This is what bike racing is all about I am a BIG FAN being from the south side of Chicago Eddie is my hero
@enricocardinali9524
6 ай бұрын
Questo Giro lo meritava Fuente, insieme a Pantani il più grande scalatore che io abbia mai visto.
@4zur3
5 жыл бұрын
Remember showing the mountainbike to my grandfather around 2012. Being 85 then. He did not take it for a serious bike. He was a race bike freak all his life. Being around 45 years of age back in 78. Must have been a great show back then - as it is now ! Love biking !
@gordonmorrow4720
Жыл бұрын
The Italians certainly love their Giro. The passion is incredible. It must be thrilling for the riders (and more than a bit nerve wracking) riding through that maelstrom of rabid fans. Wow.
@Enigma71559
5 жыл бұрын
Haha. Nowadays, they talk about how you can tell a rider is struggling with a climb when his shoulders start to rock. Back then their shoulders were ALWAYS rocking! I LOVE watching these old vids. Heck, I LOVE watching cycling from ANY era! What a beautiful sport!!
@RackwitzG
Жыл бұрын
Merckx was known for pushing large gears. Armstrong did the opposite.
@ericlange1524
Жыл бұрын
@@RackwitzG compared to today they only had large gears available
@juanvr8259
23 күн бұрын
.entre los profesionales estaba mal visto mover desarrollos pequeños
@richbarrows3922
Жыл бұрын
So much more connection with the riders without helmets and sunglasses.
@danielday713
5 жыл бұрын
Just nuts, the gear ratios. Humping up climbs sub-60 cadence is what we had to do with the small blocks in the back - the smaller the better. LOL. As a rider brushing up against 60, I wouldn't trade my 52-36, 11-29, 12 speed plastic bike for my old steel bike of the late 70s and 80s for all the tea in China. Those days, while memorable, are best left where they belong - well in the past. Thanks for posting the vid. Those guys were tougher than a coffin nail.
@honestreviewer3283
Жыл бұрын
Their lowest gear was like 42x21 or 23, and they only had five or six on the back. So, like 13, 14, 17, 19, 21? Crazy by today's standards! We're so spoiled nowadays.
@manresarods4947
Жыл бұрын
Yeah, when I started racing everyone had a 42-52 and 13-21
@poly_hexamethyl
Жыл бұрын
That's what I was thinking when watching this. I wonder why they didn't put on one big rear cog for climbing? Was it a "tradition" thing, that it would be seen as wimpy instead of macho? Or was it because with a limited number of cogs the tradeoff on the flat portions of the course would be too great?
@jm-btt
Жыл бұрын
@@poly_hexamethyl The rear derailler at that time could not work with a big cock like 28, 30.
@ke0kie
Жыл бұрын
totally, the grinding was crazy
@dariocontessi5475
Ай бұрын
Il cannibale indomito e potente!! Il migliore di tutti i tempi!!!❤❤❤❤😊
@mylittlepitbull3143
Жыл бұрын
Very well done. Excellent show. My primary racing bike throughout my career was an Eddie Merckx So I obviously was a huge fan. Thank you for building my bicycle Mr. Merckx It served me well.
@SedonaMTB
Жыл бұрын
Great historic photography. I look forward to this years TDF.
@sugarkonny6119
Ай бұрын
Brilliant produced and photographed,...
5 жыл бұрын
I can feel the lactic acid just by looking at them grinding it up the mountain.
