Originally Posted by
GovernorSilver
In that famous climbing battle between Il Pirata and Lance Armstrong, they both alternated between sitting and standing that 20 km climb.
Lance was one of the greatest climbers, both standing and sitting (I'm sure all the blood doping helped). Many of his most famous ascents are available to watch on Youtube. Here is the one you are talking about I think - Mount Ventoux, 2000:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nO-1_Rtub94. All of his attacks on that ascent were standing (of course).