I was inspired to become a serious cyclist because of Lance. I have him to thank for being a fit, healthy 55 year old. Thanks for posting.

72 year old grandma and still knocking down 50-70 miles per day in the summer. I LOVE my bike!

It wasnt about the EPO Lance. It was about you. It was about how you tried to destroy people. It still is.

Cycling has never been the same since the days of Lance, Jan and Pantani. Yes they were all doping but man, what a time to have been a cycling fan!

Thank you for the time you have spent sharing this great documentary 🐐

Nice work. This captures the members of the early U.S. Postal team in closeup conversations. The George Hincapie footage alone is worth the view. It also highlights the coaching process and documents the initial resistance to radios by the riders.

This really was a great documentary. Thanks for posting DR!

I bought this on DVD back in 2006 I think. One of my favourite documentaries. Overcoming was was another one I bought, the story of team CSC in 2004 and in my opinion the best overall TDF documentary there is.

Bottom line, he turned pro as a tri athlete at 15. His Vo2 max was one of the highest ever recorded. Everyone was on EPO and had a hema of about 47 to 50. He was a hyper competitor and a type A personality. He would have wone even if everyone was natural. He was a gifted endurance freak who could suffer. Was he an A hole? For sure, but he had to fall from grace to become a better human, I think he has made tremendous strides. I think he has put the monster in the corner and has learned a lot about humanity.

Hi there, thank you for the up load, always good to look back and watch lance and team and take on training to improve one owns cycling. thank you again.

Documentaries are excellent, thanks for sharing!

I love this documentary, I remember seeing it ages ago,and there is a longer version, good stuff all the way 👊👊👊

Why do I watch this video every couple months, never gets old

Loved it! Can’t wipe the smile off my face. Always was and always will be a fan. Your final comments nailed it.

Lance motivated my 50 year old butt to get out and ride off 30 lbs of fat. I even went to see Lance and Le Tour 2001. I'm still riding. Thanks Lance!

Haven't seen that in years. thanks for sharing

Loved Bill Burr's stand up routine about Lance. "Our roided up guy beat your roided up guy" . If you haven't seen it, find it. Heard Lance liked it.

Just started watching, I can tell this documentary is going to be dope!

Loved seeing the care they put into the riders' food bags at 10:15

Yep, I DID enjoy this, thanks!

He was still unbelievable. He did what he did but so did everyone else. He was the best. You can't take that work ethic away from he. He worked his ass off.

Dude was the best... comes back from cancer treatment.. then wins the tour 7 years straight.. I loved the tour when Lance was in charge... so exciting..imspired me to ride too.. 57 and i am on a cycle

Awesome video mate

Thanks for posting

Absolutely loved the start of this doco. Especially when the coach says 3 meters of snow you can't ride and Lance says "who says" So inspiring! Makes me want to get back into cycling! Thanks for posting

Great video! Lance Armstrong is a great inspiration i also had testicular cancer and lung cancer back in 2008 it's 2023 im still cancer free cycling every day im 48 years old and feel better than when I was 35 years old!

Really enjoyed this documentary thanks for posting 🙏

Great documentary and commentary! Hope you're well!

All these people here saying Lance was the best ever or he dint deserve the punishment because all others were doped as well. Ok, fair argument. But remember this. Besides the cycling and him lying about doping just as others did he also attacked people that were either investigating him or told truth about him doping. He used his lawyers and money to quit them, he used tactics like a politician trying to destroy his opponent. He made life hell for witnesses and people that were not on his side. Its like Bush saying if your not on my side your the enemy and we will destroy you. No other doping user has gone on this kind of level. When other cyclist did not want to dope in his team they were out. And on top of that they would be open for smear tactics if they said anything. He took doping to another level and comparing it with the other dopers its clear to see why this narcissistic guy was handled differently in this case. What is another side to it is the fact the important people in the organisation of world wide cycling protecting him and took the money. Armstrong corrupted the whole system at that point and they were just as corrupt as him. Thats how the world works, the suits get off. Sickening. They are still in power at cycling. By the way, Lance was only the best because of doping, without it and every else also he would be a day cyclist winning some rides but the mountains he would not do good.

Hey, He was very committed to winning, An Animated Animal, trained like no one else. The rest I feel it is what it was. Few years back I bought my first real racing bicycle in China 🇨🇳 2018 Trek SL 6 emonda with rim brakes. My Chinese friends help me get I was an English teacher in China, also riding with the Trek team from the Trek bicycle store. Was fun miss them today they were great people. Now I am in Orlando Florida brought the bicycle to USA 🇺🇸 ride all the time. Thank you 🙏 Peace Out ✌️

Loved this.

Wow. Really was the best Lance documentary that I had never seen. Thank you for posting this! Muchas gracias. 😀

46:54 After Lance races by Johan, you can hear him say, "WTF," at the river. I actually thought he was going to keep on riding, that would have been classic Lance!

Push aside the negatives and enjoy this. This is awesome. Disappointment came years later, but inspiration wins out 100 to 1. Lance and co did great things. Well done Lance, well done.

Love the page man. Great videos you do. Gotta visit Australia and tear up some roads!

Thanx my friend, for the doco, making my day... Long live Lance..Lol. Get out and ride indeed. Great vid BTW. ✌️❤️😁

I like how you've watermarked a film that isn't your property and can be watched here and on various platforms, and a film that most genuine cycling fans have already seen. Great work.

I love the Tour. Such a fantastic event. Dope or no dope, this event is grueling and will take you to the edge

Thanks for posting, this is so cool.

Thank you for uploading this. Lance 👍💪🏼

Lance Armstrong inspired me to ride in 2001 I'm still hooked at 57 2022

The Man. Started riding my Trek Chromoly in 82’ and still riding my Madone today at 68.

Thanks Durianrider.

Awesome video

If your going to show someone elses work without permission you can have the decency to give the film makers credit.

Lance brought a sense of magic that same way most super stars do when they step on the big stage. The world watched cycling when Lance was involved. I know he was doping. The winners or atleast the top 10 cyclist of that era were all caught using performance enhancing drugs yet he still won 7 straight, so u can’t discount team strategy, training, and skills. In my book he is still the best in the last 50 years

I even watched the ads with pleasure. That was awesome. Nice to see Victor Hugo representing Colombia.

Dope video

Man, I still love Phil ligget, Paul Sherwen, and the glory days. How could you not love Pantani, Ullrich, and Armstrong! And they're all still trying to outdo the other teams in every way.

I actually totally had this DVD when it came out. The rampant hidden doping that was actually going on aside (and our collective disgust at Lance's denials), it's a great look into the dedication it takes for cyclists to achieve at the world's highest level.

Great docu. And nice to see and hear Phil Ligget and Paul Sherwen (R.I.P).

Excellent documentary.

it's 2019 and Lance is still a Badass, you do the time and the grind...thats not a short cut. It is and always will be as it is done!!!!

Amazing that they could produce this film without ever watching it.

Watched on TV each day of the race,got home from work & watched again.

Lance was, is and always will be my biggest cycling inspiration EVER.

Our doped up guy, beat your doped up guy. PERIOD !

Loved Lance then still love him now he was just the fall guy, there still doping today allbeit ketones or cotizones. Thx Durian great video.

Best of Cycling! Thx. you, lG Fleder.

I watched this on repeat everyday when it came out.

29:50 ....man I've got tears.

He was the smartest and most exciting athlete I ever had the pleasure of watching. I never missed a second when he was on a bike.

Haven't watched DR in a bit ...but this vid popped up ...I actually have seen it or all the footage at least ...seemed like the same edit...I rented it at a specialty video store here in Seattle Wa. USA ...but I'll say I like DR he motivates me and entertains so I'm subscribing...cheers all

I remember when this first came out. I still have this on video tape.

I have this on DVD and always think of it when everyone wants to dismiss him because of the later admissions. And yet they only talk about Lance using meds, never everyone else when they were ALL doing it but they werent all doing this training. This is how he surged when he needed and didnt when he didnt need to. His cancer taught him its all about numbers and discipline for long periods of time. Plus, he had the best team, everyone won it for him.

Lance Armstrong and a 2001 Passat TDI. It's like a superhero scandal origin story times two.

Amazingly well done. Gives you better idea of the team-aspect on this level of racing and gives us in the U.S. a peep @. the Spring Classics. Have to say, usually with a documentary running a subject like this, probably on a pretty small budget, the music is very well done. I wish I knew who did the music, seems 100% original and fits easily into the story.

That's two rides stopped by roads buried in snow, and one under water. Not a little snow or water either. Then you take the times he was knocked down, run off course, jumped the ditch, chased down breaks, on and on. Earned em, he did.

