Cycling Tour de France 2003 part 3
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The 2003 Tour de France was a multiple stage bicycle race held from 5 July to 27 July 2003, and the 90th edition of the Tour de France. It has no overall winner-although American cyclist Lance Armstrong originally won the event, the United States Anti-Doping Agency announced in August 2012 that they had disqualified Armstrong from all his results since 1998, including his seven Tour de France wins from 1999-2005; the Union Cycliste Internationale has confirmed this verdict.
The event started and ended in Paris, covering 3,427.5 km (2129.75 mi), proceeding clockwise in twenty stages around France, including six major mountain stages. Due to the centennial celebration, this edition of the tour was raced entirely in France and did not enter neighboring countries.
In the centenary year of the race the route recreated, in part, that of 1903. There was a special Centenaire Classement prize for the best-placed in each of the six stage finishes which match the 1903 tour - Lyon, Marseille, Toulouse, Bordeaux, Nantes and Paris. It was won by Stuart O'Grady, with Thor Hushovd in second place. The 2003 Tour was honored with the Prince of Asturias Award for Sport.
Of the 198 riders the favorite was again Armstrong, aiming for a record equalling fifth win. Before the race, it was believed that his main rivals would include Iban Mayo, Aitor González, Tyler Hamilton, Ivan Basso, Gilberto Simoni, Jan Ullrich, and Joseba Beloki but Armstrong was odds-on favorite. Though he did go on to win the race, it is statistically, and by Armstrong's own admission, his weakest Tour from his seven-year period of dominance over the race.
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That ride by Ullrich was sublime. The most talented cyclist of all time
RIP Sherwen 😢
After all these years it's still hard to watch Beloki's fall. He never regained his form after this.
@brdski_2238
6 жыл бұрын
Johan prx I can not imagine the pain that he went through when he fell down. kzread.info/dron/pR524ODpooMhE4iK_EncAg.html
@dapperdan4814
6 жыл бұрын
It was pretty horrific. In truth I always look away when I see the footage.
@janf2074
5 жыл бұрын
It could be also very interesting to watch his role in the rest of the tour..
@EFCasual
3 жыл бұрын
A real tragedy. It was also the first time I saw coverage of the tour, on a small tv in a bike shop.
i watched this live..memories..armastrong
Ullrich at his best in that time trial. So strong.
@Torki91
5 жыл бұрын
amazing
@blackmamba3060
4 жыл бұрын
Incredible. And he was only at 43 hematocrit (his natural level). Unlike Armstrong doped at 49.9.
If Ullrich had the Telekom guys in 2003 it might just have been his year.
No stage results? No daily overall standings? Poorly edited
We will never know how that tour would have ended had Beloki not fallen so devastatingly :( Such a shame
25:39 - “Parra, I don’t know where he’s getting his energy from...”. One of many tell tales signs that something wasn’t right. Still exciting after all this time but , you do look at it all in a different way too.
Where is part 4 ?
Poor Beloki :( he left his career in that turn
@pitalordik7897
6 жыл бұрын
agree
If you watched this you must listen to Jorg Jaksche’s interview where he talks about the crash on this day. kzread.info/dash/bejne/dXeM1tSphdKaabg.html 21:23
here's Manolo Saiz's strategy from that day described by the man himself Jörg Jaksche kzread.info/dash/bejne/dXeM1tSphdKaabg.html&t=1278 interesting stuff
After Armstrong, list the other dopers. Maybe, it would be easier to list those who weren't doping....
Ah well, its nice to know i actually whupped the ass of the whole tour over l`alpe that year, i rode over it on a completely normal ( un-enhanced diet )the saddest thing is listening to poor phil and paul trying to apply a plausible commentary drumming up any kind of glorification of these dubious "ahem" pro cyclists ??? but they used to be racing men too ! clean i wonder ?