This is absolutely the best modern Tour de France. Its the 100 year anniversary. Thankfully I have it on 5 DVDs. I've watched it over and over. Thanks.
@@mikewalsh6168 No shit? The majority of the peloton was doping in this era... Playing field was leveled. Great cycling to watch. I have 96-2004 TDF on VHS and watch them from time to time and love it.
Surely one of the best Tours ever. As a German my focus was always on Ullrich, but the main contender 2003 was Beloki. I remember feeling the pain of his crash and hearing him cry on the tarmac still gives me shivers. Obviously the drama is what makes the 2003 Tour, but imagine what a race it would have been without that crash. Vinokourov also stepped up that year. Fans were really treated in 2003.
@@spybaz I read it as well. I liked Hamilton as a racer as well, he was unlucky with his crashes. The doping has never changed. The spectacle though, it has never been as good as 2003. This year was quite a good one as well though.
@@riquelmeone yeah, I agree. They were all at it so somewhat of a level playing field. Was great to watch. And, yeah, I do think that this year's tour was one of the best.
@@riquelmeone The doping hasn't changed? So according to you they're still taking EPO, steroids, HGH? Cite some sources, or do you just talk out of your ass?
@Classic Cycling....Thanks a lot for this awesome video. It's a pleasure to watch the epic TdF 2003. Especially to see Jan Ullrich riding. What a man! What a style! Like a turbine, smooth and so powerful. I have never seen before and later such a beautiful style. I'm getting goosebumps every time I see Jan riding. No one compares to him, he was unique with his powerhouse and huge stamina. So sad, that these times are gone forever.....
Unfortunately, he did something very stupid. He waiting on the climb of Luz Ardiden while all the former champions said that he should have pushed for the stage win and TdF win. And they were right. Especially since Ullrich himself had been victim of competitors exploiting his technical problems all the time. All this talk about "you should wait for the yellow jersey" is complete nonsense, Armstrong was full of shit mumbling similar nonsense. And we all know Armstrong would not have waiting had the roles been the other way around. The only time when he "waited for Jan" was 2001 ...with 6 minutes advantage ...with a pretty much decided Tour at that point ...and with many miles ahead of him getting to the finish line of that stage. So of course he waited because he needed Jan as an additional body. The alternative would have been exhausting himself solo, and he was clearly not in the mood for that since it could backfire. 2003 was bad. Jan was clearly the strongest (just like 1998) but he missed the win. It was his to lose and he lost it.
@@robertprobst3836 yeah and it was armstrongs mistake 4 sure but he was a Killer Jan maybe the better Talent but LA was more a Killer and in Offseason also big different thats why he won so often
It's hard to believe that a cycling journalist of Phil's experience had no suspicions of Armstrong for so long, but they have to be careful what they say in case they get sued. Armstrong did a lot of that as well !
I still find it curious, after all these years, that the closest Jan Ullrich got to beating Armstrong was when he wasn't riding for Telekom/T-Mobile. Some of their team selections (such as dropping Cadel Evans for Rolf Aldag) and their tactics just didn't make sense !
Must have been nicer to watch this back in 2003. Watching now, I cannot help thinking about what substances each of them had taken, and how fair the race really was.
even if it sounds crazy, IMO the crash helped Lance by cracking Jans Rhythm, since he waited , Lance himself was able to change Rhythm, Jan was not with his riding style, plus that huge shot of adrenaline for Lance.... Jan was never closer to beat Lance, was so sad back than, but great race, thx for upload
Adrenaline? Nope. Ulrich tried to attack Armstrong earlier on the stage but it didn't come to anything. Ulrich's best chance was on stage 13 when he dumped Armstrong in the final 1k...but Armstrong recovered to only lose 7 seconds. Ulrich really lost the tour early that year at L' Alpe D'Huez (stage 8).