Very good production! Thanks for posting! Lance is still every serious cyclist’s envy for training and dedication!

Lance also campaigned for bike lanes across America. It was his passion project.

Spot on

I was probably the worst critic of Lance in the world but I definitely look at him in a.brighter light now, he made a lot of lives out there better and thats what every human should want to do...Glad I watched this now.

Love his work ethics. The best hero of cycle sport. Thanks for posting, it's nice to revisit the old video. Very nice. Cycle sport is excellent today because of Lance.

Thank You!! For posting this. I have watched alot of videos on lance but never this one. I had a blue us postal bike during those years with the rolf wheels. Very fast bike, good handling bike. Your right. Lance changed alot about cycling, and the tour especially with training. Yea they were doping, but if you knew cycling at all then, you know they all were doing it. Really loved his battles with marco pantani. Marco was one of the best mountain climbers, and lance rode right buy him.

Crazy to se these guys race the Tour without helmets.

Thanks for posting this! Great video.

i love how he gets mad and skeptical whenever his coach tells him he cannot go...even if there is a avalanche or flood waters...he wants to see for himself :)

I've seen this before. seems like the watermark is used incorrectly.

That was awesome

Back in 96 up until this day Lance Armstrong has been my inspiration. Love riding my bike and would do it every day. If I didn’t have to work I pump in some serious mileage but no I’m not as fast as Armstrong. 53-year-old female, still still going strong.

I launched Armstrong The Unmatched .. whatever is said about him ... determined runner 🚴🚴🚴🚴... the best runner in many years .. nobody did what he did in cycling .. excellent runner 🚴🚴🚴

Watching the TdF with Lance pushed my road cycling to another level.... although Il LOVE mountain biking more. Anyway, I enjoyed watching the races during his reign. In spite of the doping that was going on, you still have to ride thousands of miles to train, you still have to be on the bike pedaling up mountains for hours and you still have to ride 21 stages. I was excited the first time I raced 112 miles on one day... lol. I am and forever will be a cyclist and at 60 I can still ride hard and actually feel mentally down if I go more a 5 days without riding. It's my meditation, my medicine, my mental therapy. If I ever ran into Lance, I'd still smile, shake his hand (or fist bump) and be all stupid and excited meeting him. Ride safe.

These men are machines, Cycling is such a great sport, their dedication is wonderful to watch. Lance had undoubtedly worked so hard to be the best but the drug thing completely crushed all that work. His team mates worked hard also, it is as much a devastating thing for the whole team, I have little sympathy for the sponcers, they made their money a million times over but he brought shame to that hard working, dedicated team. Fantastic documentary

Say what you will about Lance but he initiated a big cycling boom in the US.

that intro gets me every time - "there is no way you can ride" "who says that?"

I have the most love and respect for Lance. None of us, at the time, understood the depth of the Doping that was going on within nearly all the top professional teams. I understand, now, the mentality of having to dope to win against the other dopers. My older eyes have a different perspective now. I'm no longer the blind faith ingenue that looked up to his hero and was so upset when the scandal broke. Lance did what he did. I have regained my respect and admiration for Lance Armstrong.

awesome!

Good video

Lance's place as the face of the doping era in cycling is somewhat unfair given its prevalence at the time, but at the same time, he was so sanctimonious about being clean that he bought himself that place.

Lance made me get into shape and since I am closer in age to him also helped my confidence. many including myself need to thank him and it's sad there are angry people .. they have nothing to be angry about.

I have this on DVD. It was huge back in the day.

I've ridden a few mountain stages of the tour de france (pre-race) and it will break you. None of us can judge Lance.

Excellent Footage and Peek into the Lives of Pro Cyclists. Dream Team. Lance Great Allround Cyclist - Champ in my Eyes, Always.

I don't care about the doping. He will always be the best for me, ever. I can't never forget the way he made me feel while watching him on the tour de France. Nobody can't take that away from us not even Lance himself.

I love your cap! 😍

Nice one

Greatest Tour De France champion ever. In a day when everyone was doping, Lance destroyed them all. Forever the champion of champions.

Lance Armstrong was and is still a beast! Those who hate are just liars to themselves.

Best lance doc ever. Watched it a million times! No matter what, Lance still won!

AH! I actually bought this DVD when it came out. Still have it in some shoebox somewhere.