Lost Races: Bordeaux-Paris
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Lost Races: Bordeaux-Paris

6.0 / 10 2022 58mNR English
Documentary

Storyline

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 cyclists Mitch Docker and Sam Bewley are aiming to recreate the infamous 1965 edition. How will they fare at the ‘Derby of the Road’?

Cast & Crew

MD

Mitch Docker

Self

Lead
SB

Sam Bewley

Self

What People Are Saying

3.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Harry Dowdney's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. Lost Races: Bordeaux-Paris is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker