He shouldn't, but still watching him inspires me more than any other rider. I don't condone what he did for one minute, but I find he makes me want to get out there and ride.
@kiely45619 жыл бұрын
this might be a controversial thing to say, but i don't give a shit that he doped, he still inspires me to get on my bike
@santiagobenites9 жыл бұрын
kiely 456 That's sad.
@kiely45619 жыл бұрын
no..its my opinion, if you don't like it quite frankly i don't give a shit son
@moneroelt9 жыл бұрын
kiely 456 it does matter that he doped, but i agree he can be an inspiration despite the fact he doped... but the lies and the bullying, doesn't make it better..
@Tuggers19868 жыл бұрын
+kiely 456 At the time all of the top riders were doping. Meaning that it was an even field. He didnt gain an unfair advantage. They all had that advantage and he was the best of the lot
@santiagobenites8 жыл бұрын
Tuggers1986 What he WAS the 'best of the lot' at was fraud, lying, deceiving, bullying, and perjury. Oh, and getting busted.
@McLuo6911 жыл бұрын
I don't give a damn what ppl think bout Armstrong, no one is perfect not even ppl leaving nasty comments bout our American hero, thanks for all those wonderful memories Armstrong!
@H3llofromearth11 жыл бұрын
Nothing has changes for me. He is still a hero in my eyes.
@GlennLHumphrey12 жыл бұрын
He changed the sport, the way teams trained and the tactics used, the recon done pre-race all through the year. Nobody had ever approached the sport like Armstrong. They created a blue-print that every team and athlete now follow. Armstrong was one of the first athletes to use a wind tunnel to get the most aerodynamic position and equipment possible. Now everyone uses a wind tunnel! He elevated the sport to new levels.
@andybeazy12 жыл бұрын
Lance you are still and always will be my hero
@graylobo13311 жыл бұрын
I used to watch religiously when it first came on dvd to hype me up to go riding. Now I see it and just think what kind of bs they were brewing. Hincapie too.
@jojocastano452612 жыл бұрын
He is a legend in tour de france nobody ever can match him as 7 times world cycling champ....Idolize by many....your the man.....
@andybrook-dobson726 Жыл бұрын
eh? He DIDN'T win the world championship 7 times! The records show he didn't even win 7 TdFs!!!
@T3vAJT5N12 жыл бұрын
"Training in this weather, nobody sees that." Pretty much says it all about the top of the elite in anything.
@guntherleonhardt942511 жыл бұрын
I love Lance Armstrong too. I became a pharmacist because of him.
@daveyork012 жыл бұрын
Best of the Dopers. An absolute legend.
@ItsdHoff13 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for putting this up...it was on here before but disappeared. Cheers dude.
@AfroPoli12 жыл бұрын
1996 - Riis = EPO 1997 - Ullrich = EPO² 1998 - Pantani = EPO³ 1999 - Armstrong = EPO⁴ Still, I love this guy. He is a hero. Don't think any of the other EPO aces trained as hard as he did.
@TurkiyeCumhurbaskani11 жыл бұрын
I love Lance Armstrong, I became a cyclist because of him, guy is a legend my hero. I don't care how other people think or feel.
@sabbat3412 жыл бұрын
600+ tests and never tested for ANYTHING. Nor Hincapie -Lance is a success and inspiration.
@Adriaanleroux11 жыл бұрын
Still a legend and you know it...
@mambac712 жыл бұрын
lance never actually tested positive for anything during the 7 years he won the tour, he is the greatest, and will forever be the greatest cyclist of all time.
@Sunshine4504512 жыл бұрын
LANCE ARMSTRONG IS THE BEST CYCLIST AND IS THE BEST EXAMPLE FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO HAS LOST THEIR DREAMS. HE IS A LEGEND. HE TAUGHT AND FOLLOW TEACHING TO GET UP AND DO WHAT YOU WANT IN SPITE OF AN ILLNESS. THE ATTITUDE IS GOING TO TAKE YOU TO CLIMB THE MOUNTAIN.
@neuslach12 жыл бұрын
Great cyclist and person. A fan from the Netherlands.
@arunvaradhachary632111 жыл бұрын
No matter what, bike racing is a beautiful sport.
@FreeMTrider11 жыл бұрын
I don't give a shit what anyone thinks, he still won and worked hard to do it. He has been a winner since age 15. If he cheated, he didn't start it. Ask Indurain about that. LeMond even says it himself. Everything changed at that point.
@StaceySchroederCanada11 жыл бұрын
I find it funny when all the haters keep watching the videos of a true legend. Go watch IFBB or WWE videos when nobody does anything wrong.
@nightowl893611 жыл бұрын
A fair and honest and balanced view. Lance is still a giant. Always will be.
@VenancioPineda12 жыл бұрын
It is always the same: a lot acusate and no one proofs. This was a nice video about sport and I'm happy to have seen it. Gives me power.
@graylobo13311 жыл бұрын
lance eats his epo enfuse banana at the end. i dont care, i watchd this video a hundred times and made me fall in love with cycling!
@jpb1011 жыл бұрын
regardless of the current situation, very insightful documentary
@vernefits19535 жыл бұрын
Great video 👍
@TurkiyeCumhurbaskani12 жыл бұрын
LEGEND!!!! Lance is a true hard core cyclist, the best ever
@andreshapkido11 жыл бұрын
lance armstrong the best ever
@yannick24511 жыл бұрын
you are absolute right!
@ThArchon12 жыл бұрын
Truly legend
@bazbee12 жыл бұрын
To reparaphrase the intro 'If you wish to be behind, act as though you were out front'. Not only is he behind, since yesterday he was written off UCI's history books.
@soobeng12 жыл бұрын
WOW....mind boggling. What a great video. and a great man.
@GardEngebretsen11 жыл бұрын
Yep, he was the best of the riders at that time - they all were doped.
@martinwilson266010 жыл бұрын
My hero. Now an ex hero.
@PaulVarella10 жыл бұрын
Too bad he was dirty. A fantastic athlete who could have inspired all of us.
@PaulVarella10 жыл бұрын
***** I respect your opinion and there is probably some truth to it. I disagree that all do/did cheated. I would never, though, tell my kids, go ahead cheat, everyone does it, - in sports, school, in life, your spouses. I cannot tell my boy, just go on lying, it is OK. The part of the video that the fiercely defends being clean turns my stomach upside down; and then explain how this is a very family oriented sports!!! Well society has shown him the disapproval (regardless of the immense amount of hypocrisy in all).
@SrSlicky12 жыл бұрын
I think all of you guy's who are talking shit about Lance should THINK before writing anything. First of all he was never caught with hard evidence, his opponents did. Second of all, in most years (except 2003) he won by almost TEN minutes... in front of those who actually tested positive. Lance never tested positive. Even if he dopped, the only thing people can say is that he was the best dopper. Assuming he did it, they were all in the same circumstances. And he won... by miles away.
@philg144011 жыл бұрын
Doping is wrong, but I can honestly say that even though he doped like everyone else, he still kicked their butts. He trained for those wins. He trained like a boss and dominated all the other dopers. I'm not on the Lance bandwagon, but give credit where credit is due. Like Jim Mac said, when in Rome.
@kolombi8811 жыл бұрын
No matter what any body says lance is a hell of a cyclist he probably did dope but who didnt is just like baseball everybody takes them but no body says nothing and on top of that the amount of work and hard training this guy has done over the years try taking drugs and sit on your ass and see if you can even finish the tour is no easy work no matter what you do..go lance!!
@WithBACON11 жыл бұрын
Blood doping refers specifically to transfusing blood (in these days, your own stored blood, to avoid detection) to boost hematocrit. Other forms of doping are simply called "doping".
@leafs17311 жыл бұрын
he still worked his ass off and overcame cancer, I agree he doesn't deserve the victories though but not many riders of that time do
@rgorjon912 жыл бұрын
not everyone dopes stop commenting if thats all you have to say. just cause one person wins doesnt mean he doped he could have easily been set up and no one deserves this much criticism when they devote their whole lives to become good at what they love.
@GlennLHumphrey12 жыл бұрын
Whatever your opinion of his career, during the era in which he raced, there is no disputing that he changed the way cyclists prepared for racing...forever.
