Our country’s Cycling World Championships kicked off on Sunday with a men’s time trial from Knokke-Heist to Bruges. In addition to Streamz, who is presenting their signature ‘Rainbow’ documentary series for the occasion, we are also applauding the Kijkgids cycling this week. Road eater Louis Taleb in The Racer (Netflix), a behind-the-scenes look at the Orica-Scott cycling team (Eat. Race. Win, Prime Video), the world’s toughest freestyle player on Accomplice (Netflix) and nostalgia triumphs in film “Allez, Eddy”: These are our five favorite bicycling movies and documentaries.
‘Rainbow’ – Streamz (8/9)
After his silver in Tokyo and two world championships at Imola last year, Wout van Aert will go no less than a gold on Sunday 26th September during the UCI road race from Antwerp to Leuven. It is the tenth time that the annual high mass cycling has occurred in our country. With special reconstructions of the previous nine editions – from the first in Liege (1930) to the last in Zolder (2002) – the ‘Rainbow’ documentary series offers you a fitting tribute to the rich Belgian cycling history. Maker Ludwig Bollaerts navigates through three themes (“campionissimi”, “unexpected winners” and “Belgian winners on Belgian soil”) in non-chronological order through his country’s World Cup history.
“The Racer” – Netflix
“The racer who can suffer the most wins the race.” Living legend Eddie Merckx (The Racer) (2020) immediately sets the tone for the sports drama The Racer (2020), a heterogeneous account of how the tough got into cycling. Leading actor Louis Taleb stars as the mile-fed Dominic Chabolle, an experienced foreman who must guide his Italian leader Lupo ‘Tartar’ Marino (Matteo Simone) to victory. With his career fast approaching the age of 39, mare Chabol dreams of finally winning the 1998 Tour de France – also known as the ‘Tour dubag’.
“The Racer” – Available on Netflix
‘Eat. Element. Wins.’ – Prime Video
Chef Hannah Grant takes you behind the scenes of the world’s greatest cycling circus: the 2017 Tour de France. The six-part documentary series Eating. Element. Win shows how Grant, dubbed the “Queen of High Performance Cooking” in the sports world, and her crew supplied the Australian Orica-Scott cycling team with the necessary fuel and power supplies during three grueling weeks with 21 stages and 3,540 kilometers. . Sports director and former cyclist Matthew White shoots his riders off his support vehicle and guides them as best they can during the 104th edition of the world’s most exciting bike ride.
‘Eat. Element. Wins.’ – Featured on Prime Video
“Come on, Eddie!” (2012) – Netflix
1975. Butcher’s son Freddy (Guilty Blumart’s acting debut) is not allowed to exercise his great passion for cycling from his parents Angel (Barbara Sarafian) and Andre (Peter van den Begen), but when a village bike race is organized, it’s a secret he writes himself in. The race winner is allowed to go to Roubaix to meet the one and only Eddy Merckx. By sharing, a new world opens not only for Freddy, but also for his loved ones. A lovable and light-hearted Flemish comedy, with a good chunk of nostalgia.
“Come on, Eddie!” To be shown on Netflix
Partner – Netflix
Their names probably wouldn’t ring a bell, but what the heroes of the documentary “Accomplice” do on Two Wheels is without a doubt one of the most exciting things I’ve seen on TV in a long time. The daredevils in question, who could call themselves the best freestylers in the world, traverse the harshest and most dangerous terrain in a variety of majestic locations. The result is a charming tribute to the bike.
Partner – Available on Netflix
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