Cycling Tour de France 2002 Part 2
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- Опубликовано: 10 фев 2025
- The 2002 Tour de France was a multiple stage bicycle race held from 6 July to 28 July 2002, and the 89th edition of the Tour de France. It has no overall winner-although American cyclist Lance Armstrong originally won the event, the United States Anti-Doping Agency announced in August 2012 that they had disqualified Armstrong from all his results since 1998, including his seven Tour de France wins from 1999-2005; the Union Cycliste Internationale has confirmed this verdict.
The event started in Luxembourg and ending in Paris. France was visited counter-clockwise, so the Pyrenees were there before the Alps. On average, the stages were shorter than in previous years, in an attempt to make illegal substances (doping) less necessary for the riders.[citation needed]
The favourite was Armstrong, at the time, winner in 1999, 2000 and 2001. The main opposition would probably come from the ONCE team with Joseba Beloki (3rd last year), Igor González de Galdeano (5th last year) and Marcos Serrano (9th last year), and from the Kelme riders Óscar Sevilla (7th last year, 2nd in last year's Vuelta a España) and Santiago Botero (8th last year). Other riders to keep in account for a high place in the final rankings were Tyler Hamilton (2nd Giro 2002), Levi Leipheimer (3rd Vuelta 2001), Christophe Moreau (4th Tour 2000) and Armstrong's team mate Roberto Heras (4th Vuelta 2001). Important riders who were not present were Jan Ullrich (2nd last year, injury) and Gilberto Simoni (winner 2001 Giro).
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keep uploading this videos! THNX
Telekom rider handing a drink to a USP rider - love the sportsmanship.
Hard to believe they used to race without helmets.
1:36:09 - Phil Liggett on Armstrong’s continuous run of wins, “because he seems to just have the secret that the others don’t have”. Least we all know that secret now.
Enough already
😂😂😂😂
Everybody had the secret🤦♂️🤦♂️
What are you taking about?
Over 98% of those riders used epo!
If you don’t know what you are talking about don’t talk
EPO.
Lol...decades before Armstrong, doping of some kind...
By this time (Armstrong's time) ALL the riders doping to the max that their bodies could use...
So..what it came down to...was training... Since THAT is the base to build on
Did you watch the video? Did you see/hear Armstrong's training vs the others' training?
@@leeshackelford7517 What it came down to was the best doping doctor. Lance wouldn't have won shit without that exclusive deal with Ferrarri + the UCI covering for him, even when he tested positive for cortisone in 99. Meanwhile in the 01 tour Jonathan Vaughters had to exit the tour despite having a huge visible bee sting on his eye because the only thing that would kill the swelling was cortisone, which was a banned substance. When Armstrong tested positive they made up a bullshit excuse about him needing it because his ass had a rash and he was allowed to continue.
My question is was the sprinters on drugs ???
Yes, starting with the east german and Ukrainian cyclists and spreading to the rest by the 90s. There might be a few new riders in these races not on a drug program if their team or country isn't organizing it for them.
The sprinters of eastern Europe will have a tren/test program for thier off season training, others will have something similar. I don't know when it started being used but some will be using a steroid amusingly named Winsterol.
Yes, Stuart O Grady and Erik Zabel have both confessed to doping. EPO and blood doping do not directly help you go faster they assist with fast recovery and make you feel less tired. So in these 3 week races you need it to keep going. Armstrong said you could win one day races without drugs but not a race like TDF.
Yes. 98% of the whole field was by 2000. And if you weren't, you were right off the back or eliminated/out the race