@dariocontessi5475
Ай бұрын
Che impresa il mio amico Attilio Rota, grande tra i grandi!!!!❤❤❤❤❤😊
@dariocontessi5475
Ай бұрын
Che bello Felicione in maglia iridata!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
@atakajail4643
7 жыл бұрын
inmortal josé manuel fuente, "el tarangu"
@neofuturo7518
6 жыл бұрын
El que mas hizo sufrir a merx en el giro , como subia el asturiano, los tifossi se volvian locos
@JuCarlos-ex8ip
Ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing such an epic race
@marcdelente2456
Жыл бұрын
A chaque période de l histoire du cyclisme les vélos étaient aux tops par apports au modernisme des années 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 2000 . Il empêche que le plus grand champion de tout les temps reste eddy merckx . Même en 2023 jamai égalé ça en fait du temp et malgré les avancés technologiques. Eddy le roi des rois sans égale pour l éternité. Je l ai vu des quantités de fois et jvous jure il falait le voir magnifique avec la rage de vaincre la différence le ptit gamin qui rêvait d être cycliste était un passionné de son métier alors il la montré toute ça vie . Que dieu protège notre eddy merckx mon idole idole pour l éternité à 63 ans je parle d eddy et ma passion pour lui est intacte comme en 1969 j avai 9 ans l année ou il gagne son premier tours et eddy est en forme pour voir que ces pas l aveil qu' il soit égalé. Eddy merckx le plus grand pour l'éternité.
@alexbaum2204
Жыл бұрын
This video makes me want to breakdance almost as much as it makes me want to cycle.
@TheJno86
7 жыл бұрын
The crowd it's a total mess. LOL
@bishplis7226
6 жыл бұрын
its meant that way, more drama more money JERRY JERRY JERRY!
@Ferreal92
5 жыл бұрын
That drum beat at the beginning was extra nasty.
@SpaghettiAndLove
Жыл бұрын
Great to see Ernesto Colnago on the SCIC car at 2:05 !
@DanieleVetrucci
8 ай бұрын
Great cicling fan and obviously great bike maker.
@DanieleVetrucci
8 ай бұрын
Only 12 seconds late GB Baronchelli, great ciclyst too.
@andresbravo704
10 ай бұрын
El ciclismo de ruta, la máxima épica del deporte, más en esos tiempos gloriosos ! El único deporte, o uno de los pocos, en el cual los aficionados con gran fanatismo y pasión desbordante, se encuentran encima de los competidores. Corren con ellos, vibran con ellos, ganan con ellos. Algo único. Muy emotivo ver las imágenes. El ciclismo era (y aún lo es) casi una religión en países como Italia, Bélgica y Francia. Da gusto ver estos reportajes históricos. Es cierto que era (y es) muy riesgoso para los ciclistas, claro. Por lo menos ahora, varios cientos de metros antes de la Meta, ya colocan barreras a los costados. Pero es prácticamente imposible evitar cualquier accidente provocado por el público, en el momento más inesperado, en las grandes carreras en calles. En el Tour 2023, para mencionar lo actual, ya hubo accidentes de esta naturaleza. Hay que educar más a los aficionados y al público en general.
@vibratingstring
5 ай бұрын
I don't speak spanish but I could make sense exactly of what you were saying and it was exactly what my son and I were talking about as we watched it.
@oldtwinsna8347
Жыл бұрын
Thought the crowds today were rowdy, this is just insane. Fans getting run over, fans running alongside riders and punching out other spectators as they traverse up, fans wearing suits, fans pushing up riders then getting knocked out by the police, all total chaos.
@poly_hexamethyl
Жыл бұрын
Yeah, what's with the spectators in suits? Did they helicopter in from the office to watch their favorites ride by, and then zip back in time for their next meeting? 😂
@sorenstirling8795
Жыл бұрын
Madness! What a glimpse into the past
@misterarthur
6 жыл бұрын
Sadly, Fuente died young of kidney disease.
@vicentediez3140
6 жыл бұрын
Muy bueno este reportaje y los datos que aporta el comentarista.
@crakrjak9819
5 жыл бұрын
MONSTRO!
@torstenhranchuk7
5 жыл бұрын
AAAA when bike racing was real!!!
@RepublicanJesusthe2nd
5 жыл бұрын
Damn that is chaos! And the gearing...sheesh!
@danfuerthgillis4483
Жыл бұрын
These guys look like they are dying exhausted, compared to 2023 they now look like they went for a bike race around the block.
@davidspendlove5900
7 ай бұрын
Men of steel.
