Tour de France 1995 : Casartelli & Virenque

[Trulyloyale]

Virenque honteux et dégoûtant, les français honteuses menteurs et hypocrites sans aucune retenue , comme d'habitude !

Il y a un abîme de le difference : le Giro a agi avec respect et sensibilité à l'égard de Weylandt , le Giro n'est pas le Tour de France .....

[oOodiTiboOo]

Sad :(

[hicwron]

ce fut terrible

[eelstconfortifan]

Virenque,nequizia umana allo stato puro,solo vergogna anche per tutta l'organizzazione,televisione compresa,i soliti francesi....

[Clausfarre]

Although it was at the height of the epo years it was a year filled with legends: Virenque, Riis, Indurain, Chiappucci, Zülle, Jalabert, Escartin, Armstrong and so on. I remember this day very well. Casartelli is not forgotten and proabably never will be.

[mistorompendoilcaz]

quando è morto casartelli hanno avuto anche la faccia tosta di festeggiare. Comportamento disgustoso dei francesi. vergogna

[terance773]

what did 0:49 have? the one in yellow..?

[Psg91480]

Prémonition REZZE

[RockFene]

RIP FABIO RIP Virenque que terrible accidente fue

[Fantomon44]

On dirait la même chute qu'aujourd'hui sur le Giro, même sang, même corps étendu.

[DaytjeV]

R.I.P Casartelli, Kivilev, and Weylandt ;(

[TheDutchLmao]

R.I.P Weyland

[Korilili]

il faut dire que en 1995 il n'y avait aucune obligation de porter un casque mais le portet d'aspet est une vraie boucherie en descente sinon quel brave se Virenque d'attaquer à cet distance O_o

[chrisbear08]

I can't watch this...

[dfcvda]

RIP

[M3TT3B]

:'(

[Jefdu1993]

comment vous pouvez dire que virenque ne laisse paraitre aucune émossion? Il a l'aire telment triste qu'il ne regarde pas le présentateur. Bien sur viranque a caché son émossion et je pense que c'est léquipe de la tv qui lui a demandé de ne pas parlé de casartélli.Et entre nous , yavé comme même une étape , un vinqueur qui pris dé risque pour remporté l'étape avantt: il ne fallais pas l'oublié!

[AmazingVibe]

RIP Casartelli.

[tradeagency]

R.I.P. Fabio

[lexus065]

Ptain il est mort parce qu'il avai pas de casque --'

[Stumpy109]

fabio is on 0:49?

[Sarufa1985]

@Stumpy109 yes, it's him

[LittleBlackPiggy]

@Stumpy109 Unfortunately yes...

[MahiaPepper]

RIP Casartelli

[mvdauf]

il y a 15 ans et c'est comme si c'était aujourd'hui ; toujours autant d'émotion en revoyant ces images de Fabio Casartelli à terre et en voyant il y a quelques minutes le peloton passer devant la stèle qui a été erigée à l'emplacement (ou presque ) de l'accident ; hommage à Casartelli .

Toujours aussi autant d'écoeurement et d'incompréhension devant le comportement de Virenque une fois la ligne d'arrivée passée qui ne laisse paraître aucune émotion à l'annonce du décés de Casartelli ;honteux

[Spe6man]

"Il y a eu l'exploit, l'exploit d'un homme".

Hum, un homme chargé oui, et pas qu'un peu.

Richard Virenque, la + grosse honte du cyclisme français.

RIP Casartelli.

[stroppa2004]

Hopefully nothing like this is seen again. A great tragedy

[YoNico111]

no one helps the poor man at 0:54

[pekaes1]

@YoNico111 because he was still able to say something

as you see in 0:15: casartelli was like swimming in his own blood and unconcious. who would you help?

[amletx]

R.I.P Fabio

[bluesnjazzman]

C'est ecoeurant de voir à quel point on continue à vanter Virenque... tout comme si sa victoire ce jour-là avait été plus importante que la mort de Casartelli.

It's disgusting to see how frencg TV still talks about Virenque's victory as if it was more important than Casartelli's death. What a shame !

[andyhampster]

I was a spectator at the Tour that year and we rode over the Col de Portet d'Aspet (where Fabio died) several times before the tour used it. The descent was pretty tricky - poor road surfaces, lots of light and shade as you pass under trees making it difficult to judge, and a pretty twisty set of bends....plus those awful concrete blocks which I think he must have contacted. Poor boy RIP

[brushybillguide]

The stage on the second day after the crash was won by Fabio's teammate Lance Armstrong.

[brushybillguide]

In the next days stage, everyone refused to race, they all had a leisurely ride, all monies paid that day was sent to Casartelli's wife and baby son by all the riders in the stage. At the end of the stage, all the riders allowed Casartelli's team to go off the front and they all crossed the line together holding hands with the peleton about 30 yards behind them.

[DefLepp627]

R.I.P. Fabio...

[milkshakemuncher]

Does anyone know if there is footae of the crash which may elaborate as to what caused this unfortunate incident.

[mraylee]

No footage. Exact cause of death was determined forensically. First it was thought his bike came out from under him and he hit his head or face on asphalt at nearly 50mph. The inquiry later decided the killing blow was with a concrete block which he slid into after the fall. He probably would have crashed even without the other guys crashing. The helmet would possibly have saved him, but not certainly. I watched this that day in 1995 on tape delay, before his death was official. rough.

[Mortal1Monk]

Okay. from 0:44 I am going to assume that he hit his head on that concrete block to the lower right of him?

Can someone explain to me in detail on how he got killed? Because I am confused. From other sources a crash was in front of him.

