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Best Tour de France footage ever filmed?
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Here are some ‘rushes’ from the IMAX movie with the production name of ‘Brainpower’ but which morphed into ‘Wired to Win’ when it was released to IMAX cinemas last year. The YouTube footage is just a couple of minutes, there’s nine minutes on the Quickrelease.tv podcast site, on iTunes at http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=252244643
The extensive reshooting of scenes was to accommodate the removal of Tyler Hamilton from the movie. At the time he was embroiled in a drugs hearing, which he later lost.
The rushes footage contains movie editing timecodes and an original score.
‘Wired to Win: Surviving the Tour de France’ is available to watch in a small number of IMAX cinemas worldwide. The stunning Tour de France scenes were shot at the 2003 tour de france. This was the year that, despite a cracked clavicle, Tyler Hamilton came fourth.
It’s not a film about the Tour itself, it’s an exploration of how the brain works, and specifically, how the brain deals with pain, stress, and tactics. The film’s director, Bayley Silleck, said:
“We chose the Tour de France to show how the human brain works because behind every great athlete is a great mind.”
And these great minds are also great at blocking pain. Tyler Hamilton was always going to be the featured rider but when he broke his collarbone in a pile-up on the first stage, the movie-makers thought they would have to pack-up and go home. Hamilton decided to ride on; the bulky IMAX cameras continued to roll.
“The movie is about the human brain, but we chose the Tour as a backdrop because it has all the elements,” said Silleck
“It’s about the human mind, those intangible things we call willpower. How athletes make the difference between success and failure.”
Sillick believed he got some of the best-ever film footage of the Tour, thanks to the four IMAX cameras, one of which was remote-controlled and suspended from a helicopter.
In a movie press release from July 7th 2003, the film is said to explore “the extraordinary processes of the human brain by following world-class, professional cyclist, Tyler Hamilton as he trains and participates in the Tour de France.”
Fast forward to February 24th 2004 and Hamilton wasn’t mentioned in a new press release. Instead, Brain Power — now late — becomes the “dramatic story of pro-cyclists dealing with the stresses, dangers, and conflicts of the Tour de France.”
The film no longer has one central character:
“Brain Power will follow several Tour riders as they cope with pain in the high Alps, experience a “fight-or-flight” situation on a steep downhill switchback, struggle to maintain mental focus and wage a constant mental war between extreme exhaustion and their motivation to reach the finish line in Paris.”
The riders featured were Baden Cooke and Jimmy Caspar of the Francaise de Jeux. Caspar also crashed at the 2003 Tour de France.
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worst tour de …
worst tour de france footage ever filmed?
Yes, but would you …
Yes, but would you not agree that living life is less fulfilling without competition? Competing is what gives us the sense of triumph or defeat (which forces us to bounce back and become stronger as a person). Also, remember that one can take part in a contest and still be a sportsman.
Agreed!
Agreed!
Strange that my …
Strange that my comment resulted in such an angry reply, I was not intending to offend anyone rather try and get across the purile nature of careing so much about something that (I think) should not be taken soooo seriously. Riding is fun and should be kept that way
go play …
go play with your stereo. winning contests is a good feeling. it’s fun and you can test your abilities. and most top level athletes aren’t cheating.
What??? The Tour is …
What??? The Tour is the most heavily contested bike race ever! The Giro has harder climbs though, and the Vuelta is pathetically easy and boring.
Listen guys most …
Listen guys most top level athletes are cheating in some way or another and as fun as riding a bike is who cares about stupid contests, contests are for people who think there is such a thing as winning and loosing there is only living.
Is that why Lance …
Is that why Lance beat every competitor that won those races for 7 years? It is the competitor that makes the race, not the profile. Look at paris-tours. Di Luca, Pellizotti, what? Was Lance riding for the polka dot jersey? Where was Pellizotti in the TdF? When does Lance peak dude? I just wasted 5 minutes of my time.
Awesome video
Awesome video
Casati, if i’m not …
Casati, if i’m not mistaken the Giro, has far more difficult climbs than the TDF, and The Vuelta has more mountain stages. I didn’t see Lance giving Di luca, or Franco Pelizotti, a run for their money.
Are you claiming …
Are you claiming that winning the Vuelta or the Giro are the same as winning the Tour? Come on. Have you seen what Lance did with Simoni, Cunego, Heras. Yes, Contador was stronger THIS YEAR, but more gifted than Lance ever was?
contador is a drug …
contador is a drug cheat how can a skinny little like him beat fabian cancellara in the tour time trial when he is in such good form, also did you read the article my lemond about his V02 max, suspect to say the least…..
Armstrong………. …
Armstrong…………., a living Potemkin Village, a one-trick pony.
lance did not have …
lance did not have what it takes to get contador…there is no contest…ok so he finished on the podium but thats not first place…contador won because he drops people in the moutnains..he is only 140 pounds..i think lance is around 158 so right there that 18 pounds means something..contador also hace come along way in TT riding..i dont think lance will get it next year…the man is 38 years old..he had his day…and now its another person’s turn to have thiers..
Sure Deadly MACD… …
Sure Deadly MACD…I have to appreciate this years Tour, Armstrong has been over shadowing the talent for a while in the past. But now we can all see that others like Contador, are just as gifted or even more so.
No, Thank you DMAC.
D.
Thanks. …
Thanks. Unfortunately too many fans of Armstrong are blind to the success and talent of Contador. It’s rare having two great champions compete and a lot of people don’t appreciate it.
You are the only …
You are the only one on this page, thats gets the reality of this subject.Contador, is far superior.
Accept that Lance …
Accept that Lance was never gifted as Contador. Contador is a stronger racer all around….Face it. His four grand tours means that he is three large victories away from Armstrongs 7. And he’s just getting started.
if you know …
if you know anything about cycling you know that any one that can ride away from the pro p with out any team help is the best god dam rider ever! well second to andy schleck give him a few more years
Lol, no. That’s …
Lol, no. That’s not what happened. Lance did everything he could to win this year and there isn’t a single professional making the absurd claim that he lost because of his dedication to the team. Alberto was the better rider this year. And yes, there were a few instances where he ignored team instructions but these weren’t the stages that won him the race.
contador won …
contador won because he attacked his own team. Lance could have taken him, but he listened to his team. Did you ever notice that right before Contador attacked, he always removed his earpieces?
To that little …
To that little fairy called “swannboy” who e-mailed me:
You’re an ignorant dipshit. LeMond came back from being almost killed by shotgun pellets to his chest, you MORON.
You have no balls. You come to my house, and I’ll try to see if you can survive the same as LeMond’s accident, BOY.
No. A few years ago …
No. A few years ago Lance could have beaten contador. I’m sure.
Stfu. you are a …
Stfu. you are a joke to the human race, prick. I’d like to see you come back from cancer and win the tour 7 times. Also, he does more than just one race a year, just the tour is his main one.
What I do know is …
What I do know is that LA brought his B game this year and rode almost everyone into the ground. And Lance will have his A game next year.
AC is a very, very talented racer, but I think that LA can beat him. You remember the day he bridged the gap up to the lead group and both Schleck brothers got dropped. LA still has it.