@tungstenkid2271
Жыл бұрын
Fabulous footage from the glory years of cycling, when the riders looked like real men and the bikes looked like real bikes..:)
@johnsumner6185
5 жыл бұрын
4:42, that left a mark! ahha
@benlevine5452
5 жыл бұрын
Now this is racing. Mano-a-mano. No helmets; raucous, passionate crowd invested in the racing and not the spectacle of tech and sponsors; no barriers; no power meters; could go on. Magnifico!
@GSatiFan
5 жыл бұрын
Yeah riiiiight. No helmets = real racing A skull is as weak as an egg. A small hit at the wrong position and you are DEAD.
@benlevine5452
5 жыл бұрын
GSatiFan Why did you even reply to my comment? Do you want to control my behaviour? Scare me into agreeing with you by capitalising death? Fear drives our society. If you feel that wearing a helmet makes you feel safer on a bicycle, good for you. I choose not to wear a helmet on a bicycle, as a pedestrian, or on public transport. That's my choice. I could offer you my reasons; go into more detail; but frankly, it's not worth my time. I know that approach of yours all too well. I don't have much respect for it. Good day sir!
@uglyfulify
5 жыл бұрын
A helmet maybe saved my life long time ago in training. It has nothing to do with racing. Racing is the athlete. Not nostalgia, no drunken spectators.
@benlevine5452
5 жыл бұрын
@@uglyfulify Racing is mostly the athlete, regardless of era, I agree. But there are aspects like power meters (regulate effort according to science over feeling); team radios (team tactics play more of a role. Less instinctual attacks. Strategies devised in the team cars rather than by the riders themselves); the influence of performance enhancing drugs, and I don't mean just the illegal ones, but the grey areas, that sports scientists with mega-budget teams like Sky, constantly push riders into for maximum performance. My comment regarding Helmets was mostly in regards to how, because you can see the riders' faces, there's more of a connection as a spectator. I think that's undeniable. Helmets can save your life, or prevent serious injury, in some crashes but not all. I'm not suggesting professional cycling should revert back to no helmets. That would be crazy. I could get into the pros and cons of wearing a helmet, but precisely because there are undeniably both pros and cons - scientifically tested - it should be down to personal choice for the average cyclist. If you think they should be compulsory because of your personal experience that's crazy talk. But it's good to hear a helmet may have saved your life :)
@donnovicki4918
5 жыл бұрын
They had helmets back then they were made of leather and probably didn't do squat to protect you but the pros really didn't use them too much.
@ted2091
4 жыл бұрын
dai dai dai forza forza
@JulioHernandez-zs5pb
Жыл бұрын
Grandes hazañas de estos hombres
@kampango789
5 жыл бұрын
Cadence at 50 RPM
@dunkno1660
5 жыл бұрын
music at 1hour is amazing
@stevemt3238
5 жыл бұрын
Reality: toe clips, steel frames and just 10-12 gear selections. Believe it!
@janverheyen8331
Жыл бұрын
1 year later 1975 Merckx got a hit in stomach from French fans.. those were the early days .. still the greatest legend?
@riteandleft
5 ай бұрын
They just didn't have the gears in those days!!
@allgoo1964
5 жыл бұрын
Those drunken spectators are so annoying just to look at, imagine how annoying they must be to the riders.
@aliali8able
5 жыл бұрын
They are called italians...
@carlobrotto7132
Жыл бұрын
@@aliali8able Italians who are supposed to know cycling, unlike you. At Tour de France it was and still it is today even worse, get informed .
@taichihead42
Жыл бұрын
Amazing
@johngaller278
Жыл бұрын
@@taichihead42 In Italy the fans are called Tifosi. You may know this... The Italian Tifosi are world renowned in cycling as " passionate " . 😂
@johngaller278
Жыл бұрын
@@carlobrotto7132 you do realize your snark is being directed at a 4 year old comment, right? 🙄
@dannywest7587
Жыл бұрын
SHOWS THE WORD!!!
