Today´s (september 1, 2020) TdF stage was a mountain stage. It ended in a "1st category" climb. The first attack came when there were 500 meters left to finish the stage. Any good cycling fan miss Contador.
@@LovveLRS Egan Bernal knows a lot more about what happened there. His decision to leave was hard and certainly an involuntary one. Maybe the whole misery will come to light. I hope so. Bernal is a man of honor and has a lot of character
Thankful that these moments are preserved online. No better commentators than Phil and Paul (rip Paul), they really put you in the moment. I also second others comments, no matter how much juice you’re on that’s a BRUTAL climb. 🚴♂️💨🤘
One of my favourite riders, I was at one of the bicycle shows, where he attended, when he had finished and was leaving, i remember seeing him walk past and there was a young boy who had been waiting Contador didn't see him at first, but i remember he looked back saw the young boy and he turned around and went back to the young boy went down to his level and he had a chat with him, signed his magazine and also stopped for pictures, the smile on the young boys face i will always remember...... from that day he became one of my favourite riders, not just for his riding, but for also the way he was that day.....
Everything I have heard about Contador as a person has been very positive. What a contrast to Lance Armstrong! Despite his run-in with doping when almost everyone was doping, he is still one of the riders I love to watch and marvel at.
wow what a race ! On this day was born the legend of "ATTAQUE DE PIERRE ROLLAND" but good job from Alberto and Samuel (two champions and two of my favorite's cyclists)
6:57 I'm standing in the apex of this corner (#3) with the French army guys right in front of me. Was surprised when Contador didn't win, but kudos to Rolland. A great Tour. Hope to go back some day.
Having ridden up it three times on a heavy steel bike with food and two bottle of wine to spectate, I can vouch for it's toughness. Interestingly, it's nowhere near as hard as the Glandon jut over the mountain. They are all hard, though! :-)
I remember to cheer for Pierre but he was exclusively on Samu's wheel... Any way, Contador's double attack earlier that day was way sicker than the action on Alpe d'Huez. That move with Andy on his wheel was so badass.
Brutal because after attacking early on in the climb, and earlier in the day, he was slowly dragged back in and spat out by the eventual 1st and 2nd placers. He rolled the dice and just missed out on glory. Chapeau Contador!
@@Requiredfields2 I did not know. I'm very sorry to hear that. I saw Paul at a cycling jamboree in Frejus on the Cote d'Azur in 1978, when I was on an exchange with a family there. He was riding for Fiat at the time and it was a real thrill to see an English rider on a big continental team. It was pretty exotic back then.
Cadel Evans as the weirdest pedalling style...he's all over the place bobbing and rocking and side to side, not to mention his inward facing legs knocked-kneed or something...
E brutale! mano a mano , hermano! rather than the boring train--all the tops gave best they could--they ALL wanted 1) win the star 2) gain time in hotly contested shakeup win GC standings. A fugly climb (did it years back TDF 2005? when Lance passed Basso on ITT same climb, Robin Williams giving blow by blows, nuts!)
@m g oh im sorry did I touch a wee nerve there hurt your little feelings before you open your big fat mouth get your facts sorted out 1st ya fucking wee boring poofter
@@garycowie8648 Contador full of peds would have mantain, and probably increase the distance. He ran this tour 2011 when his case was already open (later he would be sanctioned) and at that time he was probably the cleanest runner you have seen in this video.
@@juncearyoutube3336 do you not like getting called wee names that you get my comments deleted but it's OK for you toughen yourself up snowflake it harsh hard world out there
this is thanks to Team Sky who have robotized the race. just watch Giro d Italia just gone - that was quite exciting without team Sky intefering, but nowhere near the blood transfusion and EPO "assist"
@@buffalotheory504 To be fair, the Giro with Sky last year was pretty damn exciting too and the Giro this year was shit for a week or so because course design is such a factor. Sky have given us some shit mountain stages, but Froome (especially in 2016) has given us some great moments.
