Evocation du destin hors normes du champion cycliste américain Lance Armstrong, de sa lutte contre le cancer au scandale de dopage.
L'idée de génie qu'eût madame Souza en offrant un vélo à son neveu alla bien au-delà de ses espérances. L'entraînement, une alimentation adaptée et le Tour de France n'était pas loin... La "mafia française" non plus qui, repérant le futur champion cycliste, l'enlève. Madame Souza, accompagnée de trois vieilles dames, les Triplettes, devenues ses complices, devra braver tous les dangers dans une course poursuite ébouriffante.
François est un passionné du Tour de France. Licencié par son patron et quitté par sa femme, il part faire la Grande Boucle avec un jour d’avance sur les pros. D’abord seul, il est vite rejoint par d’autres, inspirés par son défi. Les obstacles sont nombreux mais la rumeur de son exploit se répand. Les médias s’enflamment, les passants l’acclament, le Maillot Jaune du Tour enrage. François doit être stoppé !
Year after year hundreds of thousands of fans line the route of the Tour de France, cheering on their heroes and willing them to victory, while millions of viewers worldwide tune in on their televisions. Academy Award-winning director Pepe Danquart, fascinated by the spectacle of the three week race, chose to focus on the courage, the pain and the fear of the riders of the Tour. Training his lens on German superstar sprinter Eric Zabel and his loyal domestique Rolf Aldag, Danquart captures the thrill of the race and the teamwork behind the stars of the peleton. He also shines light on the Tour's supporting cast - the director sportifs, masseurs, and, of course, the wildly enthusiastic fans. Reveling in the stunning landscape - from the Alps to the Pyrenees to the Massif Central to Paris - and with a nice dollop of Le Tour's history, HELL ON WHEELS transcends the sport it celebrates to reveal an astonishing human endeavor.
The incredible story of the greatest cycling race in history, the 1989 Tour de France, and how American Greg LeMond faced down betrayal, childhood sexual abuse and death completing one of the most inspiring comebacks in history.
Avant Lance Armstrong, il y avait Greg LeMond, qui est désormais le premier et le seul Américain à remporter le Tour de France. Dans ce documentaire captivant, LeMond revient sur le tour 1986 et sur sa rivalité de plus en plus vicieuse avec son ami, coéquipier et mentor, Bernard Hinault.
Fred, Tim and Deirdre plan a fun weekend break on the coast. What they didn't make allowances for was the company of Deirdre's mother who insists on coming along as her daughter's chaperone.
A portrait of the man behind the greatest fraud in sporting history. Lance Armstrong enriched himself by cheating his fans, his sport and the truth. But the former friends whose lives and careers he destroyed would finally bring him down.
In 1998 Marco Pantani, the most flamboyant and popular cyclist of his era, won both the Tour de France and Giro d'Italia, a titanic feat of physical and mental endurance that no rider has repeated since. He was a hero to millions, the saviour of cycling following the doping scandals which threatened to destroy the sport. However, less than six years later, aged just 34, he died alone, in a cheap hotel room, from acute cocaine poisoning. He had been an addict for five years. This is the story of the tragic battles fought by the most important Italian cyclist of his generation; man verses mountain, athlete verses addiction, Marco Pantani verses himself.
1969. July the 15th. Stage 17 of the Tour de France. A brutal stage from Luchon to Mourenx covering four of the toughest mountains in the Pyrenees. On this fateful day, Eddy Merckx catapulted himself into the history books with one of the greatest solo breakaways the sport has ever seen. Fast forward over half a century, and GCN’s Simon Richardson is in the Pyrenees to pay tribute to The Cannibal by recreating his ride. To make the 220km epic even more challenging, Si will do it aboard his 1969 spec Faema team bike and wearing their iconic red and white jersey. Eddy Merckx made this ride look easy, but will Si even make it to the finish line?
La fuite en avant de l'ancien champion cycliste, Laurent Fignon, qui court les routes sans ménagement pour commenter le Tour de France plutôt que de subir ses séances de chimiothérapie. Eddy Clave médecin, contraint de l'assister dans cette épreuve.
Fortuné est un passionné de vélo. Il n'hésite pas à abandonner son poste de groom pour rejoindre une course cycliste quand elle passe devant l'hôtel où il travaille. Renvoyé, il finit par trouver un emploi chez un fabricant de cycles avant de réussir à participer avec succès au Tour de France.
Documentaire filmé sur le Tour de France 1962.
Samen Winnen follows Team Jumbo-Visma behind the scenes of the Tour de France 2019. With four stage wins and Steven Kruijswijk finishing on the podium in Paris, the only Dutch cycling team was one of the most succesful teams.
Des Ardennes au col d’Izoard, le long des départementales et sur les sentiers escarpés, une ribambelle de camping-cars s’élance pour célébrer le Tour de France. Le soleil réchauffe, les transats sont sortis, les copains arrivent : c’est l’été, la grand-messe commence. Un regard drôle, attendrissant et poignant sur ces passionnés de la plus grande course cycliste du monde.
From Colorado to Qatar, California and France, this documentary follows a year in the life of the U.S.-based professional cycling team Slipstream -- a group that's made it their mission to restore the good name of cycling. Sure, the guys -- including Swede Magnus Backstedt and Brit David Millar -- wouldn't mind a Tour de France invite, but they're even more passionate about inspiring the next generation of cyclists.
Follows the Education First (EF) Cycling Team as they navigate a turbulent 2020 season through the Tour de France, telling the individual stories of the riders, from Colombian star Rigo Urán to rising up-and-comers and veteran teammates.
Detour de France offers a fascinating look inside the world's biggest annual sporting event. The film focuses on three Australians reporting on the world famous cycling event. All three bring a larrikin humour to their antics, which propels the film from mere reportage to something more akin to attending a sporting event with 'the boys'.
In the mid-1980s, one team dominated the cycling headlines: La Vie Claire. Despite a ferocious internal power struggle between two of the sport’s biggest stars, they racked up more than 100 wins. Wearing their iconic Mondrian jersey, Bernard Hinault and Greg LeMond won two of the most infamous Tour de France victories of all time. Bankrolled by the controversial businessman, Bernard Tapie, La Vie Claire rewrote the rulebook on both bike racing and fashion. Dan Lloyd is joined by special guests Pippa York and William Fotheringham to discuss how the team turned a recipe for disaster into a period of complete dominance.
On the 19th of July 1903 60 cyclists left Paris for the maiden stage of the very first Tour de France, racing 467km through the night to the line in Lyon. 116 years later, two modern-day riders attempted to recreate the feat of endurance using bikes and equipment from the early 20th century to fully experience the highs and lows of the early Tour pioneers. Endurance cyclist Mark Beaumont and GCN presenter James Lowsley-Williams are pushed to the limits of their physical and mental ability, struggling with the midsummer heat, bikes borrowed from museums and a lack of sleep. How did they compare to the Tour’s first heroes?