Saturday, June 17, 2023

Tour de France Unchained on Netflix

We just finished watching the eight episodes of the Netflix series “Tour de France: Unchained”, and we loved it (see trailer below). This first season featured seven teams—including Jonas Vingegaard’s Jumbo-Visma team—during the 2022 Tour de France. 

This documentary is the cycling’s version of Drive to Survive that followed a number of Formula 1 drivers during its five seasons, dating back to 2018. 

It was produced by the same team that made Drive to Survive and features plenty of race footage, as well as behind the scenes clips, including Tadej Pogačar’s battle with Vingegaard the eventual winner of the 2022 edition. (Pogačar’s UAE team Emirates, however, did not agree to be featured in Unchained). 

Interestingly, it showed the different race directors’ working style and coaching philosophy including those of my countrymen that seem to have their work cut out for them… 

We loved this series, make sure to watch it if you can! 

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