2003 Tour de France 12-hour DVD
by Tim Grady
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Canada
DVD details
Actor: Jan Ullrich, Lance ArmstrongDirector: Tim Grady
DVD: Region Code 1
Format: Collector's Edition, Color, Digital Sound, Dolby, NTSC, Special Edition
Running Time: 720 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-10-01
DVD Reviews of 2003 Tour de France 12-hour DVD
DVD Review: TDF 2003 12hr DVD
Summary: 5 Stars
Great to watch when on spinning bike-very inspirational and great commentary as the TV version was!DVD Review: DVD for indoor training
Summary: 5 Stars
Dear fellows:
This is one more to my Tour the France DVD collection that I use for spinning indoor training and is just excellent for not get bored and keep biking for 1,2 or 3 hours.
Enjoy it
DVD Review: Great race and great coverage
Summary: 5 Stars
The TDF in 2003 was a particularly interesting race, and this DVD does a very good job of covering it as much as it can. The DVDs really only cover the last few kilometers of the beginning stages, mostly because the end is the only exciting part in the flat stages. The mountain stages are covered extensively, and all of the memorable moments are there (e.g. a brave solo win in the mountains).DVD Review: Inside Cycling - Sportmanship and
Summary: 5 Stars
You should watch stage 15, when Lance Armstrong crashed after getting his handlebars caught on a spectator's bag strap. Jan Ullrich, who was barely a minute behind in the overall standings, slowed down and waited for Armstrong to get back on his bike. Want to teach young people about honor, class, and sportsmanship? Show this DVD to your children.
This video is perfect for a stationary bike workout. Quite frequently during the video, it appears that you, the viewer, are part of the tour. The producers have arranged truly obsessive camera coverage, with each group of riders covered by handheld cameras on the backs of motorcycles, as well as dozens of shots from fixed locations at important checkpoints, and helicopter shots putting the overall competition into perspective. The effect really puts the viewer into the center of the Tour de France. You'll find yourself speeding up for the sprints, coming out of your seat for mountain climbs, and savoring the beautiful French countryside on the long flat stages. It is an exceptionally pleasant way to endure a long cardio workout.
The commentary is wonderful, too. Paul Sherwen and Phil Liggett are among the best announcers in sport. They obviously live for cycling, and they explain the pivotal events, strategy, and historical significance in real time, never missing a beat in the call of the racing.
DVD Review: Wow, bikes!!
Summary: 5 Stars
I had always been under the belief that NASCAR racing was the most exciting sport in the world. Nothing beats a bunch of guys hailing from place like Rock Knob, NC driving in circles for four hours. I love it because I'm very simple. I used to watch football, but the game is way too hard to follow. They do different things on a lot of plays and I don't get the whole concept of a strong safety. Why isn't the other one called, weak or feeble safety? Do you physically have to be the strongest safety? Anyway, that's why I love NASCAR. You know what? Come here, I've got a secret for ya. The Tour De France is even more exciting. With this collection I got 12 hours of guys riding bicycles, usually in a big pack. I don't get what they're doing because instead of riders just riding really fast and trying to win by themselves I gathered that the good riders have teammates that protect the good rider. I personally would win at all costs. I used to have a Murray BMX bike and I won when I raced my friends even if it meant running their sorry butts into a fence or parked car. Like John Creese says, "no mercy". I'd sweep the leg if needed.
Evidentally, there is a guy named Lance Armstrong that wins this race every year and he won it again this year. I didn't get why they knew he won about a week before the race was over. If he was leading by a minute and someone beat him by more than a minute, they should win. I don't get the rules, but guys on bikes for hours upon hours sure is fun to watch.
