Movies: Simon Richardson

  • 2022
    1969 - Following Merckx

    1969 - Following Merckx (2022)

    1969 - Following Merckx

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    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 so...

    1969 - Following Merckx
  • 2023
    Breaking Through: The Rise of African Cycling

    Breaking Through: The Rise of African Cycling (2023)

    Breaking Through: The Rise of African Cycling

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    Biniam Girmay’s recent successes have shown that African cycling is on the up, ready at last to follow athletics and football into the big time. But why has it taken so long, and what’s needed to take it all the way? Set against the beauty and battle...

    Breaking Through: The Rise of African Cycling
  • 2022
    Stelvio

    Stelvio (2022)

    Stelvio

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    Standing proudly amongst the pantheon of cycling’s most revered mountains, the Stelvio boasts some of the longest and most challenging climbs in bike racing. Relentless switchbacks over impossible gradients beneath extremes of weather. It is on the r...

    Stelvio
  • 2023
    Giro 88

    Giro 88 (2023)

    Giro 88

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    It created one of the most memorable days in grand tour history. Riders such as Andy Hampsten and Franco Chioccioli share their extraordinary experience of a day they'll never forget....

    Giro 88
  • 2023
    Tommy Godwin: The Hardest Year

    Tommy Godwin: The Hardest Year (2023)

    Tommy Godwin: The Hardest Year

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    In 1939, driven by a desire for fame and fortune English amateur Tommy Godwin cycled a world record 75,065 miles in one year setting out from home each day through bitter winters and the blackouts of World War Two. He became the fastest person to cyc...

    Tommy Godwin: The Hardest Year
  • 2023
    Superteams: La Vie Claire

    Superteams: La Vie Claire (2023)

    Superteams: La Vie Claire

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    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 ...

    Superteams: La Vie Claire
  • 2023
    The Fast Lane

    The Fast Lane (2023)

    The Fast Lane

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    Tulsa Tough is one of the hardest, fastest, most prestigious criterium races in the United States of America. This high-octane, action packed film follows the Miami Blazers, and hears from sprinter and fast rising talent Dante Young, as they go toe-...

    The Fast Lane
  • 2021
    Lost Origins of the Modern Bicycle

    Lost Origins of the Modern Bicycle (2021)

    Lost Origins of the Modern Bicycle

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    Neil Laughton, cycling enthusiast, adventurer and record-breaker is joined by cycling experts Scotford Lawrence, Edwin Knight and Jon Cannings to explore the history of the bicycle. They explore every twist and turn of the bicycle’s journey of develo...

    Lost Origins of the Modern Bicycle
  • 2023
    Legend Of The Rainbow Jersey

    Legend Of The Rainbow Jersey (2023)

    Legend Of The Rainbow Jersey

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    The Rainbow Jersey is the crowning achievement of any cyclist’s career, proof that they are the very best in the world. GCN stats guru Cillian Kelly heads to Belgium in a lighthearted jaunt to chat to ex pros, pros and journalists about how the Rain...

    Legend Of The Rainbow Jersey
  • 2021
    The King and Beers - A Gravel Epic in Vermont

    The King and Beers - A Gravel Epic in Vermont (2021)

    The King and Beers - A Gravel Epic in Vermont

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    Ex-pro cyclist, Ted King has a lot of love for his home state of Vermont. With its rolling landscapes, rugged gravel roads and its fantastic craft beer scene, he was never unhappy to return home after his time spent in pelotons around the world. As b...

    The King and Beers - A Gravel Epic in Vermont
  • 2023
    Annapurna Circuit

    Annapurna Circuit (2023)

    Annapurna Circuit

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    Simon Richardson and James Lowsley-Williams are heading to Nepal to tackle the Annapurna Circuit; a 230 km trail that circumnavigates the mountain. Known as the best long distance hike in the world, an experienced hiker will take around 20 days to co...

    Annapurna Circuit
  • 2021
    WW1 - War on Two Wheels

    WW1 - War on Two Wheels (2021)

    WW1 - War on Two Wheels

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    A fascinating insight into the role of the bicycle in the First World War - from reconnaissance to transporting ammunition, historian and cycling enthusiast Jeremy Banning explores stories from the battlefield. Ollie Bridgewood discovers the role cyc...

    WW1 - War on Two Wheels
  • 2021
    BMX: Turning Dirt To Gold

    BMX: Turning Dirt To Gold (2021)

    BMX: Turning Dirt To Gold

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    GCN's James Lowsley-Williams and GMBN's Blake Samson are trading in their usual bikes for ones with much smaller wheels, as they try their hand at two variations of the incredibly varied sport of bicycle motocross. We'll explore the history of BMX to...

    BMX: Turning Dirt To Gold
  • 2022
    Lost Races: Bordeaux-Paris

    Lost Races: Bordeaux-Paris (2022)

    Lost Races: Bordeaux-Paris

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    Bordeaux-Paris was the best bike race you’ve never heard of: a midnight start, 550km-long, and ridden behind motorised ‘dernys’, with winners including Jacques Anquetil and Tom Simpson. More than thirty years since Bordeaux-Paris was last raced, pro...

    Lost Races: Bordeaux-Paris
  • 2021
    The Athertons: Mountain Biking's Fastest Family

    The Athertons: Mountain Biking's Fastest Family (2021)

    The Athertons: Mountain Biking's Fastest Family

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    The Atherton family name has been a staple in British mountain biking for 2 decades, with huge success in international racing and multiple world championship titles between them, mountain biking's most successful family are have had their ups and do...

    The Athertons: Mountain Biking's Fastest Family
  • 2023
    Junk Bike Battle: Random Tandems

    Junk Bike Battle: Random Tandems (2023)

    Junk Bike Battle: Random Tandems

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    In a fierce battle of innovation and resourcefulness, two teams have just three days to go head-to-head over a pile of scrap bikes and used parts, on a mission to transform discarded relics into awe-inspiring tandem bicycles and create the perfect se...

    Junk Bike Battle: Random Tandems
  • 2022
    Tourmalet

    Tourmalet (2022)

    Tourmalet

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    A mythical mountain, and one of the Tour de France’s favourite battle grounds, the Col du Tourmalet is the jewel in the crown of the Pyrenees. Its slopes have seen champions crowned and dreams shattered by its brutal gradients, earning it the nicknam...

    Tourmalet
  • 2023
    Mountains: Zoncolan

    Mountains: Zoncolan (2023)

    Mountains: Zoncolan

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    Ex-pro cyclist Si Richardson heads to Ovaro in northern Italy to tackle the infamous Monte Zoncolan. Joining him is former professional, Dan Martin, who battled to a top 10 finish there at the Giro d’Italia in 2010. One of the toughest mountains in ...

    Mountains: Zoncolan