@albertoguerra3351
Жыл бұрын
The fans went real mad!😮😅
@dariocontessi5475
7 күн бұрын
La furia unità alla potenza del cannibale!!!😊
@juanvr8259
23 күн бұрын
.y yo me pregunto,que pasaria si a estos ciclistas,antes de empezar este giro 74' les dieran unas bicicletas como las actuales?
@er.r9819
8 ай бұрын
Los ciclistas de ante tenia que subir los puerto a golpe de riñón, no como ahora que con los desarrollos que llevan las bicis todo es más facil, las carreteras eran peores, la alimentación, hoy todo está más controlado, correr era muy arriesgado con tanto publico encima.
@irishelk3
5 жыл бұрын
Fucking hell man, its like a Scorsese movie, those Italians were so scrappy, lads falling and pushing each other and shouting and cursing haha. Dog eat dog man; what a scene.
@przemyslaw790
5 жыл бұрын
Lipa, było minęło i dobrze.
@WeekendRider100
Жыл бұрын
Удивительно, что так много зрителей велоспорта, смотрят и горячо болеют за взрослых мужиков на велосипедах, но стоит выехать на улицу, так все - "Повылазили... Детство в жопе... Катайся в парке"...
@user-sg3xd4dj1p
Жыл бұрын
And they mention Cavandish in same breath… give me a break. Mark couldn’t hold Eddy’s jock strapped
@MaFd0n
Жыл бұрын
Merckx was a total baller, peepo comparing Pogacar to him ... not sure they actually know what this man did.
@davianlomboan2397
3 жыл бұрын
Family guy would be like: "EY! EY! EY!"
@Kanonka28
Жыл бұрын
Very high Cadence
@humercito
5 жыл бұрын
Epop
@Sills71
5 жыл бұрын
NO stupid radios.... NO EPO.... NO disc brakes... NO carbon wheels.... BEAUTIFUL
@dupondavignon869
5 жыл бұрын
You forgot : "no youtube and its stupid comments" my friend...
5 жыл бұрын
Merckx must have been taking something, don't be so naive.
@danjo1967
5 жыл бұрын
there were enhancing drugs (steroids) back then, and merckx took them. you should add; "NO testing..." to your list
@Norman92151
5 жыл бұрын
Yeah, just good old fashioned amphetamines.
@neofuturo7518
5 жыл бұрын
YES ANFETAMINE
@711honved
5 жыл бұрын
The crowd behaviour is totally unacceptable! It's hard enough to ride up a mountain without idiots running alongside screaming & spitting in the faces of the riders.
@juanvr8259
23 күн бұрын
.cualquiera que entienda un poco de ciclismo aprecia que en esa etapa eddy iba k.o.si el puerto tiene 3 km mas fuentes le mete 5 min
@bellavia5
Жыл бұрын
He broke the World Hour Record in 1983 (I think)in Mexico City.
@bellavia5
8 ай бұрын
@@rollmops7948 OK thanks for clarifying. I must have read about it in 83.
@jaimecorvus6373
Жыл бұрын
quel bordel ! courir dans ces conditions : no way !
@petekadenz9465
Жыл бұрын
What numpty thought it would be a good idea to include ‘Summer time’ in the sound track?
@gallegoleal4260
Жыл бұрын
Tarangu Fuentes el mejor escalador del Giro
@neofuturo7518
6 жыл бұрын
Wow Manuel Fuente the Tarangu maximo rival carrere Merx
@rafaelredondo240
5 жыл бұрын
Estimado Señor : Cierto, el máximo rival de ése gran campeón que fué MERCKX . josé Manuel Fuente Lavandera, el Tarangu. Una vez, durante el Giro de Italia, en la cima del monte Stelvio, dijo de él Edddy Merckx : " El día que sepa dosificar sus fuerzas, nos destrozará". Lo cierto, es que fué un gran ciclista , pero su carácter libertario, le llevó en muchos momentos clave de la competición , a no dosificar bien sus fuerzas. Saludos Rafael.