@kirinlager4912 жыл бұрын
51:47 "When the soup is good, all is good" Ingredients: EPO Coritcosteroids Testosterone Andriol Half a litre of blood Human growth hormones
@grilled1512 жыл бұрын
"Nobody sees that" - you're right Johan, nobody saw that...for a long time.
@altern8ive12 жыл бұрын
doping or not who cares about the past, if the majority were doing it at the time then they were all competing on a more or less even level. it's uploads like this that still draw your attention to the unbelievable human effort and sacrifice involved to partake in the big tours and classics.
@Croupier2312 жыл бұрын
Great Soundtrack during the Amstel Gold Race scenes
@sabbat3412 жыл бұрын
I agree -people are very harsh on winners. Also -people are generally racist when it comes to white american texans. Lance Armstrong is my hero and got me into cycling.
@MarekoTuli11 жыл бұрын
Reading these comments, I'm really starting to get angry. Lance Armstrong still put in the work and most athletes are doing some form of doping. All sports have this problem, but these are just tools they use. Drugs don't make champions. Cut the man some slack, and do not call him a psychopath.
@lozwebb55511 жыл бұрын
Haha I like the bit at 9mins 30sec when the guy talks about the home made apple pies. "It's all the little things that make the difference". Yeah, sure...the little things ;)
@livibam12 жыл бұрын
They all dope! so it's fair game...
@mhorva9012 жыл бұрын
Merckx has condemned doping but he tested positive three times.[4] The first time was in the 1969 Giro d'Italia[6] where he tested positive for the stimulant Reactivan at Savona, after leading the race through 16 stages
@thomasbehrendt4808 Жыл бұрын
Legend
@wjmoreira13 жыл бұрын
SHOWWWW VERY GOOD!!!!!
@arnovandenhende42412 жыл бұрын
HERO !
@georgebrown312812 жыл бұрын
"What if i keep going?"/ "There is no way you can"/ "Who says that?"
@KelpStalker12 жыл бұрын
Not a Lance Fan but he was superhuman, I was reading about him when he 16 beating up pro triathletes.
@SLDjkid12 жыл бұрын
"This is my body, and I can do whatever I want to it. I can push it. Study it. Tweak it. Listen to it. Everybody wants to know what I’m on. What am I on? I’m on my bike busting my ass six hours a day. What are you on?"
@nirajsharma892110 жыл бұрын
great soundtrack actually.
@foampositemax9 жыл бұрын
Anybody knows the titles of the soundtracks used in this documentary?
@AltF4Moments12 жыл бұрын
Thank YOU Dude
@leipner11 жыл бұрын
If you wish to be out front, then dope Armstrong, louis. 21st Century A.C.
@rdb20312 жыл бұрын
I think it's incredibly naive of those who say that because he never failed a test he wasn't doping. Firstly, there are several reason to believe he DID fail tests (for instance the 1999 test). Secondly, Marion Jones was tested 160 times over her career and never failed. She went to jail after she fully admitted she had doped her entire career.
@wjmoreira13 жыл бұрын
VIVA O LANCE!!!!!!
@realx0911 жыл бұрын
LANCE, SUPPORT TO THE END !!!!!!!!!!!!!
@oitotheworld2313 жыл бұрын
thank youuuu!!!!
@1972dsrai5 жыл бұрын
The doping Armstrong did would not have had the impact and 7 tdf wins if he wasn’t the hardest working and most dedicated cyclist of all. It was just one of many elements, all equally important that gave him the edge over all other riders who were doping to the same degree or even more.
@theFithWheel12 жыл бұрын
whose says I cant ride, now i want to even more!
@4schutter11 жыл бұрын
Lance, we still believe... no drugs...
@greggg3412 жыл бұрын
Great video thanks for post ;-)
@c-record10 жыл бұрын
@46:14 by 'bootcamps' he means 'special preparation' (more intense training and critically timed EPO injections for the final build up to the TdF)
@steveo7220phx12 жыл бұрын
i don't know what to think any more
@GardEngebretsen11 жыл бұрын
Cool story bro :) Hushovd, Boasson Hagen og mange andre syklister har kommet opp uten å bruke prestasjonsfremmende midler.
@GoldeneSpeichen12 жыл бұрын
@GlennLHumphrey Mind that throughout the year he only focused on the Tour de France, everything else was just training for him. Le Mond and Indurain did the same.
