Best Tour de France moments

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  • steve_pushbiker
    steve_pushbiker Posts: 91
    Cipo dressed as a roman?
  • greasedscotsman
    greasedscotsman Posts: 6,962
    steve_pushbiker wrote:
    Cipo dressed as a roman?

    I would be thinking if Cipo is mentioned, it would be his 4 consectutive stage wins, not sure which year though.

    Claudio Chiappucci to Sestriere in '92?
    Laurent Jalabert to Mende in '95?

    And didn't Jacky Durand win a stage with some stupidly long lone break?
  • Cleat Eastwood
    Cleat Eastwood Posts: 7,508
    Armstrongs salute to casartelli
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    momentarily from the herd and thinks for himself.
  • greasedscotsman
    greasedscotsman Posts: 6,962
    RichN95 wrote:
    IArmstrong v Pantani on Ventoux

    Or how about Eros Poli's Ventoux stage win?
  • takethehighroad
    takethehighroad Posts: 6,821
    steve_pushbiker and greasedscotsman share the plaudits for the Cipo one, as it was afte having won the four stages that he dressed as a Roman

    Two of these are classic stages from the 50s/60s, the other one is the most difficult and quite random.
  • Cleat Eastwood
    Cleat Eastwood Posts: 7,508
    tom simpsons collapse on the ventoux

    millars KOM
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    momentarily from the herd and thinks for himself.
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    TakeTheHighRoad wrote:
    steve_pushbiker and greasedscotsman share the plaudits for the Cipo one, as it was afte having won the four stages that he dressed as a Roman

    Two of these are classic stages from the 50s/60s, the other one is the most difficult and quite random.

    Grand Depart in London?
  • Cleat Eastwood
    Cleat Eastwood Posts: 7,508
    Fausto Coppi - 1952.....biggest winning margin?

    or charlie gaul KOM just for loving the cold.
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    edited June 2010
    TakeTheHighRoad wrote:
    steve_pushbiker and greasedscotsman share the plaudits for the Cipo one, as it was afte having won the four stages that he dressed as a Roman

    Two of these are classic stages from the 50s/60s, the other one is the most difficult and quite random.

    In that case, you must have missed pdstsp picking the Puy de Dome on the first page. I can't image they'd do the 50/60s without that.
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  • DaveyL
    DaveyL Posts: 5,167
    Indurain cracking on Les Arcs?

    Indurain towing Bruyneel into Bruges?
    Le Blaireau (1)
  • greasedscotsman
    greasedscotsman Posts: 6,962
    DaveyL wrote:
    Indurain towing Bruyneel into Bruges?

    Or Liege :D

    How about for the random one, Delgado's attack on the Luz Ardiden stage of the '88 race, they always seem to show that one on these highlights shows, although he didn't win the stage, think Cubino did...
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    I'll have a few guesses at the 'quite random' one:

    Tom Steels throwing his bidon in a bunch sprint
    Guerini crashing into a fan taking a photo
    Joel Pelier wins the stage to Futuroscope in 1989 (my favourite stage win)
    Thierry Marie's epic breakaway win
    The stage 1 breakaway in 1990
    Bernard Hinault punching someone.
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  • DaveyL
    DaveyL Posts: 5,167
    Liege, ooops...

    :oops:
    Le Blaireau (1)
  • redvee
    redvee Posts: 11,922
    Louis Ocana 1971 Crashing in yellow
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  • takethehighroad
    takethehighroad Posts: 6,821
    RichN95 wrote:
    In that case, you must have missed pdstsp picking the Puy de Dome on the first page. I can't image they'd do the 50/60s without that.

    That I did.

    redvee has managed to find the random one - Ocana crashing out
  • Wooliferkins
    Wooliferkins Posts: 2,060
    Coppi on Alp D'Huez 1952
    Anquetil 1957 blowing up on the Soulor

    Random one, Andre Darrigde riding into the secretary of the Parc du Prince 1958
    or Brian Robinson first Brit stage win 1958
    Neil
    Help I'm Being Oppressed
  • takethehighroad
    takethehighroad Posts: 6,821
    After consideration, the final one goes to Cleat Eastwood. It was Charly Gaul winning the Tour, not just the KOM but I'm not that picky.

    Congrats to all
  • inkyfingers
    inkyfingers Posts: 4,400
    Wim van Est crashing into a ravine while wearing yellow? Phil and Paul tell that story every year!
    "I have a lovely photo of a Camargue horse but will not post it now" (Frenchfighter - July 2013)
  • greasedscotsman
    greasedscotsman Posts: 6,962
    Think RichN95 wins that, what does he win?
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    greasedscotsman wrote:
    Think RichN95 wins that, what does he win?

    I only won by posting the most guesses. My strike rate was pretty poor.
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  • takethehighroad
    takethehighroad Posts: 6,821
    You win VIP tickets to the rest of England's World Cup matches this year
  • redvee
    redvee Posts: 11,922
    I could have posted all the missing moments after looking at the DVD I made from the ITV2 proggy I recorded last year.
    I've added a signature to prove it is still possible.
  • timoid.
    timoid. Posts: 3,133
    So no Merckx ride to Mourenx and no Pantani Deux Alpes or Alpe d'Huez (I know)

    Ho hum.

    On a more random note why not Bartali handing Coppi a water bottle (or by some accounts the other way round) from that photo? Surely an iconic tour moment. It even lead to the re-opening of their legendery feud.

    coppibartali.jpg
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    Timoid. wrote:
    So no Merckx ride to Mourenx and no Pantani Deux Alpes or Alpe d'Huez (I know)

    Ho hum.

    On a more random note why not Bartali handing Coppi a water bottle (or by some accounts the other way round) from that photo? Surely an iconic tour moment. It even lead to the re-opening of their legendery feud.

    Being a TV show, it probably focused on events they had clips for (preferably one's they owned)
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  • verylonglegs
    verylonglegs Posts: 4,023
    No Riis throwing his bike in a hissy fit?
  • Moomaloid
    Moomaloid Posts: 2,040
    U mean a whole show where Paul doesn't get to say BIG GEORGE or DENNY MENCHOV?!!! What ever will he do? Maybe reach into that bloody suitcase of courage!
  • moray_gub
    moray_gub Posts: 3,328
    Timoid. wrote:
    So no Merckx ride to Mourenx and no Pantani Deux Alpes or Alpe d'Huez (I know)

    Ho hum.

    On a more random note why not Bartali handing Coppi a water bottle (or by some accounts the other way round) from that photo? Surely an iconic tour moment. It even lead to the re-opening of their legendery feud.

    coppibartali.jpg

    Great pic posted this before but not do any harm again


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  • moray_gub
    moray_gub Posts: 3,328
    TakeTheHighRoad wrote:
    You win VIP tickets to the rest of England's World Cup matches this year


    Gatwick airport tickets did you say ?
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  • SickAsAParrot
    SickAsAParrot Posts: 212
    The devil guy jumping around with a fork? Can't remember the year.

    Srsly tho: Virenque's win 1995 Stage 15, but for all the worst reasons.
  • takethehighroad
    takethehighroad Posts: 6,821
    Sorry dude, they all been guessed, RichN95 "won"

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