@neofuturo7518
5 жыл бұрын
@@rafaelredondo240 los tifossi se volvian locos con el tarangu pero locos de verdad, no se creian que alguien pudiera atacar asi a mercxs
@rafaelredondo240
5 жыл бұрын
@@neofuturo7518 cierto amigo. Tarangu , era un corredor al que no le importaba, quedar descolgado arriba del puerto. Cuando comenzaban los puertos , miraba la cara de sus rivales y les decía : Ahí os quiero ver. Y arrancaba , éstos se organizaban a relevos, y le daban caza en ocasiones, pero realmente , nos proporcionó buenos ratos de ciclismo espectacular. Aquel ciclismo tan abierto , era más bonito que éste de hoy en día , sin quitarle espectacularidad ni belleza al de hoy. El francés Virenque , que tuvo muchos problemas con el dóping , también era un corredor espectacular, que atacaba de lejos. Recibe un cordial saludo Rafael.
@DanieleVetrucci
8 ай бұрын
Gimondi and Ocana and some other were the rival of Mercx
@Milton1111
6 жыл бұрын
Que verraquera ver estos videos
@Ferreal92
5 жыл бұрын
The crowds were pissing me off. Even when you finish the race people are still putting their hands on you.
@dannywest7587
Жыл бұрын
No drug testing in those days !!!!! ,something The Belgian cycling world conveniently FORGETS !!
@DanieleVetrucci
8 ай бұрын
No, there were several drug testing
@koldoascunce2706
Жыл бұрын
Que grande "El tarangu" llevaba el paquete de tabaco envuelto en la manga
@TheJordanrol
11 ай бұрын
Azta micsoda káosz!! :) :)
@poly_hexamethyl
Жыл бұрын
When men were men And bikes were steel That's when cycling Was real!
@patrickvanhemelryck181
3 ай бұрын
Als het nu 0 graden is gelasten ze de koers af.😢
@dirkbaeke2935
5 жыл бұрын
I would like to know what dope he have took, something they didn t find that time. what is the reason you think that he was so mad at Armstrong? Because he confessed hé
@honestreviewer3283
Жыл бұрын
Eddy Merckx rode his bike uphill, in a snowstorm, to school AND back every day before becoming a professional cyclist.
@pete3953
Жыл бұрын
Wow, a snowstorm every day!! Was he living in the Arctic at the time?
@dgillies5420
Жыл бұрын
Yes, my kids are aware that I walked over 1 mile uphill, in a snowstorm, to school and back home, every day, including struggling home through the snowstorm for lunch ..
@rcdenis1
5 жыл бұрын
Who was the guy in the US champion Jersey?
@smimi2333
Жыл бұрын
i think it’s a team jersey, not a national champion jersey. back in the day the world championships included around 10 teams all from europe so not many american cyclists riding at that level at all at the time
@BrunoCallens
Жыл бұрын
Team jersey indeed. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooklyn_(cycling_team)?wprov=sfti1 . The rider is Ercole Gualazzini.
@user-fed-yum
11 ай бұрын
Ah yes, the great drug cheat. Never forget how shameful these events were.
@sandorszabo7289
5 жыл бұрын
01:00-01:13 what is the Place Name...I think maybe Dolomits?
@beeble2003
5 жыл бұрын
It is in the Dolomites, yes. Wikipedia describes the stage as being from Misurina to Bassano del Grappa, though the mountain-top finish clearly isn't in the town itself.
@adriandiaz9266
5 жыл бұрын
Tre Cime di Lavaredo / Drei Zinnen
@DHTCF
5 жыл бұрын
Great film ... but I wish they pronounced Italian correctly
@claudiobresciaciao
5 жыл бұрын
secondo me spingevano rapporti troppo duri.
@DanieleVetrucci
8 ай бұрын
Si é vero oggi pedalano molto più agile in salita, molti consideravano un disonore il rapporto agile forse anche per questo o forse erano altri tempi e per la preparazione che avevano era meglio salvare il fiato rispetto alla gamba.
