Favourite tooled up ride

iainf72
iainf72 Posts: 15,784
edited October 2010 in Pro race
Inspired by some of the stuff in the Clentador thread

What is your favourite doped ride? List more than 1. When you just sit back and think it is what it is, what did you enjoy watching even though it was a nonsense.

Me : Landis to Morzine.
Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
«134

Comments

  • disgruntledgoat
    disgruntledgoat Posts: 8,957
    Pantani to Deux Alpes- I was too young and naive to appreciate it for what it was at the time.
    "In many ways, my story was that of a raging, Christ-like figure who hauled himself off the cross, looked up at the Romans with blood in his eyes and said 'My turn, sock cookers'"

    @gietvangent
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    disgruntledgoat wrote:
    Pantani to Deux Alpes- I was too young and naive to appreciate it for what it was at the time.

    By miles.
    _
  • disgruntledgoat
    disgruntledgoat Posts: 8,957
    Sorry, writing that jogged my memory as to Isidiro Nozal and Aitor Gonzalez for the other thread.

    Does Jesus Manzano staggering around like a drunk in the 2003 tour count?

    The ones that always stick out in my mind are the ones where you immediately go "no fupping way!"

    Hincapie's Pyrenees win, for example.
    "In many ways, my story was that of a raging, Christ-like figure who hauled himself off the cross, looked up at the Romans with blood in his eyes and said 'My turn, sock cookers'"

    @gietvangent
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    This ride, probably would come close, had I watched it.

    For those who understand, Wuyts does his usual good chat on watching this again in the knowledge that Museeuw was jungle juiced, and how he sensed it wasn't quite what it should have been at the time (and explaining what he said during the commentary and why he said it)
    _
  • Kléber
    Kléber Posts: 6,842
    edited October 2010
    Hincapie to Pla d'Adet in the 2005 Tour. Perpetual Paris-Roubaix hope "Big" George discovers his climbing legs to trounce Phonak's Pereiro on a stage with six climbs and a tough summit finish. You watched it and just laughed.

    FC Ferrari 1 - Athletico Fuentes 0
  • shinyhelmut
    shinyhelmut Posts: 1,364
    Indurain breaking away and towing Bruyneel to Liege in the '93? tour. Don't know why he attacked but it was such a shock to see from a rider not known for his panache.
  • B3rnieMac
    B3rnieMac Posts: 384
    there was a period of about 7 years....... :wink:



    DDLs 09 Giro was just laughably doped. It was like he wasnt even trying to hide it.
  • LangerDan
    LangerDan Posts: 6,132
    Frank Vandenbroucke at Liege in '99
    'This week I 'ave been mostly been climbing like Basso - Shirley Basso.'
  • calvjones
    calvjones Posts: 3,850
    Tom B and Sophie. :P
    ___________________

    Strava is not Zen.
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,915
    Claudio Chiappucci to Sestriere
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    calvjones wrote:
    Tom B and Sophie. :P

    FingerWag.gif
    _
  • greasedscotsman
    greasedscotsman Posts: 6,962
    Ricco on the Col d'Aspin!
  • disgruntledgoat
    disgruntledgoat Posts: 8,957
    The top 5 of the 2003 Tour. Still one of the best races I can recall.
    "In many ways, my story was that of a raging, Christ-like figure who hauled himself off the cross, looked up at the Romans with blood in his eyes and said 'My turn, sock cookers'"

    @gietvangent
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    How about you Ian?

    ET Basso?
    _
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    How about you Ian?

    ET Basso?

    Flandis.

    Ullrich's ride up to Andorra as well.
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Were they "Wow" moments or "Errrr..." moments?
    _
  • stfc1
    stfc1 Posts: 505
    TheBigBean wrote:
    Claudio Chiappucci to Sestriere

    Magnificent ride.
  • Gazzaputt
    Gazzaputt Posts: 3,227
    Tyler Hamilton broken collarbone ride in the 2003 TDF
  • Kléber
    Kléber Posts: 6,842
    Every Olympic road race I can remember.
  • pb21
    pb21 Posts: 2,171
    Gazzaputt wrote:
    Tyler Hamilton broken collarbone ride in the 2003 TDF

    I saw this when I first got into cycling, was quite inspirational for an ignorant noob.

    Plus Contador and Rasmussen duking it out in the mountains in ’07 was weirdly entertaining!
    Mañana
  • dougzz
    dougzz Posts: 1,833
    Flandis was spectacular.

    For some reason the Piepoli and JJ Cobo on Hautacam sticks with me, I remember thinking wow, what a pair of losers, they've cheated the poor but decent Mr Schleck (I'm easily misled) of a prestigious win.

    But many Lance moments really take the bag, the pursuit of Pantani on Ventoux, but I guess if it has to be one moment, then 2004 when he caught Kloeden almost on the line, ahead of Ullrich, Basso and Landis, a proper dope fest.
  • epc06
    epc06 Posts: 216
    Virenque's bastille day win
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    LangerDan wrote:
    Frank Vandenbroucke at Liege in '99

    that year he rode the vuelta and got the points jersey
    "If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    jalabert milan san remo 95.... and then the rest of the season
    "If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm
  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    Rasmussen vs Contador on the Peyresourde
    Vandenbroucke to Avila in the 1999 Vuelta
    Tyler Hamilton to Bayonne
    The full second half of Jalabert's career


    In terms of 'omen' factor it has to be the 1-2-3 (Argentin, Furlan, Berzin) of Gewiss Ballan in the 1994 Fleche Wallonne - starting to realise there was a significant shift happening, and that the era of 2 minute time penalties for amfetamine pills was over...
  • le_patron
    le_patron Posts: 494
    FJS wrote:
    Rasmussen vs Contador on the Peyresourde
    Vandenbroucke to Avila in the 1999 Vuelta

    I like these (and Flandis and mr 60%'s efforts too obviously).
    Armstrong catching Pantani on the Ventoux always looks very wrong to me too...
  • shinyhelmut
    shinyhelmut Posts: 1,364
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Were they "Wow" moments or "Errrr..." moments?

    That sums up the problem in cycling. Every "wow" moment is also an "errr" moment.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    So many of my favourite moments are now marred by the fact there was a reason for them being so good.

    Pantani to Deux Alpes in 98
    Hamilton to Bayonne with broken collarbone in 2003
    Lance to Hautacam in 2000
    Chiappucci to Sestriere in 92

    Strange how these are all TdF performances although that's probably down to the fact that I didn't have Eurosport so it was about the only time I watched races.
  • pb21
    pb21 Posts: 2,171
    When was the last time there was an ‘errr’ moment in a classic.

    I mean we had Cancellara at Roubaix this year, but that opinion is much more divided.
    Mañana
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    pb21 wrote:
    When was the last time there was an ‘errr’ moment in a classic.

    I mean we had Cancellara at Roubaix this year, but that opinion is much more divided.

    LBL this year.

    My pick would be Landis to Morzine, but I also "enjoyed" Vino and Kashechkin doing over Valverde in the Vuelta.

Categories