Alpe d’Huez | movie | 2023 | Official Trailer - video Dailymotion

A mountain so legendary it’s known simply as “The Alpe”, with its unmistakable 21 hairpins it’s cycling’s most | dG1fNXdTaXcxdG5DRjg

Transcript

00:00 (dramatic music)

00:02 - With its unmistakable 21 hairpins,

00:09 it's cycling's most recognizable climb.

00:12 - This is a mountain beyond cycling, beyond sport.

00:16 - It's an arena.

00:17 (speaking in foreign language)

00:21 - A place where even the pros dream of winning.

00:29 - I came here as a kid and had these sparkles in my eyes.

00:33 Oh, I wanted to win the Alpe d'Huez one day.

00:35 - It's featured in the Tour de France more than 30 times

00:46 and is eagerly awaited by hordes of fans

00:49 who line the route.

00:50 Crowds here are thought to have swelled to over a million.

00:53 - I'm going to explore what makes the Alpe

00:57 racing's most enduring and popular climb.

01:00 I'll be taking on with a former professional

01:03 who's got plenty of stories to tell, Frank Schleck.

01:06 - The start of the climb and the gradient,

01:11 it's just straight into it.

01:12 It is literally instantaneous.

01:15 - Signs on the hairpins immortalize past winners,

01:18 including giants of the sport.

01:20 - Corner number 18, your corner, Frank.

01:22 - I'm very proud of it and proud to share it

01:25 with Henning Kruiper.

01:26 - Alpe d'Huez has been the pinnacle of my achievements.

01:29 It's become something special in my sport's history.

01:33 It's very beautiful that I'm a part of it.

01:37 - Alpe d'Huez is where sometimes cycling feels like football.

01:42 It's quite warm, dangerous, passionate atmosphere.

01:47 - That's what's all about, winning a stage.

01:52 And people remember me, not because I won Tour de Suisse,

01:56 but lots of people remember me winning this stage,

01:59 which is a mythos of a climb.

02:02 (upbeat music)

02:04 (upbeat music)

02:08 (upbeat music)

02:11 (dramatic music)

02:13 [BLANK_AUDIO]