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AndyCr15

AndyCr15

AndyCr15

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I watched 'Lance' (Part 1) last night in iPlayer and found it very interesting. Today I watched 'Geraint Thomas: Let The Road Decide' (also iPlayer) and really enjoyed that too. Some time back I watched 'Icarus' and found that fascinating too... so I was wondering, what other cycling documentaries are there out there? (And how can they be watched)

FULL LIST

Lance (2 Parts - 3hrs 22) - iPlayer
Geraint Thomas: The Road Will Decide (58mins) - iPlayer
Icarus (2hrs) - Netflix
A Sunday in Hell (1hr 51) - YouTube
Pantani (1hr 36) - Amazon (£££)
Slaying the Badger (1hr 19) - ESPN (£££)
Tour de Pharmacy (39 mins) - Amazon (£££)
For the Love of Mud - Independent (£££)
Bradley Wiggins A Year in Yellow BSkyB (1hr 7) - YouTube
Time Trial (1hr 18) - iPlayer
Inspired to Ride - Amazon (£££)
 
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One day In hell.
Pantani
The earlier lance doc (I forget its name)
Slaying the badger
Tour de pharmacie :D(good comedy this)
For the love of mud
 
Thanks. Trying to find 'Slaying the badger' as somewhere it says its on Netflix, but I can't find it, but it has suggested 'The Least Expected Day' about the 2018 Movistar team, so I guess I can add that one to the list.
 
David Millar - Time Trial

Spotted this on the iPlayer too but haven't watched it yet, finished Lance Part 1 last night and will watch part 2 this evening / tomorrow. Then I'll be watching the Geraint Thomas one.
 
IndigoGorilla said:
David Millar - Time Trial

Spotted this on the iPlayer too but haven't watched it yet, finished Lance Part 1 last night and will watch part 2 this evening / tomorrow. Then I'll be watching the Geraint Thomas one.
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Found this a bit meh, not sure what your thoughts were? A few really interesting insights into Millar's career and the peloton in general but also some really overlong scenes that didn't add much, a soundtrack that was intrusive more than anything, and the blurry POV camera just made me motion sick. It also felt weird that the documentary wanted to tell the story of his ban and return when he was clearly unwilling to talk about it again.

I get that his non-selection for the Tour probably put a spanner in the works, but felt like there was a more interesting film in there.
 
One More Solo said:
Found this a bit meh, not sure what your thoughts were? A few really interesting insights into Millar's career and the peloton in general but also some really overlong scenes that didn't add much, a soundtrack that was intrusive more than anything, and the blurry POV camera just made me motion sick. It also felt weird that the documentary wanted to tell the story of his ban and return when he was clearly unwilling to talk about it again.

I get that his non-selection for the Tour probably put a spanner in the works, but felt like there was a more interesting film in there.
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Not watched it myself yet, it's one of the next on the list. I don't blame him for not wanting to talk about his doping again though, he's covered it really well and honestly in one of his books already and I like to think he's done a decent job of redeeming himself since.

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If you haven't already I think both of his books are well worth a read. Racing Through The Dark in particular I really enjoyed.
 
One More Solo said:
Found this a bit meh, not sure what your thoughts were? A few really interesting insights into Millar's career and the peloton in general but also some really overlong scenes that didn't add much, a soundtrack that was intrusive more than anything, and the blurry POV camera just made me motion sick. It also felt weird that the documentary wanted to tell the story of his ban and return when he was clearly unwilling to talk about it again.

I get that his non-selection for the Tour probably put a spanner in the works, but felt like there was a more interesting film in there.
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Pretty much match my feelings on Time Trial. However his book which mainly focuses on his last year I really enjoyed. Think it's The Racer.

The Program is probably worth watching as well, though not a documentary.
 
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