Best Tour de France moments

takethehighroad
takethehighroad Posts: 6,821
edited July 2010 in Pro race
Right, time for a little game. ITV showed a Tour de France Greatest Moments show before last year's event, and it's your job to guess the twenty they picked.

There's some random ones in there, and they're not all from recent times (there's a couple from the 50s)

I'll update the table below every so often when the right ones are chosen and then give clues for the ones that are harder to get.

So, away you good good people, and get guessing!
20. Abdoujaparov's crash on the Champs Elysee (RichN95)
19. Indurain's time trial 1992 (greasedscotsman)
18. The Look (avoidingmyphd)
17. Delgado misses the start 1989 (steve_pushbiker)
16. Rider protest 1998 (Neil McC)
15. Cipollini's four wins in 1998 (steve_pushbiker/greasedscotsman)
14.Charly Gaul's epic ride in 1958 (Cleat Eastwood)
13. Armstrong into Limoges for Casartelli 1995 (Cleat Eastwood)
12. Cav's four wins 2008 (RichN95)
11. Policeman crash 1994 (Neil McC)
10. Coppi to Alpe d'Huez (RichN95)
9. Merckx's jerseys 1969 (Wooliferkins)
8. Boardman prologue 1994 (RichN95)
7. Luis Ocana crashing out in yellow (redvee)
6. Armstrong through a field (RichN95)
5. Hinault and LeMond Alpe d'Huez 1986 (RichN95)
4.Poulidor and Anquetil Puy de Dome (pdstsp)
3. Roche at La Plagne (greasedscotsman)
2. Armstrong to Luz Ardiden 2003 (Splottboy)
1. Lemond beats Fignon (donrhummy)
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  • Splottboy
    Splottboy Posts: 3,695
    Lance being pulled off - Oh, er Missus! - by a French dwarf disguised as a young child.

    Then, getting back on, missing his SPD's thingys and kicking butt to finish.

    Awesome power, strength, power, determination, character.
  • donrhummy
    donrhummy Posts: 2,329
    No idea, but I say Lemond beating Fignon has to be high on that list along with Merckx'' cannibalistic solo-breakaway victory.
  • avoidingmyphd
    avoidingmyphd Posts: 1,154
    "the look"
  • greasedscotsman
    greasedscotsman Posts: 6,962
    "That looks like Stephen Roche, IT IS Stephen Roche..."
  • Wooliferkins
    Wooliferkins Posts: 2,060
    LeMond beating Fignon by 8 seconds in '89
    Tom Simpson dies
    Armstrongs 7th tour win
    Merckx 1969 full set of jerseys
    Neil
    Help I'm Being Oppressed
  • pdstsp
    pdstsp Posts: 1,264
    Poulidor and Anquetil on the Puy de Dome?
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    Abdou losing his fight with the Champs d'Elysees barriers

    Coppi winning on Alpe d'Huez's debut I remember was one of them.

    Being a British programme, probably Cav winning four stages in 2008.
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • dave_1
    dave_1 Posts: 9,512
    Hinault attacking alone with 2 or 3 cols to go at the 1986 TDF, suicidal attacks but far more of a feat than super teams towing rider to the last 10km. Pro cycling was more fun in the 80s
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKBacb2V ... ata_player
  • Neil McC
    Neil McC Posts: 625
    The Policeman crash? Can't remember the year
  • dave_1
    dave_1 Posts: 9,512
    Neil McC wrote:
    The Policeman crash? Can't remember the year
    jalabert 1994, which he claimed put him off the sprints,..then he turns into GC guy :shock:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKBacb2V ... ata_player
  • bigmat
    bigmat Posts: 5,134
    Dave_1 wrote:
    Neil McC wrote:
    The Policeman crash? Can't remember the year
    jalabert 1994, which he claimed put him off the sprints,..then he turns into GC guy :shock:

    Well the first bit is believable - it would certaintly put me off the sprints!
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/41991871@N ... otostream/
  • takethehighroad
    takethehighroad Posts: 6,821
    There's a couple more obvious ones that haven't been guessed yet
  • Neil McC
    Neil McC Posts: 625
    TakeTheHighRoad wrote:
    There's a couple more obvious ones that haven't been guessed yet

    Not really a great moment but, Festina / Pantani 1998?
  • takethehighroad
    takethehighroad Posts: 6,821
    I'll give you that one, it was the rider protest but the Tour 98 in general is fine
  • steve_pushbiker
    steve_pushbiker Posts: 91
    Pedro Delgado missing the start of the TT?
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    I'll try and guess some more then (I actually watched the programme last year, but can't remember anything except Coppi).

    Chiappucci's ride to Sestriere
    Beloki's crash + Armstrong in the field
    Hinault & LeMond on Alpe Huez
    Armstrong v Pantani on Ventoux

    Two more Brit-centric ones: Boardman's fastest prologue, London depart
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • greasedscotsman
    greasedscotsman Posts: 6,962
    Boardman's prologue win in '94, it is a British show after all...
  • ratsbeyfus
    ratsbeyfus Posts: 2,841
    Armstrong cycling across the field.
    Someone or other hitting a dog and wrecking his wheel.
    Delgado being late for his sign in for the time trial at the start of the '88 tour.
    Robert Millar going the wrong way at the top of a summitb finish and throwing away the stage win.

    I had one of them red bikes but I don't any more. Sad face.

    @ratsbey
  • takethehighroad
    takethehighroad Posts: 6,821
    Rich N95 gets loads but steve_pushbiker gets the credit for the Delgado one (Special mention to ratsbeyfus for that one too)
  • avoidingmyphd
    avoidingmyphd Posts: 1,154
    rasmussen's time trial.
  • greasedscotsman
    greasedscotsman Posts: 6,962
    Got to be some Pantani in there somewhere, either an Alpe d'Huez stage win or his attack in the rain over the Galibier to Les Deux Alps...
  • ratsbeyfus
    ratsbeyfus Posts: 2,841
    Floyds amazing 'beer fuelled' penultimate stage win in '96. ?! (Getting a bit desperate now!)

    I had one of them red bikes but I don't any more. Sad face.

    @ratsbey
  • greasedscotsman
    greasedscotsman Posts: 6,962
    Riis on Hautacam dropping back to look at the other riders?
  • takethehighroad
    takethehighroad Posts: 6,821
    Three nos in a row!
  • Neil McC
    Neil McC Posts: 625
    greasedscotsman wrote:
    Got to be some Pantani in there somewhere, either an Alpe d'Huez stage win.

    Good shout, his record climb of Alpe d'Huez in 1997?
  • greasedscotsman
    greasedscotsman Posts: 6,962
    Bahamontes stopping to eat an ice cream at the top of one of the climbs?
  • takethehighroad
    takethehighroad Posts: 6,821
    The closest Pantani gets is the 98 Tour one which was more about the Festina affair
  • greasedscotsman
    greasedscotsman Posts: 6,962
    TakeTheHighRoad wrote:
    The closest Pantani gets is the 98 Tour one which was more about the Festina affair

    Really? Who wrote this list, Phil Liggett? What does he know?
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    A horse running on a bridge or summat.
  • greasedscotsman
    greasedscotsman Posts: 6,962
    Indurain's Luxembourg TT win in '92 by over 3 minutes?

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