@potkula1
Жыл бұрын
no doping tests
@lucacapozzi6972
5 жыл бұрын
NO !
@chrisko6439
Жыл бұрын
🤌Vaffanculo🤌
@paolomagherini4347
5 жыл бұрын
Nei commenti al video ho letto che Merckx sarebbe stato uno dei corridori più dopati della storia del ciclismo e che, addirittura, gli dovrebbero essere tolte le vittorie così è stato per i tour di Armstrong. Non sono assolutamente d'accordo. Nel corso della carriera Merckx è stato controllato almeno 1200-1300 volte ed è risultato positivo solo al Giro 1969 per un sabotaggio e al Lombardia 1973 per l'utilizzo di uno sciroppo per la tosse (il Mucantil). Affermare una cosa del genere significa non coniscere la storia di Eddy Merckx.
@charly9843
Жыл бұрын
Sono abbastanza dìaccordo con te. Ma era risultato positivo anche alla freccia vallone del 1977.
@dannywest7587
Жыл бұрын
No drug testing in those days, Eddie could win the next tour ,it takes a while for toxins to leave the body ???
@sandydennylives1392
Жыл бұрын
You couldn't make a race horse out of a mule, like EPO does, so while all drugged it was a more level playing field and the top riders really were the best.
@jdaigle74
Жыл бұрын
do you know what armstrong would have done to these chooches? lol.... it makes me laugh
@jeanclaudedelpech9711
11 ай бұрын
Le peuple italien aiment leurs champions c pas comme certains français !!!!!!!
@nickberardo9243
6 ай бұрын
Can We compare Fausto Coppi to Eddy Merckx, both tall, perhaps Merckx had more strength, Coppi a better climber.
@davianlomboan2397
5 жыл бұрын
Knee grinding! low cadence. Want to see what happens if someone gave one of these riders froome's bike.
@arklat
6 жыл бұрын
This is why I could never race in Europe. Especially Italy. The crowds are very dangerous. And cycling is dangerous enough, without the out of control crowds. I would end up in jail my first Giro, for punching out some fans.
@danielebasile3957
5 жыл бұрын
arklat don't worry, no one is going to invite you to race at the Giro
@steeveolivier2847
5 жыл бұрын
Punch them as much as you want they deserve it
@arklat
5 жыл бұрын
Good.
@sergiodicamillo2945
Жыл бұрын
Idiotissimo sottofondo con il tamburo….
@ynotnilknarf39
5 жыл бұрын
The Eddy Merckx story, the biggest dope cheat and bully in cycling history. He's a fraud and should be stripped of his titles like Armstrong.
@jb6879
5 жыл бұрын
what was he using?
@severusrogue259
5 жыл бұрын
Merckx is the greatest of all time. You're full of bullshit, without providing even the shadow of a proof. Jealous, huh?
@ynotnilknarf39
5 жыл бұрын
There's loads of proof sonshine, he was disqualified FOUR times for doping and in an era were dope testing was negligible and the likes of Merckx able to dodge the testers or just like Hinault simply tell the testers to fuck off he was the biggest dope cheater in history. I never competed only at rugby but unlike Merckx I know I've never cheated by taking stuff to enhance my performance. Stop being so deluded fucktard!
@ynotnilknarf39
5 жыл бұрын
Ask the testers who failed him multiple times, he was DQ'd in three big races incl the TdF and once in a smaller race.
@severusrogue259
5 жыл бұрын
@@ynotnilknarf39 fucktard is not really a word but I'm not really surprise to hear that kind of stuff from a person like you. So yeah there's about 1% of truth in what you're saying. So that's a giant improvement. Merckx was tested positive twice but there were strong suspicions that the testings were corrupted by the Italian organisers who saw Merckx as a threat for their Italian cyclist. And once, he took a couching medicine from his doctor and there was apparently a minor illegal substance. That's it. Still makes him by far the best cyclist of all time. It's not even a debate. A national treasure and one of the greatest athletes of all time.
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