Product Details

• Actors: Lance Armstrong, Tim Grady
• Directors: Tim Grady
• Format: NTSC
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Number of discs: 4
• Studio: World Cycling Productions
• DVD Release Date: December 1, 2003
• Run Time: 288 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 0974393150
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #109,578 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Leave it to a heroic Texan to guide America's incredible emergence as a great power in professional cycling. In our years of covering the world's greatest bike race, we've witnessed the Tour de France exploits of LeMond, Indurain, Riis, Ullrich and Pantani. But with impressive victories against the clock and in the Alps, former cancer patient Lance Armstrong unifies fans and riders alike in the most inspirational sports comeback story of all time. Fellow Americans Hamilton, Hincapie and Andrea support their leader perfectly as he battles against all odds, perhaps saving cycling's tarnished image along the way, exactly ten years after American hero Greg LeMond's own return from a near-death experience to the top of the podium in Paris. Can Armstrong fend off the scandalous European press, survive the Pyrenees and make it all the way to Champs Elysees in the yellow jersey? Can he avenge the heartbreaking, high-speed crash of countryman Bobby Julich, the pre-Tour favorite? Packed with action, exclusive interviews by Paul Sherwen and roaming reports by Gary Emlach, this is a must-see video surely to become a collector's item. Approximately 3-hours.

Customer Reviews

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29 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A lot of fun to watch, October 18, 2004

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jmhard (Fort Worth, TX) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 1999 Tour de France 8-Hour Remastered (DVD)

I've always been interested in road cycling, but it's never received much press in the United States. Even today, the only cycling event that gets decent live coverage in the US is the Tour de France, and that's because an American is dominating the event. I watched nearly every minute of the 2001-2004 events, but I was only able to see highlights of the 1999 and 2000 events. I've always wondered what that race must have been like. Now I know.

The tactics used by US Postal are completely different in 2004 than they were in 1999. US Postal was not the team that it is in 2004. Lance Armstrong had to do almost all the work on his own. Armstrong is dominant in the mountains and in the Time Trials. Just watch Armstrong yelling at himself to keep working during the second time trial. It's very intense. When you consider he'd just returned from his cancer battle, it's really an amazing thing. Watching this incredible feat was a lot of fun.

All the big moments are captured, and not just the ones involving Armstrong. Crashes by Zulle and Julich are covered, and a collision between a spectator and a rider is caught live as you watch the dramatic finish on one of the climbs. All the crazy spectators make an appearance as well.

This package is not without it's problems. It's a straight transfer from VHS, so some stages are actually split between two discs. It would have been nice if they would have corrected this. However, this package is more than I ever thought would be available. It's a solid eight hours. Some of that time is taken up by interviews and footage from previous years, but most is 1999 race coverage. Good coverage is also given to the green jersey and king of the mountains battles, but Armstrong is the clear star of this show. I recommend this to any new cycling fan who'd like to see the genesis of the greatest Tour de France rider. You won't be disappointed.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Coverage and Introduction to the Tour, August 13, 2005

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R. E. Marsh (Charlotte, NC United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 1999 Tour de France 8-Hour Remastered (DVD)

1999 was Armstrong's first win in the Tour, as he came back from three years fighting and defeating cancer. The stars of the show, besides the athletes, are Phil Liggett and Paul Sherwen, whose call of the race and expert commentary are flawless. If you're not a cycling fan when you start watching, you will be by the time you finish. This video contains the famous race in which a stupid fan/photographer knocks down the race leader about 1 k away from the top of Alpe d'Huez. The editors make good calls in featuring the mountain stages and time trials, and glossing over the flatter stages. However, I would have preferred a few more minutes as the Tour went through the wine country regions of France. It is very enjoyable to watch this set as you do a stationary bike workout.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Everything was perfect, August 2, 2005

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Robert A. Kasprzak Jr. (worcester, ma) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 1999 Tour de France 8-Hour Remastered (DVD)

Product arrived as specified next day. 8 hours of digitally remastered DVD tour coveragefrom 1999. Quality is excellent, except they copied THE DVD's from VHS, so some of the stages split between 2 dvds. No idea why they do this, but none the less, I was very happy with the purchase.