Denning76 Exactly, although Sky is strong I still enjoy to watch it. There also other contenders such as Quintana (however he’s out form for a couple of seasons in the Tour), Nibali (he’s getting older), Dumoulin (he has a shit team, for some reason keeps losing time due to mechanical issues, crashes, etc. and is injured at the moment so if he’ll make it in form to the Tour is still the big question) and Thomas, but he’s from the same team. And when riders such as Kruiswijk have a form peak can also be very strong, for example his Giro in 2016, where he simply destroyed his competitors, he however crashed and lost the Giro well their where only 2 real stages left and his lead was over 2 minutes and he was in everything the strongest...
Yer kidding? I was there last year and they were pissed as farts. Running in the road, letting off smoke bombs. NO RESPECT. They’re not cyclists. They’re yobs.
What ever happened to Pierre Rolland and Rein Taaramae? Both promising prospects but I don't remember hearing anything significant about them in the following years
Stage 19 2011 epic stage felt sorry for Thomas volkler holding yellow he got isolated on the telegraph I did this stage on the etape a few days earlier scorchio.... 3hrs 13.....I'm still heading up the galibier when there finished......
What would the TDF be without those wild fans? The peleton makes much adu about nothing. The Tour is fine, crazy fans and the occasional drug bust. There is a reason they the fans spat at Armstrong.
These people running on the side and in front and even around the racers are crazy. The riders have to be soooo patients, I have so much respect for them to be able to refrain from hitting one of the craziests.
I am not a pro by any means, but speaking from my experience, when you work this hard you’re concentrating on yourself and on giving everything you have, you just simply lock out everything- and everybody else
today was the greatest race since Lemond Fignon in 1989, although not quite as dramatic by 8 seconds on the last stage. Unreal Pogajac time trial beating Roglich by over 2 minutes. He won the stage, and ripped the Yellow, White and polka dot jerseys, off his pedestrian opponents ,,,game....set....match...Slovakia
Today´s (september 1, 2020) TdF stage was a mountain stage. It ended in a "1st category" climb. The first attack came when there were 500 meters left to finish the stage. Any good cycling fan miss Contador.
My first thought when Bernal left the Tour was that Contador would never have left/quit - he would have tried to win a stage.
@@LovveLRS Egan Bernal knows a lot more about what happened there. His decision to leave was hard and certainly an involuntary one. Maybe the whole misery will come to light. I hope so. Bernal is a man of honor and has a lot of character
I don`t miss him at all.
@@iavor3377 hater?
We don't miss dopers
Thankful that these moments are preserved online.
No better commentators than Phil and Paul (rip Paul), they really put you in the moment.
I also second others comments, no matter how much juice you’re on that’s a BRUTAL climb. 🚴♂️💨🤘
One of my favourite riders, I was at one of the bicycle shows, where he attended, when he had finished and was leaving, i remember seeing him walk past and there was a young boy who had been waiting Contador didn't see him at first, but i remember he looked back saw the young boy and he turned around and went back to the young boy went down to his level and he had a chat with him, signed his magazine and also stopped for pictures, the smile on the young boys face i will always remember...... from that day he became one of my favourite riders, not just for his riding, but for also the way he was that day.....
Everything I have heard about Contador as a person has been very positive. What a contrast to Lance Armstrong! Despite his run-in with doping when almost everyone was doping, he is still one of the riders I love to watch and marvel at.
Miss you Paul.....the two greatest cycling commentators in history. Miss the dynamic duo of Phil and Paul. God bless 🙏🙏🙏
Anglo* commentators. You are not the world and certainly don't know all languages.
Loved those two commentators...
I miss their voices and their humor. They were exceptional. They were the voices of the Tour de France
Thanks, you might want to add in the title or description that this was 2011 !
Does it really make any difference?
@@robertcalderon5960 is that a serious question or were you just bored?
@@robertcalderon5960 ofc it does
@@robertcalderon5960 - yes, I immediately wanted to know the year.
RIP Paul. You gave us so much. Ride on legend!
Who's Paul?
@@lambertlambert7076 Paul Sherwen -cycling commentator.
@@bonjoviae2926 Thanks.
Best commentary team
Still exciting to watch nine years later during the coronavirus lockdown of 2020.
@@2wheelsrbest327 ภภ
Even more exciting when you are French with the Pierre Rolland ride. What a stage ! It's not every Tour which has a great show like that.