@joselitoazarragajr.978011 жыл бұрын
YOU CAN SAY ALL YOU WANT ABOUT THIS PERSON, TAKE AWAY ALL THAT HE HAS BUT YOU CAN NEVER REWRITE THE HISTORY THAT HE MADE. TAKE THAT ALL YOU SANCTIMONIOUS HYPOCRITES!!!!!
@gostraighthrough12 жыл бұрын
If USADA says Lance was using illegal drugs, then I have to believe them. But if you think that Lance is just yourself plus drugs then you have a very big idea about yourselves, without proving it to anyone. So instead of been hateful respect the man for the things he achieved and the things he has offered to cancer victims. He has made some choices and he will live with the consequences but trust me, Lance knows about choices in his life. May you make better choices.
@EzioASMR11 жыл бұрын
I am in favour of a healthy diet, I am in favour of nutritional supplements... for everything else I have no words to add...
@jps888911 жыл бұрын
No one will ever look at Lance the same again....he brought it upon himself..too bad for all his fans. He now has the task of living his life till the end with everyone knowing he's a fraud.
@sergioreprezente12 жыл бұрын
those guys make a lot of sacrifices to succeed. i think people have to respect them. i'm french and i know the "tour de france" a cheater can win it one time but not seven times.
@tritonsmasher11 жыл бұрын
Lots of the finishers also doped, so it's still in a way a level playing field. What lance did was just to dope better than them. Doesn't change the fact that he did cheat, but a lot of people seem to think that just because he did, all his accomplishments mean nothing. Livestrong's still done great things for cancer, and he still out-classed all the other (doping) riders.
@hawkeyelikesbikes11 жыл бұрын
Well, thanks to USADA we now know what the phrase "Go and prepare 'properly' " really means. What a shame. RIP all the riders who died because they felt powerless to resist this seedy side of cycling culture. We have a long way to go yet before we can "move forward". Sacking Verbruggen and Quaid would be a good start.
@amk68sco12 жыл бұрын
i personally think he retired to early,he won 7 could so easily have been 9.legend.
@jokerhong12312 жыл бұрын
lance time trial bike is head 3 and mavic disc wheel set thats nice
@THEDECEPTIC0NS11 жыл бұрын
They all cheated, Lance still won. 7 times TDF champion and absolute legend. Try and wipe him from the history of the sport you cant, he is the sport, the best ever.
@hzuhairy12 жыл бұрын
Even if he did dope, it's still a pretty inspiring story...
@MrDanielFarr12 жыл бұрын
EPO or no EPO.... you go up Alp D'Huez twice in the same day - you are hard!
@boosra12 жыл бұрын
It was easy to see from the get go. Ever since he sprinted up Sestrieres without breathing in 1999, in fact. No objective observer has ever doubted, for one second, that Armstrong was the most profoundly doped rider in history. Its just a shame that a schmaltzy backstory and misguided patriotic feeling overwhelmed so many peoples ability to think straight for so long.
@lofi7311 жыл бұрын
Armstrong world champ without doping??...Dream on dude
@jps888911 жыл бұрын
great book..everyone must read 'The Secret Race"
@ryanboer576912 жыл бұрын
lance dopestrong!!!
@SuperOlds8811 жыл бұрын
Even Armstrong said he couldnt have won any of the Tours without PEDs.
@DIglas198111 жыл бұрын
"The guys says that's no way you can ride. no way..." "Who said that?"
@Diddles7511 жыл бұрын
To be fair, he did get caught but had enough influence over the UCI for them to brush it under the carpet
@MenchovLance12 жыл бұрын
Is history more great
@protochris11 жыл бұрын
What irony, Lances original trainer said lance could never be a champion because he was not a good climber. I guess the dope took him over the top.
@tupacgansterclup12 жыл бұрын
LIVESTRONG IS HIS MENTAL COVERAGE
@insuranceaes25611 жыл бұрын
BEST COMMENT EVER
@jmpasalagua12 жыл бұрын
so.... If I were to take whatever drug Lance allegedly took, I can win the TdF too! wow! - People, get real, Armstrong won those titles because of hard work.