Twenty years after his accident, cycling talent Simon van Beneden returns to the scene in the French Vosges to coach thr | dG1fZ1lPODlSN0Z3dUk
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00:00After a Dutch cyclist wins a youth race, hope is lost.
00:05Will this be our new Tour winner?
00:08At the end of the eighties, there was a wave of hope around Simon van Beneden.
00:12I've seen him cycling a lot, and I was impressed.
00:15He could ride a bike, and his head looked good too.
00:21But as soon as his blood pressure went up, he had to stop cycling.
00:25And his head looked good too.
00:29But as soon as his promises came true, he suddenly disappeared from the stage.
00:34Literally.
00:37There were the wildest rumors about him. He would have fallen.
00:41Hit a low wall.
00:46No one ever spoke to him.
00:49But there is always a story.
00:52And this is that story.
00:55The story of Simon van Beneden.