Video: A homage to the book ‘The Rider’ by Tim Krabbé
There are certain inevitable experiences that every cyclist will go through: getting a puncture, crashing, bonking, getting lost. Another experience every cyclist should have is reading the book “Renner” (“The Rider”) by Dutch novelist Tim Krabbé.
On stage 6 of this year’s Tour de France the peloton will head to the summit of Mont Aigoual, a key location in “The Rider”.
The film above, entitled “His Twenty-two was still clean”, pays homage to the greatest cycling book of all time.
“My gear lever feels like a scab on a wound. During our reconnaissance ride I was using forty-three twenty here. Now I’m sticking to the nineteen, a matter of willpower. My twenty was still as clean as a whistle. Shifting is a kind of painkiller, and therefore the same as giving up. After all, if I wanted to kill my pain, why not choose the most effective method? Road racing is all about generating pain.”
Note: Click the ‘CC’ button on the player to enable English subtitles.
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