toshi

I'm not a huge Lance fan but this gets my heart racing (especially the last two minutes of sprints, peleton tracking and crashes):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QjYx6drVaA

HauldRaym

That's an amazing video, of an amazing person.

kubla khan

Frankly i'm getting tired of the Lance sack riding. He was a great rider, however many other riders were also great, let it go.

HauldRaym

I am a Lance fan and I agree, there are other great cyclists in the world... like me jk

operator

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pedex

Ehh, well there's plenty of video out there of LA getting schooled too. Late 90's at Ghent-Welgem(sp?) it came down to the finish with LA and Dekker, Dekker slowed to walking speed with LA on his wheel, Dekker was waiting for another guy to catch up but he was too far back so Dekker went without him. Dekker stood up and sprinted to the finish with Lance unable to do anything but suck wheel. There are some things LA can't do All out speed is one of them. He has killer TT and climbing but peak power on the flats he loses, and by quite a bit, a true sprinter has almost 15mph on LA !!

bigskymacadam

there's some really good videos of lance; and some that are boring. this one is boring.

Smoothie104

maybe 4-5, but not 15, that means lance cant go over 31 mph, and he time trials faster than that.

He was hired by subaru montgomery to lead out Jonas Carney back in the day.

And before someone brings up the sprint victory in the Tour of Georgia a few years ago, remember there was a killer, killer hill in the last k each lap before the line. It effectively killed the legs of the true sprinters. LA got the win, and thats a testament to his strength, but thats different than milan san remo, or the Tdf Stage in to Bordeaux etc..

Remember when Hincapie was like 2 seconds from the Yellow Jersey? But he couldn't get the time bonuses needed to take it. he lost the intermediary sprints... was that in 1998?

The only time he and LeMond went head to head was in a time trial during the Tour duPont (De trump) LeMond rocked the mic like vandal, and waxed the chump like a candle. hey, it was in the 80's wasnt it?

Lance had a tough time at the Amstel Gold race as well, despite trying to win it numerous times, but he's got 7 TdF's and I dont think we will see that again in our lifetimes.


That video rocked, i like the TTT footage where GH is pointing up the road.

operator

Care to post the non boring ones then?

Jakey

Too heavy on '03 footage, and the music sucked. I hope this was for a high school class.

slvoid

Lance is a crock.
It's probably the rules package that just happened to suit him for so many years and that's why him and his stupid little team dominated the world championship and constructors title. I mean, they changed the rules last year and now Renault's at the top.

hi565

Ok wtf...


For something like this they used sandstorm?

This should be taken off the internet for that reason...

tranzformer

I like this one better:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpBwm...search=Cycling

Jakey

Best. Fight. Ever. That spin move is priceless.

C_Heath

hahahaha spin move, that is unreal, that basically says, "ok, I gotta win no matter what!, Im gonna hit him anyway I can"

ROFLMAO!

C_Heath

Then again, he connected with it LOL

azwhelan

Lance played by the rules for 7 years and he's the crock. This guy can't get a break. He's damned if he does or doesn't.

Somebody else is banging on him because he doesn't win sprints. How many pros can do it all, sprint, climb, TT? I can understand why everyone isn't a LA fan but give the man some respect.

Jakey

I think Lance gets plenty respect...

Java man

The amazing part of that video, is the little girl in the background watching the whole thing.

azwhelan

Not from Pedex and Slvoid and their points make no sense at all.

ovoleg

none of you here are 1/10 of what Lance is so what gives you the right to judge him?

Stack up on EPO and you still wont even be able to draft...

slvoid

If you didn't get the joke, I'm not gonna clue you in.
It's 7am, don't you have to kneel towards lance and pray 5 times a day?

pedex

actually I admire and respect the man, which is why Ive taken the time to watch all his videos, read his books, and read others accounts of him, to find out as much as I can about him, have you?

edzo

Lance kicked all ass definitively. No one stood up to the challenge. No one.

those are the facts and they are indisputable.

Jakey

So? I didn't realize I had to be a percentage of someone, before I could post my opinion about them.