Most memorable doped perfomances?

[Totilas]

Bobrik's victory in the 1994 Giro di Lombardia.

Who? Vlatislav Bobrik, Gewiss Balan.

I liked the introdution of the former Sovjet Union and Eastern European countries in pro peleton the late '80s, beginning '90s.

 

[Cobblestoned]

Tour de Suisse 2006 also came to my mind.
Fuentes power pure.

 

[ggusta]

whenever i see this thread gets a bump I will come back to say once and for all the gold standard is stage 17 2006 tdf. truly epic.

 

[Turner29]

Any ascent of Alpe d'Huez in under 42 minutes.

 

[hughmoore]

All of Pantinis rides!

 

[Fearless Greg Lemond]

Festina's last week in 1997:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCijUZvvESc
really incrediabli
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0Ch2oDrDdA

And to top it of a nice TT result for the boys.
http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/results/archives/tour97/stage20.html
1. Abraham Olano (Spa) BAN 1.15.57 (avs: 49,7 km/h)
2. Jan Ullrich (Ger) TEL 0.45
3. Philippe Gaumont (Fra) COF 1.12
4. Bobby Julich (USA) COF 2.24
5. Erik Dekker (Ned) RAB 2.39
6. Christophe Moreau (Fra) FES 2.56
7. Laurent Brochard (Fra) FES 3.10
8. Laurent Dufaux (Swi) FES 3.11
9. Richard Virenque (Fra) FES 3.32

Note, Gaumoint was always a great TT'er of course

 

[classicomano]

Video of the Gewiss train smoking the entire peleton on the Mur de Huy, legendary stuff

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3rZphEtzSM

 

[thehog]

Video of the Gewiss train smoking the entire peleton on the Mur de Huy, legendary stuff

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3rZphEtzSM

Good ride by Wiggins, Froome and Porte that day.

 

[tofino]

Sunglasses

I thought it was there sunglasses. Funny they mention Armstrong at 1:58.

Video of the Gewiss train smoking the entire peleton on the Mur de Huy, legendary stuff

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3rZphEtzSM

 

[Trond Vidar]

Video of the Gewiss train smoking the entire peleton on the Mur de Huy, legendary stuff

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3rZphEtzSM

insane. and so obvious.

 

[Pippo_San]

Video of the Gewiss train smoking the entire peleton on the Mur de Huy, legendary stuff

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3rZphEtzSM

Argentin, Furlan and Berzin.
What a diamond, one of the best ever, more than 70k TT, really epic stuff.

 

[Ferminal]

Video of the Gewiss train smoking the entire peleton on the Mur de Huy, legendary stuff

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3rZphEtzSM

Awesome, back when Fleche was an actual race.

 

[Granville57]

Awesome, back when Fleche was an actual race

...between three guys.

 

[Dear Wiggo]

Video of the Gewiss train smoking the entire peleton on the Mur de Huy, legendary stuff

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3rZphEtzSM

Incroyable!

 

[ghostofjoy]

Video of the Gewiss train smoking the entire peleton on the Mur de Huy, legendary stuff

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3rZphEtzSM

i've read the stories about this race, but never seen it until now. this has to rank with barry bonds 2000-2005 as the most absurd PED-fueled exploits in sports history. 3 big guys just rolling a massive gear off the front? hilariously wrong.

after that, i can honestly understand why so many riders were demoralized to the point of accepting doping. journalists weren't going to say sh*t, and it was before any pretense of serious testing.

 

[Pippo_San]

after that, i can honestly understand why so many riders were demoralized to the point of accepting doping. journalists weren't going to say sh*t, and it was before any pretense of serious testing.

It's ridiculous how Davide Cassani has never been, not even the slightest bit, open about those years and those performances.

I sincerely love his commentaries, but come on, lately he even raged about the pessimistic vision people have speaking of professional cycling and cycling in general...

...yet he was there.

 

[RobbieCanuck]

The list has to include Landis' 17th stage at the 2006 TDF.

