Peter’s blog

Just got back from watching “Hell on Wheels” at the Valhalla cinema in Glebe. Hell on Wheels is a documentary about the Tour de France from the riders perspective.

To quote director Paul Danquart:

With Hell on Wheels I did not have a pure sports fi lm in mind. My interest lies in the suffering and losing during the Tour. I want to track down what it means to fall prey to the promise of global fame and tons of money, to suffer all the years to the verge of exhaustion but without the certainty to receive any reward. I want to know what it takes to win the Tour. In the team. In the body. In the mind. Shooting the fi lm meant becoming part of a team and showing what others cannot show.

Excellent movie, if you are into cycling I highly recommend it, but be quick as it is under limited release and will probably disappear quickly.

It was good to see Mike Tomalaris , the SBS cycling presenter there. A big thank you goes out to him for the upcoming Tour de France coverage on SBS.

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