It's not crazy, it's what Jan said himself. He decided to wait. He was stronger, his legs were perfect that day as he admitted to one of his fanclubs once during a live meet. He said he knew exactly how this stage would play out, he knew when Armstrong would try it and that he would attempt using one of the "annoying" Spaniards to initiate stuff during the last climb. Jan said also, that he felt weird the longer the wait took. And when Armstrong tried it again, his legs felt like "jelly". Later they discussed this with the doctors and came to the conclusion that his pulse went too low and that the aerob/anaerob state in his legs was not favorable anymore. This is supported by the facts that he did not crack badly but needed a few kilometers to regain his superior pace and superior rhythm. It was simply a mistake to wait. Hinault, Indurain, all of them said it. It was honorable, but it was stupid. He lost the tour on that mountain. Imagine the final time trial with Ullrich being 30-40 seconds ahead. Armstrong would have been fucked. Those rainy conditions did not allow for any big gains.
8:10 Tyler Hamilton and Lance Armstrong remain great friends 😂 Lance the rat called UCI on Tyler in 2003 when Tyler became too much of a threat for him.
There sure are a lot of things about this era of cycling that we don't miss at all. But look at that 69 km TTT, is that just delicious or what?! Yummy!! :D
Sería muy bonito si lo visto hubiera sido verdad. Lo que si fue verdad fue la emoción de una edición muy competida, con grandes momentos. En fin uno de los grandes momentos de la EPO golden era .
2:10:46 "might be heading to a 'glowing' victory" - 'Glowing' is the term the riders used for when they had just doped up and were most vulnerable to tests :D
1:28:00 "Oh, Armstrong is such a Star! He's so incredible!" - Listening to the commentators jacking each other off over Armstrong is positively sickening.
1:06:30 Tyler Hamilton finished Alpe de Huez with a broken collarbone. He is the real champ and probably would have crushed Lance if it weren’t for the stupid crash
I started watching these tour de France videos, starting with 1999, Lance's first win. This one makes it #4 for Lance. Its so Damn hard to believe that there is 2 more after this one!! Lance was a BMF!!!
Nope. Armstrong was better at Luz Ardiden and had finally gotten over his dehydration at Cap Decouverte. Now he might have indeed beaten Armstrong but not by over a minute. His crash proved that he was indeed pushing it and taking risks. He was just six seconds better than Armstrong at that point. The Walser bike was a real advantage for Ulrich and one that caused Armstrong sleepless nights that year.
@@cedrichennert4869 The conditions had nothing to do with Ullrich's form that day. Also, Jan was never "bad" in rainy conditions. He had many race in the rain in his career and did OK-ish or well. People always focus on his few bad days during the Tour and try to generalize. The problem with the conditions was that Jan was not able to push and his fall clearly illustrated this issue. Jan was the strongest rider that year, and it was his to lose, not Armstrong's. Unfortunately, he lost it by not joining Sastre, and by waiting for Armstrong instead of pushing ...just like all the other champions said. Imagine Indurain being on that mountain that day. Do you really think Indurain, Hinault, Merckx etc. would have waited? LOL They even said they would not have. Falls are part of the sport and your own fault as a rider. They are no concern of the riders who did not fall. And we all know Armstrong would not have waited.
Best Tour ever, Ullrich was so strong that year ... and Vino too, but Lance was the best again but this time he needed a bit of luck to do it. Since all three were doped, it´s kind of fair again :D
No its not. This is such a major misconception. Ullrich was always so much less doped than lance. He clocked in at his natural 43 hematocrit in a lot of these races, while Lance was always doped to the max at 49.9. It was massively unfair.
@нуль Bro its literally factual raw data. That's like saying if you doped to your gills tomorrow and someone way more athletic than you took one milligram of epo and you beat them in a race, it was fair because you both doped. Like no.
@@blackmamba3060 And you know this how? If Ulrich's natural hematocrit was indeed 43 then he would be one of the better responders to epo than those with a naturally higher one.
