Flandrien | movie | 2023 | Official Trailer
Filmed on location, Flandrien tells the story of the Flanders region of Belgium. Rich in history, full of flavor and adv | dG1fYS1qTVk0eTQ4TkU
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00:00 Well, here in Flanders, we need to say that cycling is a religion.
00:06 Flanders is cycling. That's how it is here.
00:13 If you're born in Flanders, it's something that you grow up with, whether you like it or not.
00:19 Here actually you start racing because you feel almost like you have to.
00:23 I don't know why I started racing, actually.
00:27 I liked cycling and I said to my parents, like, "Go get me a bike."
00:33 I've never raced as hard in my life as I have here in Belgium.
00:39 As a Belgian, Tour of Flanders, that was the race of the year.
00:44 Everything is coming together. Cobblestones, hills, small roads, turns left, right.
00:51 You have to be careful with the wind direction.
00:53 You cannot lose the focus for one moment.
00:57 Fighting to survive those races.
00:59 I've never experienced anything like it. The people, the passion.
01:03 There's just absolutely nothing.
01:05 You suffer so much, then you hear the crowd.
01:09 Suddenly you don't feel anything anymore. You just...
01:12 Cycling in Flanders is so tied to the experience of this country.
01:21 But then you've also got that tragic history.
01:24 You had the great Flemish cyclists in that immediate post-World War I period.
01:30 The people here know what it is to suffer.
01:34 I think for me, cycling is man's eternal battle with himself.
01:42 I had the feeling like I can become the best.
01:49 I think now the girls who want to start racing, they have a lot of female riders to watch.
01:54 It's never wrong to dream of something big.
01:58 I hope to set an example that anything is possible, even without...
02:03 How do you say it?
02:05 The right equipment.
02:08 The term Flandrian is about that ethos.
02:12 Persistence. Resilience. Determination.
02:19 Actually, you have to say you have to be a little bit crazy.
02:21 That's a special breed. There is only a few.
02:25 You have to come over to Belgium to find out what a Flandrian is.
02:31 It is.
02:33 I am a Flandrian.
02:36 I am a Flandrian.
02:39 I am a Flandrian.
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