Alpe d’Huez | movie | 2023 | Official Trailer
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]