This was one of the most exciting TDF with 3-4 guys in it till stage 14-15...yeah LA admitted to doping in the following years and maybe so did the first 1-5 finishers that year... Bummer about Beloki...It still takes a lot of training plus talent courage determination and luck to win... Not everyone who doped won but to catch up to LA I think the other guys decide to even their odds by dabbling.... Listening to David Miller whinge after every mountain stage was the only shite part of this tour.
I really hope someone reads this and can answer, do they still make these? Like, summarized editions of the tour, maybe giro and other races too, but for modern times? These seem official and id love to watch modern iterations of grand tours in this format.
![Jan Ullrich ► TdF 2003 ► Stage 12 ► Cap' Découverte (Zeitfahren) [18.07.2003]](/img/n.gif)
This is absolutely the best modern Tour de France. Its the 100 year anniversary. Thankfully I have it on 5 DVDs. I've watched it over and over. Thanks.
Don't you realise Armstrong was cheating and has noe admitted he was dosed up on EPO as were all of his team
@@mikewalsh6168 yeah but it was still absolute kino
@@mikewalsh6168 No shit? The majority of the peloton was doping in this era... Playing field was leveled. Great cycling to watch. I have 96-2004 TDF on VHS and watch them from time to time and love it.
Absolutely the most doped race of it's time. Probably. But still a great race to watch.
2011 was one of the best too, could have been Voeckler's tour then Schleck did the Galibier and Evans stole it at the death
poor beloki, he was never the same again
Paul Sherwen rip :(
As a new cycling fan this was great to watch
"He almost lost his manhood on that crossbar..." Sherwen was one of the best...rest his soul.
Cancer took.his manhood way before this lol
Surely one of the best Tours ever. As a German my focus was always on Ullrich, but the main contender 2003 was Beloki.
I remember feeling the pain of his crash and hearing him cry on the tarmac still gives me shivers.
Obviously the drama is what makes the 2003 Tour, but imagine what a race it would have been without that crash.
Vinokourov also stepped up that year.
Fans were really treated in 2003.
Reading Tyler Hamilton's book, he goes into great detail in this tour. It was all about the best dopers (including himself) :)
@@spybaz I read it as well. I liked Hamilton as a racer as well, he was unlucky with his crashes.
The doping has never changed. The spectacle though, it has never been as good as 2003. This year was quite a good one as well though.
@@riquelmeone yeah, I agree. They were all at it so somewhat of a level playing field. Was great to watch. And, yeah, I do think that this year's tour was one of the best.
@@riquelmeone The doping hasn't changed? So according to you they're still taking EPO, steroids, HGH? Cite some sources, or do you just talk out of your ass?
I love the interviews with Millar xD i always feel like he is trolling us
The reporters always asked David Miller. He's probably the funniest guy in the tour😂
I was dying when they talked to him. So funny!
Brandon Barkhouse They did him so dirty😂😂😂but it was hilarious😂😂😂
They are commentators now for the same tv company! Still so much funnier!
@Classic Cycling....Thanks a lot for this awesome video. It's a pleasure to watch the epic TdF 2003. Especially to see Jan Ullrich riding. What a man! What a style! Like a turbine, smooth and so powerful. I have never seen before and later such a beautiful style. I'm getting goosebumps every time I see Jan riding. No one compares to him, he was unique with his powerhouse and huge stamina. So sad, that these times are gone forever.....
Unfortunately, he did something very stupid. He waiting on the climb of Luz Ardiden while all the former champions said that he should have pushed for the stage win and TdF win. And they were right. Especially since Ullrich himself had been victim of competitors exploiting his technical problems all the time. All this talk about "you should wait for the yellow jersey" is complete nonsense, Armstrong was full of shit mumbling similar nonsense. And we all know Armstrong would not have waiting had the roles been the other way around. The only time when he "waited for Jan" was 2001 ...with 6 minutes advantage ...with a pretty much decided Tour at that point ...and with many miles ahead of him getting to the finish line of that stage. So of course he waited because he needed Jan as an additional body. The alternative would have been exhausting himself solo, and he was clearly not in the mood for that since it could backfire.