Incredible stage. Bravo Cadel.
Thanks so much for posting.
I remember watching this live.
Me too
Nobody climbed like Contador. He is the master of form and technique.
he got dropped by a nobody frenchie in this video. what are you on about
And the fact that he was maxed out on EPO. Probably had double the normal amount of red blood cells.
💉💉💉
@@chriswhitehead6544 everyone in the race then and now is doping! Wake up!
@@Dayumhesgood Did you watched whole stage? I bet you didn't for sure..
Liggett and Sherwen...utter perfection!
wow what a race ! On this day was born the legend of "ATTAQUE DE PIERRE ROLLAND" but good job from Alberto and Samuel (two champions and two of my favorite's cyclists)
Phil liggit and Paul sherwin my favorites Commentators.
6:57 I'm standing in the apex of this corner (#3) with the French army guys right in front of me. Was surprised when Contador didn't win, but kudos to Rolland. A great Tour. Hope to go back some day.
almost ten years ago already.. time goes fast!
Time NEVER goes fast, never goes slow - but always second by second, year by year.
Juiced up or not, still a hell of an effort. That climb is brutal for anyone
Seriously who cares! I wanna see these dudes rip the bottom brackets off their bikes!
Having ridden up it three times on a heavy steel bike with food and two bottle of wine to spectate, I can vouch for it's toughness. Interestingly, it's nowhere near as hard as the Glandon jut over the mountain. They are all hard, though! :-)
I think the title of this video should rather be "Pierre Rolland's Brutal Attack on Alpe d'Huez"
I remember to cheer for Pierre but he was exclusively on Samu's wheel... Any way, Contador's double attack earlier that day was way sicker than the action on Alpe d'Huez. That move with Andy on his wheel was so badass.
Being on somebody's wheel more than half of the climb is now called brutal attack :P
what are you talking about man? he was a parasite, fair tactic, but not the most impressive or merit deserving one.
Brutal because after attacking early on in the climb, and earlier in the day, he was slowly dragged back in and spat out by the eventual 1st and 2nd placers. He rolled the dice and just missed out on glory. Chapeau Contador!
Rolland had so much potential.
Alberto Contador é incrível.
一代战神
Great riders! Slechks, Cadel Evans, Contador and more
18:58: "he has gone out in a cloud of glory today". Nobody can mangle a metaphor quite like Phil Liggett (although Paul Sherwen is a close rival).
Sherwin RIP
@@Requiredfields2 I did not know. I'm very sorry to hear that. I saw Paul at a cycling jamboree in Frejus on the Cote d'Azur in 1978, when I was on an exchange with a family there. He was riding for Fiat at the time and it was a real thrill to see an English rider on a big continental team. It was pretty exotic back then.
Yeah favorite Phil quote is when a rider quit the tour. He said" The race has no respect for reputation your only as good as now" how true.
I cycled Alpe d`Huez this week - no where near this fast lol
I did it probably around the same time as you. I miss it now I'm back in England and it's cold a/f.
I walked up half of it (individual time trial '04) but riding it is one of my bucket list items. Good for you!
You (probably) weren’t on EPO though lol
i'd have trouble with an electronic bike mate LUL good on you
Real show began climbing Telegraph with Albertos attack from 92 km the day after of Andy awesome attack at Galibier.
11:47 These guys would be pretty impressive on the stair climber machine in the gym! :-)
Get pulled across and then attack. Horrible sportsmanship
It is disheartening, that some of these spectators will be called to vote on important matters, many a times in their lifetime..
Ahhh... the good old days before the Sky train took over and stifled days like this.
Yeah the good old good when they were full of PEDS
@@garycowie8648 Like Sky clearly still are?
@m g calm down mohamed you boring bastard
@m g you really are so boring fuck standing beside you at a party have to go watch paint dry now yanky wanky
@@vincentmazzola2887
Sky are no longer a team you fucking paranoid boring headcace
Sammy Sanchez is a beast. Miss those times when he was around.