 

[peterst6906]

The list has to include Landis' 17th stage at the 2006 TDF.

Yep, mentioned for the first time back on page 1 and a couple of additional times since.

 

[Fearless Greg Lemond]

The 1993 Conconi Comet:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njt10asmgog
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAbUHZToclE

1993 3º in Alconbendas (ESP)
1993 3º in Berlin (GER)
1993 1º in Escalada a Montjuich (ESP)
1993 3º in Stage 2 Kellogg's Tour of Britain, Swansea (GBR)
1993 3º in Km del Corso Mestre (ITA)
1993 3º in Liège - Bastogne - Liège (BEL)
1993 1º in General Classification World Cup, Road, Elite
1993 1º in Stage 2 Giro del Trentino, Merano (ITA)
1993 1º in Stage 3 Giro del Trentino, Roncone (ITA)
1993 1º in Stage 4 Giro del Trentino, Arco di Trento (ITA)
1993 1º in General Classification Giro del Trentino (ITA)
1993 1º in Stage 2 GP du Midi-Libre, Quillan (FRA)
1993 1º in Stage 3 GP du Midi-Libre, Rodez (FRA)
1993 1º in Stage 5 GP du Midi-Libre, Sète (FRA)
1993 1º in Stage 5 Settimana Siciliana (ITA)
1993 1º in Stage 2 Tirreno - Adriatico, Isola del Liri (ITA)
1993 1º in Stage 4 Tirreno - Adriatico, Castel di Lama (ITA)
1993 3º in Stage 7 Tirreno - Adriatico, Porto San Elpidio (ITA)
1993 1º in General Classification Tirreno - Adriatico (ITA)
1993 3º in Stage 6 Vuelta a Andalucia (Ruta del Sol), Granada (ESP)
1993 1º in Milano - San Remo, San Remo (ITA)
1993 1º in Waalse Pijl, Huy (BEL)
1993 1º in Stage 1 part b Giro d'Italia, Portoferraio (ITA)
1993 3º in Stage 10 Giro d'Italia, Senigallia (ITA)
1993 2º in Stage 12 Giro d'Italia, Asiago (ITA)
1993 2º in Points classification Giro d'Italia, Milano (ITA)
1993 1º in General Classification GP du Midi-Libre (FRA)
1993 3º in Leeds Classic, Leeds (GBR)
1993 3º in Wincanton Classic (GBR)
1993 1º in Meisterschaft von Zürich, Zurich (SUI)
1993 1º in Prologue Volta Ciclista a Catalunya (ESP)
1993 2º in General Classification Volta Ciclista a Catalunya (ESP)
1993 1º in Stage 6 Volta Ciclista a Catalunya (ESP)
1993 1º in GP Telekom (b) (GER) + Gianni Bugno,
1993 1º in Giro dell'Emilia (ITA)
1993 2º in Paris - Tours (FRA)
1993 1º in Firenze - Pistoia (ITA)

Now that was a nice season Maurizio.

 

[spalco]

Video of the Gewiss train smoking the entire peleton on the Mur de Huy, legendary stuff

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3rZphEtzSM

That heli shot at 3 minutes is ****ing gold. I assume it's edited together, but what a gap for a three man break.

 

[sublimit]

I'd probably give Festina the team prize for most insane performances in the Tour.

 

[barn yard]

ricco in the CERA tour... it was awesome

 

[meat puppet]

guess I'll be clever and list northug's feat today. from alpe cermis to val di fiemme, via tenerife of course.

 

[Hawkwood]

Video of the Gewiss train smoking the entire peleton on the Mur de Huy, legendary stuff

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3rZphEtzSM

Yes and how did the UCI react? It said that these incredible performances and increases in speed were solely due to improvements in equipment and promptly banned Cinelli's Spinaci bars, something the company has never forgotten see http://www.cinelli.it/EN/spinaci/storia/

 

[Ferminal]

If Greipel gets 20 wins this year will they ban *** helmets and skin suits?