2003 was bad. Jan was clearly the strongest (just like 1998) but he missed the win. It was his to lose and he lost it.
@@robertprobst3836 yeah and it was armstrongs mistake 4 sure but he was a Killer Jan maybe the better Talent but LA was more a Killer and in Offseason also big different thats why he won so often
I'm in the middle of Tyler Hamilton's book. It gives amazing insights into the details of this tour. Dopers galore!
Amazing ! love it, remember me a lot of memories ! thanks
To think that This is 18 years ago is mesmerizing
Where did the time go ? It feels as if it was last week, very depressing.
Interesting hearing Phil Ligget grovelling to Armstrong while others knew he was clearly dosed up on EPO.
mike walsh they were all
It's hard to believe that a cycling journalist of Phil's experience had no suspicions of Armstrong for so long, but they have to be careful what they say in case they get sued. Armstrong did a lot of that as well !
Robin Williams interview at the end, so nice to see him talk 😉😉
Thank you!
I thoroughly enjoyed this! Thank you!
You are so welcome!
Thanks for the uploads 👍🏼
Happy to do these
Thanks for the upload, I laughed at millars coughs, screamed #ulleistsauber and teared up a little when I saw a somewhat missing comedian at the end 🙏
The best tour in modern history
Yes definitely...1998 and the Schleck-Contador ones were up there but this was better.
What Exactly Comprises Modern Cycling History?
what about 2011 - went from Voeckler's tour to Schlecks and then Evans steals it on the last "real day"
I still find it curious, after all these years, that the closest Jan Ullrich got to beating Armstrong was when he wasn't riding for Telekom/T-Mobile. Some of their team selections (such as dropping Cadel Evans for Rolf Aldag) and their tactics just didn't make sense !
I really liked getting to see this considering I was only 1 when this race happened. Thank you
When Lance goes off-road after the crash and re-enters, brilliant bit of biking!
Must have been nicer to watch this back in 2003. Watching now, I cannot help thinking about what substances each of them had taken, and how fair the race really was.
They were ALL doped to the gills. It was a fair competition and even playing field. Enjoy it knowing that.
R.I.P. Robin Williams
even if it sounds crazy, IMO the crash helped Lance by cracking Jans Rhythm, since he waited , Lance himself was able to change Rhythm, Jan was not with his riding style, plus that huge shot of adrenaline for Lance.... Jan was never closer to beat Lance, was so sad back than, but great race, thx for upload
Adrenaline? Nope. Ulrich tried to attack Armstrong earlier on the stage but it didn't come to anything. Ulrich's best chance was on stage 13 when he dumped Armstrong in the final 1k...but Armstrong recovered to only lose 7 seconds. Ulrich really lost the tour early that year at L' Alpe D'Huez (stage 8).
It's not crazy, it's what Jan said himself. He decided to wait. He was stronger, his legs were perfect that day as he admitted to one of his fanclubs once during a live meet. He said he knew exactly how this stage would play out, he knew when Armstrong would try it and that he would attempt using one of the "annoying" Spaniards to initiate stuff during the last climb. Jan said also, that he felt weird the longer the wait took. And when Armstrong tried it again, his legs felt like "jelly". Later they discussed this with the doctors and came to the conclusion that his pulse went too low and that the aerob/anaerob state in his legs was not favorable anymore. This is supported by the facts that he did not crack badly but needed a few kilometers to regain his superior pace and superior rhythm.
It was simply a mistake to wait. Hinault, Indurain, all of them said it. It was honorable, but it was stupid. He lost the tour on that mountain. Imagine the final time trial with Ullrich being 30-40 seconds ahead. Armstrong would have been fucked. Those rainy conditions did not allow for any big gains.
@@vrusimovJan really lost the tour because of his team
What a crazy tour. You could tell which stages the blood transfusions went in 🤣
8:10 Tyler Hamilton and Lance Armstrong remain great friends 😂 Lance the rat called UCI on Tyler in 2003 when Tyler became too much of a threat for him.
unfortunately he lost the yellow jersey to a man from the non-french speaking part of Texas...lol, underrated comedy!
