Product Details

• Actors: Lance Armstrong, Tim Grady
• Directors: Lance Armstrong, Tim Grady
• Format: Box set, Collector's Edition, Color, Director's Cut, Special Edition, NTSC
• Number of tapes: 5
• VHS Release Date: October 15, 2002
• Run Time: 595 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 0971922446
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #257,721 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

With a stunning win in the 2002 Tour de France, Armstrong becomes the fourth cyclist ever to have won four consecutive tours! This newest chapter in cycling history unfolds in a Tour marked with stunning break-aways, brilliant attacks, and an extraordinary effort by Postal, which many observers now calling one of the best teams in the last 50 years! A win in the prologue time trial signals Lance's plans to win, but then a wild first week ensues. When Armstrong loses the Stage 9 time trial to Kelme's Botero, many believe that Lance has slipped. But Armstrong answers back on the first day in the Pyrennes. Roberto Heras single-handily devastates the field with a powerful pace on the climb to LaMongie, and then it is Lance, Heras and ONCE'S Beloki near the summit when Armstrong jumps clear for a stage win and a lead he will never relinquish. Lance wins the next stage too but not before swashbuckling star Laurent Jalabert launches a stunning breakaway. "Ja-Ja" fails to win, but he keeps attacking on Stages 16 and 17. ONCE battles to find a chink in the Postal armor, but the boys in blue dominant the race to the end in what Lance calls, "the year of the team." Lance puts his cap on the race with a convincing victory in the final time trial. In the end it's Armstrong, ONCE'S Beloki, and Lampre's Rumas on the podium. With commentary and analysis from Phil Liggett, Paul Sherwin, and Gary Imlach, the 2002 Tour de France is an instant WCP classic!

Customer Reviews

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26 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Camera, Commentary, Excitement = 5; DVD Production = 1, December 21, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: 2002 Tour de France - Four and Counting! (5-Disc Boxed Set) (DVD)

The overall coverage of the Tour can't be beat!

I have a real problem with the production of these discs, though. With ten hours of coverage and five discs to work with, isn't there a way the producers could not split stages across discs? Three of the five discs end abruptly in the middle of coverage of a stage! The editing is so poor that disc four ends in the middle of the commentary, without even the obvious message to insert next disc (used on other discs), leaving the viewer guessing whether the player has malfunctioned or it truly is the end of the disc. Indexing of the discs is all fouled up as well. My player indicates a different disc number than that playing for each of four out of five!

The producers seem limited to putting exactly two hours of material on each disc. Discs 3, 4, 5 begin with an aprroximately 5 minute roll back of coverage from the previous disc. This is the only concession made to mitigate the otherwise amateurish editing job.

I am happy WCP makes these videos available, but in the second year of producing in the DVD format, I believe they could learn a few things about effective use of the medium. I was willing to cut them some slack for the 2001 production, since it was the first year they produced a DVD.

I hope next year doesn't result in a third strike!

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic Tour coverage!, February 7, 2003

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B. D. Waldvogel "picarda397" (Charlotte, NC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 2002 Tour de France - Four and Counting! (5-Disc Boxed Set) (DVD)

World Cycling Productions does an excellent job of covering the Tour (as always). The digital quality is excellent. This dvd set is perfect for those who missed the Tour on OLN or need something for all the time on the trainer in the winter. I think the coverage is just a bit better than the 2001 Tour. You'll love it!