A great Giro d'Italia documentary
11-09-23, 10:38 PM
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A great Giro d'Italia documentary
I really enjoyed this film. Beautifully made. Lots of footage from the back of the race, filmed from the medic teams vehicles. Sorry, but I couldn't figure out how to post the link without embedding it.
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11-10-23, 10:47 AM
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Thanks for posting this. I just finished it, very nice view into parts of pro cycling that we don't see watching the race coverage.
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thanks so much for sharing this find!
Luxembourger champion Charly Gaul competing in the Giro of 1961 for the Gazzola - Fiorelli team -
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thanks so much for sharing this find!
Luxembourger champion Charly Gaul competing in the Giro of 1961 for the Gazzola - Fiorelli team -
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11-10-23, 05:37 PM
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Apparently that video is not available to us Europeans ... 
11-10-23, 05:46 PM
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Thank you so much. Perfect timing with the longer Veterans Day weekend in the US.
Reminded me on the documentary A Sunday in Hell from 1976. Not a fast paced documentary. I loved it.
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This thread prompted me to watch la Course en Tęte - the 1974 Merckx movie. I originally got to view in in 1975, very fortunate in a screening theater on the 20th Century Fox lot. Much audience vocalization and enthusiasm.
anyway, watched it again on YouTube and about 45 min in the scenes of the mechanic prepping the bikes between stages, the Eddy Orange bike has a Big Spade cutout on the top of the fork crown and milled in the front of the Campagnolo seatpost. Huh.
one aspect of the film I forgot was the worry and concern of Eddy’s wife for him, safety and emotional well being, one got the impression that he was expecting to win.
way back Playboy ran an article on Eddy after he achieved the hour record and made note that his children were born about 9 months after a major victory.
anyway, watched it again on YouTube and about 45 min in the scenes of the mechanic prepping the bikes between stages, the Eddy Orange bike has a Big Spade cutout on the top of the fork crown and milled in the front of the Campagnolo seatpost. Huh.
one aspect of the film I forgot was the worry and concern of Eddy’s wife for him, safety and emotional well being, one got the impression that he was expecting to win.
way back Playboy ran an article on Eddy after he achieved the hour record and made note that his children were born about 9 months after a major victory.
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That was weird- post vanished
from la course en tete
from la course en tete
11-11-23, 04:55 PM
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This thread prompted me to watch la Course en Tęte - the 1974 Merckx movie. I originally got to view in in 1975, very fortunate in a screening theater on the 20th Century Fox lot. Much audience vocalization and enthusiasm.
anyway, watched it again on YouTube and about 45 min in the scenes of the mechanic prepping the bikes between stages, the Eddy Orange bike has a Big Spade cutout on the top of the fork crown and milled in the front of the Campagnolo seatpost. Huh.
one aspect of the film I forgot was the worry and concern of Eddy’s wife for him, safety and emotional well being, one got the impression that he was expecting to win.
way back Playboy ran an article on Eddy after he achieved the hour record and made note that his children were born about 9 months after a major victory.
anyway, watched it again on YouTube and about 45 min in the scenes of the mechanic prepping the bikes between stages, the Eddy Orange bike has a Big Spade cutout on the top of the fork crown and milled in the front of the Campagnolo seatpost. Huh.
one aspect of the film I forgot was the worry and concern of Eddy’s wife for him, safety and emotional well being, one got the impression that he was expecting to win.
way back Playboy ran an article on Eddy after he achieved the hour record and made note that his children were born about 9 months after a major victory.
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It was nice to see the concern and kindness from the medical staff.
Although the team support staff wanted anybody who might stay upright and pedal to do so.
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