinée... vamos ningún tour. Quizás influyó mucho que muchos ciclistas iban dopados. Si no hubiera caído Beloki...

[K0MP0NIST]

Vinokurov, Mayo, Hamilton... all doped... RIP pro cycling.

[MasterDarkness10125]

Who wants to watch 8 minutes of bicycling?

[mskaba90]

more than 13 000 people ;)

[jdg76]

You just gotta love Lance! men awesome video. kinda reminds when Lance was still riding!

[THundaTHighss07]

You've got some awesome videos man, keep it up!

[bustedbojangles]

This video is tight as hell. That was when Mayo was in form!

[sacu88]

Very nice stage

[sacu88]

GO TYLER

[lampsy8]

btw: the nice rubiera you can see in this video is still riding in the peleton, but all others did close the dope-gap that existed between us postal and them

[rsette]

Yeah, you're right the sport won't be the same without Vino... It will be CLEAN and FAIR!

[lampsy8]

naive as hell

[halodio]

Cleaner.. But no Clean

[jumbuckk]

man this vid is awesome it flows very nicely with the music.

[bikingmax]

Another great one of yours woodstock!

The music is great and matches the pictures. my favorite video on youtube is your video of stage 13- I'd pay money to get this one on my ipod...

so, give us more!!!!

[woodstock321]

Thank you very much for your comment. It is a great feeling that people like my videos and share my passion.

You can look forward to a video of the last time trial of the 2003 Tour de France which should be finished soon...

[gza2k7]

you can do that for free ya know.

[randy19382]

Whats the name and or DJ of this song. I want to use them in a spinning class. Your others awsome as well. Where do you find this music???

[woodstock321]

Thx, the first one is called "Dread rock" by Oakenfold and the second one is "Zion" by Fluke. You'll find them both on the soundtrack album of Matrix Reloaded!

[janos5]

Wow, Vino looks so young here. Well, I suppose he always had a baby-face. The sport will never be the same without him.

[mookie2637]

Thankfully...