Product Details

• Actors: Lance Armstrong
• Directors: Tim Grady, Lance Armstrong
• Format: Box set, Collector's Edition, Color, Full length, Special Edition, NTSC
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 4
• VHS Release Date: September 1, 2000
• Run Time: 400 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 0967500435
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #31,299 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

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• This is item 2 in The Tour de France Series.

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover
World Cycling Productions' 1999 Tour de France video showcases one of the greatest and most inspiring sports comeback stories of all time as Lance Armstrong goes from near death to the top of the podium in Paris. It's all here--Armstrong's domination of the tour from a stunning stage victory in the Alps to total control in the Pyrenees, and a heartfelt, stars-and-stripes victory in Paris. One of WCP's best productions ever.

Armstrong returns for the 2000 race and crushes the Tour de France field for a second year in succession. The climb to Hautacam in the Pyrenees is where this turns into Tour de Lance as the cancer survivor hero puts in a ride worthy of the greats, perhaps the most stupendous piece of bike riding since Miguel Indurain's supersonic time trial at Luxembourg. In the chilling rain and dank mist, Marco Pantani, Alex Zulle, and Jan Ullrich are left trailing as Armstrong displays the finest climbing form of his career. It's all here, including the battle with Pantani on Mont Ventoux, Ulrich's move to win the Tour as Armstrong experiences hunger knock on the Col de Joux Plane, the brave riding of David Millar, the comeback, albeit short, of Laurent Jalabert, and the unforgettable climbing of Colombian Santiago Botero. 400 minutes.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Tour de France 1999/2000. What a combo?, October 28, 2000

By A Customer

This video set is the best 8 hours of video that I have ever owned. Wheather you are a die hard Lance Armstrong fan or just that "new rider" on the local rides, this is the must have Tour de France(TDF) set. Most liklely if you ride a bicycle you have heard of the phenominal return to professional cycling that was made by Lance Armstrong. These videos show how in 1999 he and the rest of the professional peleton fought against the drug scandals of the 1998 Tour and at the same time battled for the yellow leaders jersey throughout the entire 2000 plus miles of racing. Lance's abilities as a cyclist were tested and doubted in 1999 but in 2000 he returned to defend his previous win against previous TDF winners that were not present in 1999. Many thought that he would not be able to do it again... Even if your not a cyclist the videos are full of beautiful places and interesting issues. I would love to say more but for me I just can't put into words how exciting these races are. You'll just have to buy them, but don't watch them too much or people will think that your TV only picks up the TDF. Thats ok with me.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Too Short!!, December 12, 2000

By	"12reader12" (Bangor, Maine United States) - See all my reviews

This set is so enjoyable that I can only say that I wish it were longer!

The shots are beautiful, and the stage by stage set up makes for a thrilling ride along...I watch it a little by little, not wanting to miss anything, and will use the videos for indoor training....keep the boredom away and the inspiration flowing!

A well-produced set!!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars 1999 Tapes Great, 2000 Tapes Have Bad Audio, August 22, 2001

By	Brenner J Klenzman "bklenzman" (Chana, IL USA) - See all my reviews

The video work is great. Phil Liggit's favorite adjective for describing the 1999 riders is "little," as in "the little spaniard," or "that little man." Count how many times he says little. Anyway, both tapes are great fun to watch, but the audio mixing on the 2000 tapes is awful. You can barely hear the commentary beneath the very loud music.