This short film uses the words from Tim Crabbe’s classic novel about road cycling. “The Rider”. It is probably the greatest book ever written about cycle racing and gives a unique insight into the mindset of bike racers. This film is dark in character and focuses on one aspect of a winning bike racers psychology. Not necessarily nice or pleasent but without it, a bike racer will never reach their potential.
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My ONLY issue is that one of the things that I appreciate most about Road Racing is, unlike fencing, nowadays, it’s the only sport that has a real honor code. So, if you see your “enemy” lying on the ground, you may continue, but there is a certain remorse. You don’t take advantage of unfortunate circumstances. That’s one of the reasons Contador is so disliked, at this point. He attacked when it was completely unnecessary.
Hi Rica
I completely agree. There is no other sport in which the honour of the participants and the “way” in which they win is so important. The fact that true champions in the sport don’t attack during mechanical failures etc. is critical to my love of it. It is impossible to imagine a similar etiquette in Formula 1 for example.