1989 Tour De France

Edited TV highlights of the event prior to the last day when Lemond beat Fignon in the final time trial.

Apart from the Top Gun theme, does anyone know the title of the third piece of music in the clip (at about 1m 50s in).

I've been looking for it ever since.

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• TdF 1989
• Tour de France 1989
• Tour de France music
• Lemond V Fignon
• Time Trial

[CragenPlant]

I've been looking for this footage for 10 years, since I lost my VHS taped recordings of the original broadcast. I had every stage!! I still have 91-96 TDF's.

Did you ever convert what you have onto DVD? I'd gladly pay for a copy. Liggetts live phone line commentary is so much better than the narrated retrospective version you can buy in the shops....

[MrPudsey]

Hi Craig

I still have it on VHS - the full programme as transmitted by C4. I could transfer to DVD if you like but not sure when I will be able to do it.

Regards

Tony

[MrPudsey]

I finally found out the name of the track I was looking for (starting at 1m 50s).

It's called 'Grand Designs' by John Deveraux and Dave Reilly on the 'Acheivers' album - KPM record label - all I need now is a copy of it!

Thanks to Iian for letting me know.

Tony

[MrPudsey]

After 20 years, I finally have a copy of the track I was looking for - thanks to Iain.

Cheers

Tony O'B

[seagulls97]

Did you ever get a copy of this music. It is just great for the memories?

[MrPudsey]

Hi

Yes I did. I couldn't find an 'original' copy so one was copied for me and it sounds great.

[yesroh]

Top Gun--what a stupid movie. It's an insult to use the music from such a pretentious film as the backdrop of such a genuine human drama.

[YouMeandFresnoBob]

@CragenPlant Too right about the phone commentary. The 80s was brilliant because Motson and Davies at World Cups and Liggett at TdF's commented via crackly telephone and it sounded so exotic and exciting. Absolutely love it - nothing beats hearing Liggett commentary from the late 80s - takes me back to being a kid on warm summer evenings coming home from school to watch the C4 show.

[mplayer98]

RIP the Professor

[gweflj]

@mookie2637 LOL!

[daveyrobo]

Fantastic video, takes me back to watching the PDM boys. GJT, what a climber.

[mykeybr2004]

dsfdsf

[mykeybr2004]

fdfd

[Tommyfazz]

Dreaming of The Tour oooh ahhh oooh ahhh oooh ahhh... aching buttocks aching thighs unseen crowds unseen skies between the shoulders lakes of fire stinging eyes on the spinning tyre calves and heart will explode grip the handles eat the road kilo meters whirring chains from Revel to Ax 3 Domaines the body's racked the body begs pressing down on un-stretched legs far beyond un-melted snow want to stop but miles to go... oooh ahhh oooh ahhh oooh ahhh...

[vegbloke]

When the last day really was still a race day instead of this poxy politesness and champagne -sipping bollocks.