[neadooley]

Yes, he died from his head injury from that concrete block. He was bare-headed, as many were back then on hot days in the mountains. Helmets were not required. He was Armstrong's teammate, and Lance continues to visit his family whenever he can.

[burnley4lifeclaret]

Fabio Casartelli R.I.P

[CaptainGloumi]

Ils en avaient dans le pantalon les gars pour faire ce genre de descentes sans casque...

[raff23]

horrific accident and an absolute tragedy that someone died out of it. Makes you more aware of how dangerous the tour de france is.

[Maxyboyslash44]

nah, it makes you more aware to wear a helmet while speed cycling. he only wore a hat, and that was pretty crucial to him.

[o0Relinquished0o]

They think he still would have died if he'd been wearing a helmet. Anyway, he still should have been wearing one.

[toby099]

r.i.p fabio

[sammict]

Lance Armstrong for the win in 2009!!!

[jeremiste000]

le tour de france est mort depuis que virenque a arrete sa carriere c dire a quel point virenque était monumentale!il était comme frabrizio meoni au dakar ou comme collin mac rae au rally indetronable!

[tity211]

They are all lying and doped !

[lerebeldemonchy]

i don't understand sorry ricimuo.avant tout ce qui compte meme si il se sont dopés c'est que le meilleur gagne meme si c'est un pantani dopé ou un virenque dopé qui gagne.tant que le merite est preservé alors tous va bien.tout doit marché au merite dans la vie sinon sa porte malheur.

[tity211]

Donc le cyclisme n'a plus aucune valeur sportive !! Presque tous sont chargés, tout le monde le sait. C'est devenu un championnat du monde de pharmacie sur 2 roues... Faudrait arrêter de se voiler la face

[borninJune1922]

that what happens if you use too many drugs

[ricimuo]

Questo che cosa c'entra con Casartelli?

E poi nella storia anche la Francia ha attaccato altri paesi...In ogni caso porgo il mio omaggio allo sfortunato Casartelli.

[MegaZoulou]

@lerebeldemonchy N'importe quoi ca n'a rien avoir en la WW2 et le cycliste... tu dis que de la merde mon petit gars.

[saintjust2]

Euh, sans apprécier le moins du monde Pantani, Virenque, c'était pas un peu pareil (affaire Festina; "à l'insu de [son] plein gré": mon oeil)?..

[rinaldobernardi]

tarei senza insulti sulla figura di un giovanissimo Armstrong che il giorno dopo alza le braccia al Cielo, saluta Fabio, saluta Dio. Fabio lo vede e lo accarezza il Texano... Qualcuno mi sa dire cos'è successo poi negli anni a venire? Fabio VIVE!

[KastleSL700]

R.I.P. Casartelli & Kivilev

Heroes...

Respect... :'(

[Roberteencubelo0]

Casartelli R.I.P Homenage . Thanks You for the video .

[magicopirata1]

Virenque un bastardo... senza parole come l'ipocrisia di tutta la sua carriera...

[celineRIOM]

et c'est vous qui avait commencé avec virenque un bastardo......

[scheggia97]

Fabio, un pensiero

[ADDITTIVO]

Scrivo questo commento con il cuore in mano, quando ho visto fabio a terra non ci riuscivo ha credere. Lo seguivo già da dilettante mi ricordo la sua impresa nella 100 KM .

La morte di Fabio mi ha toccato nell' animo come la morte di marco , l' addio di due campioni.

[dokkina]

fabio sempre con noi

[racerfan593]

I don't understand the rules in this era of cycling; was choice of wearing a helmet at the rider's expense?

[MacTobey]

if i understand your question right, you want to know if the riders had to wear a helmet.

well, wearing a helmet is compulsory since andrei kivilevs fatal crash in paris-nice in 2003.

[HikoSeijuroXIII]

Epic win!

[gwrunt]

Un homme se tue et la course continue ... quelle honte

[dtune29]

RIP

[hoysecumplen]

Fabio Casartelli R.I.P.

[Nevermore1977]

Ciao Fabio, oggi 18 luglio sono passati 15 anni, tutti coloro che amano questo sport ti ricorderanno per sempre, ci manchi tanto, riposa in pace.

[martelfighter]

rip

[zootecmatch]

¿Por qué Casartelli no usaba el casco en esa bajada? ¿Why Casartelli don´t used helmet?

[MacTobey]

they found out a helmet wouldnt have saved him because the injuries were on the side of his head and face where a helmet doesnt protect it. so probably even with a modern helmet he unfortunately would have died too.

[Guaguanco11]

That's pretty sad. You can see Casartelli lying there motionless and there is a stream of blood on the road.

[Sidthecrow]

RIP

[fatishmann]

R.I.P. Casartelli.. and when the next stage was won by Armstrong.. and he showed to the sky for Casartelli.. that was very sad

[thunderbird332]

actually the Next day they didn't really race. The peloton just rode out the stage. Allowed the Motorolla team to cross the line as a team ahead of the pack. The stage following that is when Lance won solo break away. Not trying to be an ass or anything. I agree what a way to honour a fallen team mate!! R.I.P. Casartelli Olympic Champion

[dimapant]

povero fabio...io cercavo l telecronaca di De zan.

[74thecoach]

De Zan quel giorno rimase sconvolto dalla notizia della morte di Fabio. Ricordo benissimo il suo pianto.

[Bartofilux]

Ma chi è quel ciclista nel fosso?

[yannhay]

si chiama Dante Rezze, del team AKI.

[IOAMONAPOLI]

fabio sempre con noi!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[lelux]

Povero Casartelli,mi ricordo la telecronaca con De Zan che piangeva...

[radim4t0rCZ]

ode dneska nejezdim na kole