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@carson
theres a bit at the end of Part 6 and the start of Part 7 with a rider who's cracked on a climb and then abandons on the way down. i don't know who he is but i don't think you'll ever see a man so totally physically and emotionally beaten as he is- it's tragic and beautiful and a great piece of cycling and human footage.
edit: i think it might be jean jourden, world amateur champion 1961 http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=1345
edit: maybe not - according to a comment on youtube "The rider's name who was climbing off is Rene Grelin from the Frimatic-De Gribaldy team. The footage is from Stage 19 of the 1970 Tour de France and they had just climbed the Col du Tourmalet."
http://www.cyclafric.be/equipe_rene_grelin_fr.htm