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One of the great TdS battles, 1987:

1987 Tour of Switzerland (via socalrider909)

And a little goodie: the Crans-Montana stage of the 1984 Tour de France!


Crans Montana 1984 (via WELLBRAN)


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Abruzziamo!

by Chris Fontecchio on Jun 12, 2009 3:26 PM EDT reply actions  

fantastic stuff, thanks for posting these!

classy move to post Fignon’s win too, what a beautiful rider.

by plinytheelder on Jun 12, 2009 3:51 PM EDT reply actions  

also I love Bob Roll basically saying he’s going to beat the crap out of everyone ;)

by plinytheelder on Jun 12, 2009 3:58 PM EDT up reply actions   1 recs

I'm a little too young to remember Hinault

But after him I would say that no other rider in his prime ever bared such a strong resemblance to Merckx in terms of riding style and sheer dominance as Laurent Fignon in that Tour. It’s a shame we had to wait till ’89 to see him at close to 100% again.

by Fernando on Jun 12, 2009 4:13 PM EDT reply actions  

Good find.

I really enjoyed the ‘87 TdS footage. I had no idea that’s the way the race happened.

by brunopitton on Jun 14, 2009 9:46 PM EDT reply actions  

So

do you think Winnen still wakes up in the middle of the night and yells KIEFFEEEEELLLLLLLLLLLL!

Abruzziamo!

by Chris Fontecchio on Jun 15, 2009 2:48 PM EDT reply actions  

Nice

But he did win twice at Alpe d’Huez, I think that may have outshone his loss of the TdS somewhat.

by tedvdw on Jun 15, 2009 4:18 PM EDT up reply actions  

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