Rolland and Sagan in the same French team. So many expectations...! ^_^
you forgot Joaquim Agostinho in 1979 tour.Great Victory,from a great athelete from Portugal.
R.I.P. Paul Sherwen. Jakob Fuglsang is having one of his best years this year. Funny to see him riding back in the Cadel Evans/Scheck brother days. =)
Fuglsang could win TDF with Froome out, as I can't see Thomas doing it again.
@@christrickett3291 dude just won Lombardia and liege bastogne liege this year.
The best amateurs reckon to do this climb in one hour; in the 1995 Tour, Marco Pantani did it in 37 minutes!!
The best amateurs are dong this climb about 15 minutes faster than that. Pretty good amateurs will aim for an hour.
Holy cow. Zoom zoom
What happened to Alberto Contador? Did he start his attack too early? He was doing so well for a while there...I thought he was going to win for sure.
Кто сказал , что футбол спорт номер один , но велоспорт , это всё , о чем можно мечтать и творить 🚴🤔❤️
Anda que Samuel Sánchez ya le vale!! llevar a Roland a rueda y joderle la etapa a contador
Cadel Evans as the weirdest pedalling style...he's all over the place bobbing and rocking and side to side, not to mention his inward facing legs knocked-kneed or something...
What year was that?
E brutale! mano a mano , hermano! rather than the boring train--all the tops gave best they could--they ALL wanted 1) win the star 2) gain time in hotly contested shakeup win GC standings. A fugly climb (did it years back TDF 2005? when Lance passed Basso on ITT same climb, Robin Williams giving blow by blows, nuts!)
This is dope 👌
Well Contador certainly was on that.
Did this one on Zwift yesterday! ;-)
Attaque de Pierre Roland !!
little bit misleading title...
I agree should have been cotador full of PEDS
@m g oh im sorry did I touch a wee nerve there hurt your little feelings before you open your big fat mouth get your facts sorted out 1st ya fucking wee boring poofter
@@garycowie8648 Contador full of peds would have mantain, and probably increase the distance. He ran this tour 2011 when his case was already open (later he would be sanctioned) and at that time he was probably the cleanest runner you have seen in this video.
@@garycowie8648 yeah, and the others were full of nice hopes and dreams hahaha what a tool
@@juncearyoutube3336 do you not like getting called wee names that you get my comments deleted but it's OK for you toughen yourself up snowflake it harsh hard world out there
A legendary ride by AC, but this is not even half of the story. The entire stage is worth watching because of the things he did earlier!
First image is not alpe d'Huez
I stopped watching TdF when the legendary Contador retired , no excitement no shit when Contador is not there .AC ur a legend of the world of cycling
So did I. Cycling is boring without him.
A bit over the to, but yeh.. he certainly was the classiest racer of the era.
Contador will always guarantee a great race. No holds barred
I still watch but it’s not the same sport, he was the last Mohican
I agree, it is so much different without him. A true legend of this sport.
Likes who is watching during covid-19
When all was well in the world. I miss those days.
El grandioso, Samuel Sánchez ....
Wrong title for this video: Pierre Rolland brutal attack at the Alpe d’Huez. ❤️ 🇫🇷
"Brutal attack" may be overselling it somewhat. Spoiler alert: he doesn't brutally win the stage.
A steak has to do what a steak has to do.
The cast of characters in this race is awesome, not the same now. This made for compelling TV with so many ppl to root for.
this is thanks to Team Sky who have robotized the race. just watch Giro d Italia just gone - that was quite exciting without team Sky intefering, but nowhere near the blood transfusion and EPO "assist"
@@buffalotheory504 To be fair, the Giro with Sky last year was pretty damn exciting too and the Giro this year was shit for a week or so because course design is such a factor. Sky have given us some shit mountain stages, but Froome (especially in 2016) has given us some great moments.
Denning76 Exactly, although Sky is strong I still enjoy to watch it. There also other contenders such as Quintana (however he’s out form for a couple of seasons in the Tour), Nibali (he’s getting older), Dumoulin (he has a shit team, for some reason keeps losing time due to mechanical issues, crashes, etc. and is injured at the moment so if he’ll make it in form to the Tour is still the big question) and Thomas, but he’s from the same team.
