1987 Tour de France Mountain Stage to Luz Ardiden

[JeDaaRe1]

I love this video! But what kind of song is this? Can't find it anywhere ;-(

[lucasitaly1980]

@JeDaaRe1

1st - nostalgia -yanni

and another is "brain dead weasel" - john tesh

[JeDaaRe1]

@lucasitaly1980 Thanks so much!

[LVPHOTOG]

@JeDaaRe1 It's Yanni.. The cd is Keys to Imagination.. Track 3 Nostalgia

[JeDaaRe1]

@LVPHOTOG Thnks ;-)

[ncracing72]

I met Dag Otto during one of the tours in the mid 80's after an individual TT. Can't say he was the most sociable of fellows... Most of the domestiques were much more appreciative of the water/food we offered.

[dachicagoan]

It's always nice watching pre-EPO cycling

[OleKyrkjebo]

Today they went up Luz-Ardiden in the Tour de France again, exactly 24 years to the day after Dag Otto's incredible win.

[dahDougieBoy]

Dag Otto is incredible. At the age of 23 he was in a parachute accident and the doctors said he wouldn't walk again. He started with cycling as an alternative training and a few years later he won a stage in Tour de France. Incredible!

[SleeplessMusic]

@dahDougieBoy "Doctors said he would have a permanently stiff leg. They should see him now." God I love Phil Ligget's poetry.

[stevemcqueenforever]

Thierry RIP

[lucasitaly1980]

@stevemcqueenforever

Claveyrolat died in 7 September 1999 as a suicide

[baroh2413]

22 years later Thor Hushovd, also from Grimstad, did something similar on Stage 17, with Lauritzen commenting

[abshangani]

I had this on a dusty old VHS tape. Brilliantly done. A few people have asked what the opening music is - it is Nostalgia by Yanni.

[angeltroea]

Impressive if you keep in mind he had a lot less training/riding in him compared to the other professionals

[Tunsberg93]

Dag Otto the best rider of all time with the smallest ammount of riding..

[olepetterlfc]

@deevold care...

[lucasitaly1980]

Please can you tell me de title of first song on video and the song at 5:15 ? I think it's 80's music...

Thank you very much,

[lucasitaly1980]

the title is: Brain Dead Weasel (john tesh)

[cliftonplace]

Roche is why I love cycling....I was 12 in 87 and it was very moving for me!. Does anybody know what mbk model Roche rode...not much info on the internet about mbk. Also I would like to know the same for the peugeot he rode? Thanks :)

[fignon]

was a battaglin in 87!

[wwwskeidno]

Fantastic win for Dag Otto! He's doing great as a TV-reporter for the norwegian TV2's coverage of TdF. Great guy!

Proud to be norwegian! :)

[richter75]

Great clip, i raced in his last race.

[lucasitaly1980]

great video !!!

[Hermijuve]

The images, music, & Phil, it's a 10

[smilystar4]

Simply awesome!! Dag Otto is the best..

[freak000111]

lucho herrera ..cafe de colombia team !!

[AnimalChiko]

Dag Otto Lauritzen is the best! :D

[chris14091975]

Seriously, the 1987 TDF was the best cycling production of CBS.  Excellent editing, music, everything.

[Jaeger17]

Thank you so much for posting this!! This is my fav clip of the old CBS coverage of the Tour. Back in my old racing days!

Brings a tear to my eye...REALLY!

Thank you so much!!!

[Hikenit]

How awesome, this is the very race that introduced me to the sport as a kid. And Dag-Otto was always one of my favorite riders.

Thanks for sharing, it brings me back!

[klovnan]

Great stage by Lauritzen. 9 seconds between him and Herrera at finish

[NesredepEvo]

It's pritty wierd wathcing this vid with the Man himself, Dag Otto is accidentaly married to my fathers sister lol :) He's surprised how good he was back then.

Hehe I have say, I almost want to ask him for hes autograph when he comes to visit us :P because he was and still is, a Super cyclist!

[kdubphoto]

wow are you joking? Can you get his autograph for me please?

[NesredepEvo]

Im not joking tho, I wish I could give you an Autograph here and now, but that ain't easy :P

[Chappil]

Hei Dag Otto. Jeg sendte mld til TDF TV2 ifjor, om at du burde se videoen. Vet ikke om du hadde sett den før det..

Husker du ettappen godt? Hvordan følelse hadde du? trodde du på seier?

Regner med at du var ganske langt nede i kjelleren opp Luz Ardiden..

Vet det blir mye spørsmål, men er så utrolig imponert. Din "største" fan Jeger Granum1

[chris14091975]

This is one of the best montages , especially the first 3 min. Great stuff social rider

[klovnan]

Witch song is it?

[AnimalChiko]

ahhh :D I must say it one more time! lol

I love Dag Otto Lauritzen! He is super good! And this video it's amazing! thanks fore posting it XD

I want to meet Dag Otto Lauritzen some time!

[maleareb]

Passe ok esse

[AnimalChiko]

I love this video!!

Dag Otto Lauritzen is the best!

[TicToc06]

Dag Otto!! Love this video from CBS Sports. I used to watch this all the time!

[Coff80]

Lauritzen is a living legend in norwegian cycling! Living in the same city as Dag Otto, I was very proud to have him as a spectator of my cycling team's private little championship this saturday. Appearantly, he isn't bored with cycling yet :)

[sjl62]

Hererra and Hampsten both looked good on this stage, but in a sense they were playing their cards too early. As with this year's race, 1987 had an insanely hard final week, and by that point both had faded while Bernard, Delgado and Roche grew stronger.

[EilertPilarmDM]

I'm getting goose bumps watching this!!! Anyone who doesn't give socalrider909 a 5-star rating for every cycling video he's uploaded is a wanker! I can remember almost all of Liggett's commentary because I used to cycle in the late 80s with the audio on cassette. Now I guess I can upload it to iPod and do it again. Cheers socalrider!!

[Chappil]

Det er både gåsehud og tårer i øya. Blir aldri lei denne videoen!

[olepetterlfc]

GO-GO Dag Otto!

[EsbenT]

Awesome video! I didn't know Norway had a man in cycling before Hushovd (well, I kinda knew, but not a lot!). BTW: The song is Yanni - Nostalgia, it's on youtube if you search for it ;)

[sjl62]

Lauritzen was a great, aggressive rider. He should have won the 1990 Worlds, but got knocked over by Dirk DeWolf at just the wrong moment . . . something else you can see on youtube.

[Diotoxe]

classic!

[SnikkSnakk4]

tyve år siden, men du er like fast i fisken Dag ;) Gratulerer

[PMOesten]

Gratulerer med jubileet Dag!

[Ogronov]

Dette er helt gull å se..

Great stuff. Dramatic music

[Chappil]

Great vid! Incredibale stage. Where can i get hold of that music?

[frankritland]

That is about impossible im afraid...

Great vid anyway!

[cliffswift]

super

[cowtown5150]

thanks for the inspiration - i shall now get my fat ass onto my bike again. awesome!

[michaelweeks]

dig the john tesch music

[ObsieWobsie]

What an amazing tour the '87 edition was for the 7-11 team. Two riders finishing in the top-ten overall, three stages wins (one on the Champs Elysees), and the white jersey; not bad.

Dag was just awesome . I can imagine how much he might have accomplished a professional cyclist had he started racing as an adolescent.

And, I miss the CBS telecast of the Tour; they did a great job editing.

Fine post.

[Pettertheflyer]

Awsome!