Roche - Delgado La Plagne 87

Rare footage of Stephen Roche and Pedro Delgado on the climb to La Plagne in the 1987 Tour de France. Interview comments from Stephen Roche.

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• Stephen
• Roche
• Pedro
• Delgado
• Perico
• La
• Plagne
• 1987
• Tour
• de
• France
• cycling
• cyclisme
• wielrennen

[sjl62]

This interview shows how smart Roche's tactics were that day. This is perhaps the finest example of brains beating brawn in recent Tour history.

[Matteomjb]

Indeed, procycling mag I think, said much the same when they listed this clip in a recent issue. They said Evans might have won the Tour had he done the same at Plateau de Beille last year, instead of trying to stay with Contador & Rasmussen.

[primaeclasses]

Your talking through your rear end....the drug roche is alleged to have taken did not even exist in 1987...be careful what you say...there are liable laws !!

[PepeMV1971]

Perico the best

[raparee100]

Absolutley stunning ride. He said in video he went from small ring lowest grear, say 39 x 25 to 12th gear. To go to 53 x 13, astounding on a such a gradient. Don't know the final 5kms of La Plagne, but I'd guess its 8 - 10% gradient. This is the moment he won the Tour and broke Delgado. Its no wonder he was in oxygen debt at the end of the stage. He must have been doing 25km/h or more and pushing a giant 53 x 14/13 gear in his pursuit of Delgado. Brilliant Tour victory by a great Irish athlete.

[daveodonaghue]

thanks for the clip. love it.

[dan32113]

@slickedmachine Sean Kelly was world number 1. Roche is Irelands 2nd best cyclist!

[ibanitza]

i saw this stage live

in 1987

and it will stay with me

till you

know when

[fulhamrobadob]

Excellent stuff and lovely to see - and hear - Hugh McIllvaney too

[gemapa6]

great vid thnx a lot

[DKP4]

Great stuff, what a tough bastard

[ddfeim]

Epic battle. Two real giants fighting to death. This is cycling

[chipper30uk]

Brilliant video!Thanks for this.