And when riders such as Kruiswijk have a form peak can also be very strong, for example his Giro in 2016, where he simply destroyed his competitors, he however crashed and lost the Giro well their where only 2 real stages left and his lead was over 2 minutes and he was in everything the strongest...
Légende contaDor
Legend, yeah, right. More special steak, please.
@@teogo legend for sure 💯
Funny how thin the stage leaders legs were compared to Evans legs
Miss the Schleck brothers...
I miss Andy Schleck.
Wow everyone using digital compact camera.. no selfie no status update no whatsapp update this time.. what a life.. a good life
I remember when French guys were hyping Pierre Rolland as future multi-gt winner.
It's always like this in France you know
I'm french and I'm fed up with this attitude a french wins a stage and He will win the Tour de France twice lol
They did the same with Romain Bardet, and Bardet got fed up with that and changed teams to race in the Giro and Vuelta.
Dutch fans are the best just cheering and not being stupid and running with the riders
A tiny proportion of fans run alongside and I agree they are wrong, but how can you know none of them are Dutch?
Chris Trickett
Because they have a beer pump on every corner. What would you do? Run and be a twat or have a beer and cheer?
Yer kidding?
I was there last year and they were pissed as farts. Running in the road, letting off smoke bombs.
NO RESPECT. They’re not cyclists. They’re yobs.
2011.
I miss this cycling
Contador ,mon idole
Brutal stage! I miss el pistolero
"Foogelsang". Wasn't he in Fraggle Rock?
Great stage......missed the brutal attack of contador . I know it happened though 😉
Sir Thomas de Gendt!
"I've got to stop now, because I've got a lump in my throat"
Shleck Brothers vs Yates Brothers?
Alberto ♥️
01:57 left down quarter that pleb is pushed by an official
That special steak paid off for el Pistola.
El pistola cazz.... Ahahahhahah
"El pistola"😂
Legendary
Listening to Liggett's voice after his ill-advised backing of doping riders and authorities for so many years is impossible.
I fell in love with Canada
Where are Alberto Contador attack??
The title is misleading but what the heck the racing is great all the same.
What ever happened to Pierre Rolland and Rein Taaramae? Both promising prospects but I don't remember hearing anything significant about them in the following years
Pierre Rolland has been 8nd of tour of France in 2012.
El Pistolero 🔥
"bigs names in the sport of cycling like merckx hinault lance amstrong..." great comment
Stage 19 2011 epic stage felt sorry for Thomas volkler holding yellow he got isolated on the telegraph I did this stage on the etape a few days earlier scorchio....
3hrs 13.....I'm still heading up the galibier when there finished......
uau
what year is this?
2011
Paul - quality analysis, followed by an unintelligible Phil comment.
Who’s High Pitch?
Everybody in the comments section talking about drugs/peds. I’m more mesmerised by the crowds and what the atmosphere must be for the cyclists.
i miss Contador and HTC:(
Contador the greatest!!
Vamos alberto
Contador is like an F250 turbo diesel!!!!!
Are those granny gear/spinning?
What would the TDF be without those wild fans? The peleton makes much adu about nothing. The Tour is fine, crazy fans and the occasional drug bust. There is a reason they the fans spat at Armstrong.
Is this 2011?
Vive l’air pur de la montagne et cette puissance phénoménale 484watts, un vrai turbo surtout dans les cols…! Cela pose question …?
These people running on the side and in front and even around the racers are crazy. The riders have to be soooo patients, I have so much respect for them to be able to refrain from hitting one of the craziests.
I am not a pro by any means, but speaking from my experience, when you work this hard you’re concentrating on yourself and on giving everything you have, you just simply lock out everything- and everybody else
It was so brutal he finished 3rd.
today was the greatest race since Lemond Fignon in 1989, although not quite as dramatic by 8 seconds
on the last stage. Unreal Pogajac time trial beating Roglich by over 2 minutes.
He won the stage, and ripped the Yellow, White and polka dot jerseys, off his pedestrian opponents ,,,game....set....match...Slovakia
Berti, powered by beef. Fulsang and Andy Schlek... oh dear.
All that special steak.