Good movies?

MountainMonster
MountainMonster Posts: 7,423
edited July 2011 in The bottom bracket
What are some good cycling movies out there? I have Chasing Legends already, and want some things to watch while training here at home. Anyone have any good recommendations?
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  • rubertoe
    rubertoe Posts: 3,994
    A sunday in hell...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4IDCkcnnHg

    Full 93 minute video

    The film captures not just the events of the 1976 edition but the atmosphere of a professional race. It begins by introducing the contenders: Eddy Merckx, Roger De Vlaeminck (the previous year's winner), Freddy Maertens, and Francesco Moser, each with their supporting riders (the domestiques), who are charged with helping their team leader win. The film gives views of the team director, protester (the race is halted for a while), spectator, mechanic and rider. As the cobbled section is entered the selection begins. Riders puncture, crash, make the wrong move - the race plays out. By the finish in the velodrome in Roubaix only a few are in with a chance. The winner is a surprise, but that is part of the appeal. Post-race the exhausted riders, mired in dirt, give interviews in the velodrome's showers. They look like men who have been to hell and back.

    Brilliant film - very atmospheric - highly recommended!
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