Description of 2003 Tour de France 12-hour DVD
Armstrong Takes Five! It is certain that the 2003 Tour de France will go down in history as one of the most exciting and dramatic Tours ever. This centenary edition of the world's most popular sporting event warrants exceptional video coverage, and WCP will be pulling out all the stops to bring you the spine-tingling moments of this remarkable contest - from Tyler Hamilton's heroic struggles and astounding stage victory to the tense confrontations featuring Lance Armstrong and his relentless and resurgent nemesis, Jan Ullrich. This is WCP's fifteenth year of producing the official video release of the Tour de France and we have dipped into the archive and you'll see some exclusive historical footage, interviews and special stories on the world's greatest bike race.Don't miss WCP's two collector's edition DVDs - we're now editing our 4-hour stage-by-stage highlight program and our 5 pack DVD with special extended coverage of the mountain stages, time-trials and interviews.
The 2003 Tour de France was the Centenary version, and it lived up to its title, producing the most exciting and dramatic Tour in over a decade, perhaps ever. Lance Armstrong sought to join four other cycling immortals in the five-time TDF winner's club, but the obstacles emerged from the start. The blistering heat melted tires, Armstrong was not on his usual form, and his opponents attacked from the start rather than waiting for Armstrong's usual soul-crushing attacks in the Alps and Pyrenees. The race featured numerous heroes, courageous and tragic. Tyler Hamilton broke his collarbone in a Stage 1 crash but soldiered on through unimaginable pain not only to win a stage in dramatic fashion but to just miss a place on the podium. Joseba Beloki, looking as strong as he ever had, was not so fortunate. A horrific crash on a high-speed descent in stage 9 knocked him out of the race with a fractured elbow and wrist and broken femur. Richard Virenque pleased his French fans by capturing another polka-dot jersey as the best climber, though Iban Mayo showed signs of emerging as the world's top pure climber, winning the race up the historic switchbacks of Alpe D'Huez. Alessandro Petacchi dominated the first week of the Tour and in the process announced himself as the premier sprinter in the world, only to abandon in stage 7, and the competition for the green jersey came down to the final sprint down the cobblestone streets of Paris.
But the focus, again, was on Armstrong, and for the first time since his comeback from cancer he provided images of mortality and vulnerability in the race he had dominated for four years. He failed to capture a single time trial and didn't win an individual stage until stage 15. In stage 9, Armstrong, right behind Beloki when the Spaniard crashed, swerved and bounced down a hayfield, only to hop over a ditch at the bottom and rejoin the race on the road below. In stage 12, Ullrich put a minute and 36 seconds into the Texan who crossed the finish line dehydrated, his lips white, caked with salt. And on stage 15, when Armstrong's handlebars caught on a spectator's musette, dumping Armstrong to the pavement on the final climb of the day, it appeared he would finally lose. But the man who had survived cancer would not stop battling, and he climbed back on his bike to not only catch but pass all his competitors to win atop Luz Ardiden. It set him up for a final dramatic showdown with his chief nemesis Jan Ullrich in rain-swept Nantes in the final time trial.
The race footage, as usual, comes from all angles (motorcycles, helicopters, automobiles, fixed cameras) and has the immediacy of a guerilla documentary. As usual, the video is accompanied by the dulcet tones and florid metaphors of Phil Liggett and Paul Sherwen, one of the finest announcing duos in sports. Unlike some of World Cycling Productions early videos of Armstrong's Tour victories, the footage is provided free of a musical soundtrack. It's fitting; this was a Tour that needed no artificial drama to amaze and captivate. --Eugene Wei
NOTE: The 12-hour version of the DVD provides more historical context and race coverage than the 4-hour DVD. For example, on stage 8, the 12-hour DVD has a featurette on the history of the Tour at Alpe D'Huez and a retrospective on the career of Richard Virenque before beginning race coverage with the Col du Galibier, the second-to-last stage of the day. The 4-hour DVD cuts right to the heart of every stage, showing just the highlights or final climbs and cutting out a lot of the contextual features. On stage eight, the 4-hour DVD jumps straight to the base of Alpe D'Huez, the final climb of the day.
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