“The Last Rider” movie review: a timeless tale of perseverance, love and America’s true Tour de France hero
From CyclingWeekly.com
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Now showing in theaters nationwide, the new Greg LeMond feature film is so much more than another Tour de France documentary
If the Netflix series “Unchained” doesn’t rapt American audiences, perhaps the new Greg LeMond feature film will connect them to cycling in a new way.
Premiering today in theaters across the country, “The Last Rider” is a feature-length documentary that chronicles Greg LeMond’s rock bottom year and his legendary comeback at the nail-biting 1989 Tour de France.
Directed by award-winning filmmaker Alex Holmes, the race almost serves as a backdrop. Instead, viewers are offered an intimate portrait of one of America’s greatest athletes of all time as he maneuvres betrayal, childhood sexual abuse, getting shot, and coming back from the brink of death to face his rivals and win the Tour de France by just eight seconds — the closest winning margin in the race’s history till this day.
The film features never-before-seen footage from the 1989 race as well exclusive interviews with LeMond himself, his former coach Cyrille Guimard and his wife Kathy, whom LeMond credits for his success.
