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Old 19-03.-2008, 10:57 AM   #46
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I was fortunate to be at the 1995 TDF - and to see Indurain climbing at Alp D'Huez stage and the Guize Neige stage.
Superb stuff it was too ; Pantani had flown and Indurain was doing his damndest to minimise the time loss to MP.

Baking hot days.......Indurain passed by, Banesto jersey stuck to his back, you could see his lungs expanding/contracting under his sweat soaked jersey, hands on the drops, pedalling like a metronome.
Superb.
Pure artistry...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhEKRjhLuds
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I think someone forgot to tell him that he was going up hill.. that's insane.
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Old 20-03.-2008, 12:56 AM   #48
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rank these climbers from best to worst:

Marco Pantani
Richard Virenque
Fernando Escartin
Luc Leblanc
Roberto Heras
Jose Maria Jimenez
Gilberto Simoni
Leonardo Piepoli
Mikael Rasmussen
Francesco Casagrande
Claudio Chiapucci
Ivan Gotti

Marco Pantani
Jose Maria Jimenez
Gilberto Simoni
Roberto Heras
Leonardo Piepoli
Ivan Gotti
Michael Rasmussen
Claudio Chiapucci
Richard Virenque
Luc Leblanc
Francesco Casagrande
Fernando Escartin

Pantani and Jimenez were the best on this list IMO, although Jimenez was nowhere near as consistent as Pantani or most of the others on this list. 2007 TdF version of Rasmussen deserves to be higher on this list!
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