David Millar, how did you do?
DM: *cough, cough, leave me alone, cough, cough*
There sure are a lot of things about this era of cycling that we don't miss at all.
But look at that 69 km TTT, is that just delicious or what?! Yummy!! :D
40:06 2019 was the year that Colombia finally had a TDF GC winner
Sería muy bonito si lo visto hubiera sido verdad. Lo que si fue verdad fue la emoción de una edición muy competida, con grandes momentos. En fin uno de los grandes momentos de la EPO golden era .
3:27:00 this shot of Ullrich is bad ass
2:10:46 "might be heading to a 'glowing' victory" - 'Glowing' is the term the riders used for when they had just doped up and were most vulnerable to tests :D
PHD EPO x fusions dont help... It's a chess game and reflexes
With the knowledge we have, dritifting in my mind, they used Epo. Anyway great broadcasting
By this time, WADA had a test for EPO so they all used blood doping.
1:28:00 "Oh, Armstrong is such a Star! He's so incredible!" - Listening to the commentators jacking each other off over Armstrong is positively sickening.
It was, even live back in the day, without any safe knowledge and facts that the doping thesis was all true.
Ikr... Literally not even really impressive
1:06:30 Tyler Hamilton finished Alpe de Huez with a broken collarbone. He is the real champ and probably would have crushed Lance if it weren’t for the stupid crash
The opening music
GOAT!
It’s so sad that Lance and Tyler can’t just reconnect. Look at the concern that Hamilton and Ullrich had.
You should read Hamiltons book, I really dont think he had heart felt concern...
I started watching these tour de France videos, starting with 1999, Lance's first win. This one makes it #4 for Lance. Its so Damn hard to believe that there is 2 more after this one!! Lance was a BMF!!!
the goat
@@stjeannais Shows your ethics. You think a cheater is the GOAT? Greg Lamond is the GOAT. He didn't cheat.
@@holdencaulfied7492 he was doing what he had to do. I'd have done the same thing. There shoudn't be drug testing.
Obviously he was doing what he had to do, but you break the rules, you have to pay the consequences. Most cheaters from that era have been busted.
These guys are all jacked up
Tyler the drug, mr innocent
Is it me ? in this time in cycling history .all the riders look big and strong. Today's rider's kind of from 2018 tell now look small and petit
Beloki didn't never came back in his form
The glorious days of cycling!
Fantastic! The arrival of carbon rigs, and lots technology and drugssss too lol but we always had drugs in cycling
God, that was depressing, where did the time go ?
Juice JUICE Juice!
59:51 WOW
If that last time trial was dry, Jan would have won the Tour. He was just always so bad in wet and cold weather.
Nope. Armstrong was better at Luz Ardiden and had finally gotten over his dehydration at Cap Decouverte. Now he might have indeed beaten Armstrong but not by over a minute. His crash proved that he was indeed pushing it and taking risks. He was just six seconds better than Armstrong at that point. The Walser bike was a real advantage for Ulrich and one that caused Armstrong sleepless nights that year.
@@vrusimov bruh his point was that ullrich isnt good in wet weather so he would have been wayy more than 6 seconds ahead
@@cedrichennert4869 The conditions had nothing to do with Ullrich's form that day. Also, Jan was never "bad" in rainy conditions. He had many race in the rain in his career and did OK-ish or well. People always focus on his few bad days during the Tour and try to generalize. The problem with the conditions was that Jan was not able to push and his fall clearly illustrated this issue. Jan was the strongest rider that year, and it was his to lose, not Armstrong's. Unfortunately, he lost it by not joining Sastre, and by waiting for Armstrong instead of pushing ...just like all the other champions said. Imagine Indurain being on that mountain that day. Do you really think Indurain, Hinault, Merckx etc. would have waited? LOL They even said they would not have. Falls are part of the sport and your own fault as a rider. They are no concern of the riders who did not fall. And we all know Armstrong would not have waited.
