Best races of the last 30 years (or so)
I'm looking to grab some new footage for this winters turbo work from a certain Dutch site. Whilst I have most of the good Tour stuff from the last 30 years, I'm sure there are many great classics and other races that would be well worth watching from that period.
All suggestions very welcome
All suggestions very welcome
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Slightly outside 30 years, but you won't get more epic than the 1980 Liege-Bastogne-Liege. There's tons of stuff on Google. Here's a taster:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgtJidGHz1c
<i>Rarer than a one-liner by Howard Peel</i>0 -
1989 TdF Stage 21 TT.
If that's not inspiration or your turbo it's time to hang up your wheels.0 -
Me-109 wrote:If that's not inspiration or your turbo it's time to hang up your wheels.
Don't forget, that was the year he was thrashed by the EPO men in Italy. :!:Organiser, National Championship 50 mile Time Trial 19720 -
I can imagine Frank Vandenbroucke's butcherwork in the 1999 Vuelta stage to Avila being good turbo video material
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8MOQuF4_BI
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FJS wrote:I can imagine Frank Vandenbroucke's butcherwork in the 1999 Vuelta stage to Avila being good turbo video material
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8MOQuF4_BI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFO162E0wVc
That's the kind of stuff. As mentioned, I have decent Tour coverage, but very little from the Vuelta and only really Pantani's days in the Giro, with nothing from the Classics <2010.0 -
I assume you've got Roche's La Plagne effort in 87 and Chiappucci to Sestriere in 1992.0
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I've got the 87 Tour, but not the 92 one (the download broke). Shall look again to see if they have it.0
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From the top of my head;
Paris-Roubaix 1994 (wet, muddy, funny bikes, epic escape)
Liege-Bastogne-Liege 1997 (when Bartoli despatched the ONCE duo of Jalabert and Zuelle)
1998 World Championships
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Super, that's the stuff Andy, thanks.0
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A couple more:
Bugno's 1990 Milan San Remo solo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-p0a6aQfn4I
Van Petegem's sprint with Museeuw and Vandenbroucke in the 1999 Ronde van Vlaanderen http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydDbbDKMM8I
Planckaert vs Bauer in Paris-Roubaix 1990 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGGS-ETkjcI
1994 Paris-Roubaix mudfest http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kn4gzxNQbuM
Bobby Traksel's 2010 Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqOfZfPFxH0
Bettini's demonstration at the 2006 Giro di Lombardia http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nH4yCLQ9uZ0
Oscar Freire's first World Championship win in 1999 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMhdTVfQhYY
The 1995 Worlds in Duitama, the hardest in the last 30 years http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76HUKOGuMrY
Gewiss-Ballan at the 1994 Fleche Wallonne for comic effect http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3rZphEtzSM
2002 Worlds, boring race, but I reckon the most impressive sprint train in the history of cycling http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxsAgTQ3uLc0 -
Not many people rate it butI've become a big fan of the Fleche Wallone as a result of watching them on the turbo. there is inevitably a break away (so you can spin and warm up for 20-30 min) which will get wound in slowly (time to up your effort) then you finish off with the deperate charge up the Mur de Huy (maximum effort here). time to warm down.
Cuddles victory was pretty classy a few years ago. Others made a bid and he was nowhere until it mattered. Watch and enjoy0 -
As FJS, Paris-Roubaix 1990 (I had '91 in my head).0
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The Alpe d'Huez stage in the 1990 Tour, a great stage IMOIt's only a bit of sport, Mun. Relax and enjoy the racing.0
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Pross wrote:As FJS, Paris-Roubaix 1990 (I had '91 in my head).
I prefer this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MF8boU1HRIo, 1997 Frédéric Guesdon, surprise winner (sorry if that’s a spoiler, phreak).
I also like this Kelly 1984 P-R clip because I think the music works for cycling to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fztwlbrAxmA
The music in this Merckx TT from the 1971 TdF works less well, but it’s interesting trying to follow his wheel: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l55SqabSNMY
Simplest thing to do, if don’t mind Italian, or the sometimes poor picture quality, is to enter ‘Perle di sport – Ciclismo’ in a search engine. It should direct you to a playlist of almost 90 cycling videos from between about 1960 and 2010 - classics, Tour and Giro stages, some short, some longish, all taken from the RAI series.
Included there are 3 on FJS’s list – Bugno 1990 MSR, Cipollini 2002 Worlds RR, Bettini 2006 Lombardy (the first two are the same links as in Perle di sport, but FJS’s link for Bettini is better quality than the Perle di sport one).
Another in the Perle di sport series is Pantani’s climb to Oropa in 1999 - essential watching for anyone who intends to watch the same finish climb during the 2014 Giro in commemoration of Pantani's 1999 win there.0 -
Stage 7, 2010 Giro - Strade Bianche stage.0
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I always liked the 89 Worlds.Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.0
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iainf72 wrote:I always liked the 89 Worlds.
Great race, but poor KellyIt's only a bit of sport, Mun. Relax and enjoy the racing.0 -
phreak wrote:dougzz wrote:Stage 7, 2010 Giro - Strade Bianche stage.
That goes without saying I have the Mortirolo and Gavia stages from that year too.
The first week of that race was immense.
Here's my contribution for now.
92 MSR
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mL3jQmkj3uI"A cyclist has nothing to lose but his chain"
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phreak wrote:I'm looking to grab some new footage for this winters turbo work from a certain Dutch site. Whilst I have most of the good Tour stuff from the last 30 years, I'm sure there are many great classics and other races that would be well worth watching from that period.
All suggestions very welcome
Dunno about the best, but the worst clip for a turbo session is probably the one that was doing the rounds a couple of years ago with Cancellara descending to a massive operatic score. You'd pedal precisely twice and then fall off sideways trying to follow his line through the corner...0 -
underlayunderlay wrote:Dunno about the best, but the worst clip for a turbo session...
Not a race as such, but the DVD I got with my Cyclops turbo is entertaining in its own way. Coach Robbie Ventura talks us through the warmup and then a 40 minute crit with a camera on his bike. When Robbie calls for an effort, you just have to follow. It's rather cheesy, but my average pace was around 3% higher than normal which is usually only achieveable via EPO, so credit where it's due! The only disappointment is that Robbie gets outsprinted at the end, so we have to settle for 3rd place. :evil:0 -
Joy. A quiet night in tonight, will get on a couple of these!0
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Bump 'cos this surround-sound doping sh1t is doing my gourd....a rare 100% loyal Pro Race poster. A poster boy for the community.0
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FJS wrote:I can imagine Frank Vandenbroucke's butcherwork in the 1999 Vuelta stage to Avila being good turbo video material
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8MOQuF4_BI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFO162E0wVc
Might have to.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tpa6N0TaZA
Tour of Flanders 2011. Don't think it's been mentioned already. Fantastic race!0 -
Yeah it was a great result with an awful result. Can remember how incensed I was that that pip-squeak won having done nothing all race for the fans.Contador is the Greatest0