Motorsport & Cycling
Great Sports Documentaries Part Two: “Hell On Wheels”
The director of Hell On Wheels (2004) wanted to reveal “what it means to go to the edge of physical possibilities, to…
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Great Sports Documentaries Part One: “Senna”
It is rare for a movie to convey successfully the experience of sport. The documentary is the finest method – the uncontrived…
Motorsport & Cycling
It’s Time Cadel
* originally published 19/7/11 on the sports website: theroar.com.au http://www.theroar.com.au/2011/07/19/its-time-cadel/ Lance Armstrong once noted that professional cyclists looked like vampires. Cadel Evans, with…
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The Tour of Pain
The Tour de France is a race for the climbers, and if you’re not the creme de la creme you can forget…
Motorsport & Cycling
Are Formula One Drivers Real Men Or Just Lunatics?
The return of the great Michael Schumacher to Formula One this weekend has overshadowed another resurrection; that of Felipe Massa. During qualifying at last year’s Hungarian Grand Prix a small, innocuous spring dislodged…
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Graeme Brown’s Reputation Takes Another Beating
Australian cyclist Graeme Brown, never a popular man in the peloton, has made damning admissions that are certain to destroy his career in Europe.…