1:25:00 lance is speaking with a strange European fusion accent- half French and half Italian.
Bloody love the tour. All of it, even the shit bits.
Top 3 riders within 18 seconds. What more can you ask for?
A happy ending and less doping
Best Tour ever, Ullrich was so strong that year ... and Vino too, but Lance was the best again but this time he needed a bit of luck to do it.
Since all three were doped, it´s kind of fair again :D
No its not. This is such a major misconception. Ullrich was always so much less doped than lance. He clocked in at his natural 43 hematocrit in a lot of these races, while Lance was always doped to the max at 49.9. It was massively unfair.
@нуль Bro its literally factual raw data. That's like saying if you doped to your gills tomorrow and someone way more athletic than you took one milligram of epo and you beat them in a race, it was fair because you both doped. Like no.
@нуль Actually yeah.
@@blackmamba3060 And you know this how? If Ulrich's natural hematocrit was indeed 43 then he would be one of the better responders to epo than those with a naturally higher one.
@@vrusimov Lance had a natural hematocrit of 34. So....
2003 tour de france lucky winner for lance amstrong..
3.22... you can see diesel on the roundabout... Ulrich... splat..
Rly they show all good scenes at the begining?
This big Time differents today incredible
Man if I finished just 1 leg of the tour de france...I'd probably eat a whole pie and 2 liter of coke easy
This was one of the most exciting TDF with 3-4 guys in it till stage 14-15...yeah LA admitted to doping in the following years and maybe so did the first 1-5 finishers that year... Bummer about Beloki...It still takes a lot of training plus talent courage determination and luck to win... Not everyone who doped won but to catch up to LA I think the other guys decide to even their odds by dabbling.... Listening to David Miller whinge after every mountain stage was the only shite part of this tour.
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Jersey flappin' fans a clappin'
3:04:43 Ullrich says: 'I think fairness is everything, also in cycling.' You couldn't make this up😂
1:00:20 this is pretty much why everybody hated Armstrong and finally snitched
Right or wrong, had not one single person doped in any of these Tour De France’s, Lance Armstrong would have always won.
Everybody was on Orange juice!
" LE TOUR DE FRANCE " c' est " LE TOUR DE L A N C E ! " ( A S T I , ITALY )
You tube making its hard to comment now and allways when you type on youtube they mispell
Who's here 2020 to 2022, I have survive Corona did u? (*÷*)
Drank corona beer.
@@oldtwinsna8347 nice I had some a few days ago
Wow you and everyone else on the planet, congrats
tll eveyrone whr ur from
I am Jamaican. Spent my childhood there and have been a
citizen of this paradise we call Canada for many decades now.
The golden age !! Epic. Btw they still take drugs , maybe there different drugs but they are still on the secret sauce in zee peloton yah 😢
Jan rode his ass off on stage 13
this was such a good tour.. a shame it was all dope fiends
2:16:16 LOL!!! 😂😂😂
I feel like they should have an old time voice saying “ return with us to the golden days of doping”
battle of the best doppers... tsk tsk tsk....
Lance le meilleur de tout lès temps
What a shame of Tour. Everybody is doped.
Bless Phil Liggett but my god his pronunciation of any non Anglo names is horrendous
2:47:41
I really hope someone reads this and can answer, do they still make these? Like, summarized editions of the tour, maybe giro and other races too, but for modern times? These seem official and id love to watch modern iterations of grand tours in this format.
It's amazing that some of the best cyclists on the best machines can't manage an 8 minute ride year after year
2:45:30
França
I was by the roadside that tour, on an “All mountain stages” Sporting Tours Holiday. It was awesome!
Even though Armstrong is a psycho arsehole.
Don' t understand how nazon climbed from 6th to 1st
shame!!!
Les années honteuses du cyclisme-cynisme.
The most annoying voice of all sports commentary
Who are you talking about? I think they’re both a joy to listen to.