Rough Rider (2014)

Directed by

Adrian McCarthy

Genre

documentary film

Country

Ireland

Runtime

1h 27m

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows Irish journalist and former cyclist Paul Kimmage at the 2013 Tour de France. He asks what has been done to clean up professional cycling after the Lance Armstrong doping scandal.

investigativeintrospectivesomberdeterminedreflectivegrittythought-provoking

What happens

Rough Rider is a documentary film, first shown on RTÉ television on 28 July 2014. Filmed over two years, it is set against the fall of Lance Armstrong for doping offences in 2012 and follows the Irish journalist and former professional cyclist Paul Kimmage during the 2013 Tour de France, where he questions what is being done to free professional cycling from doping since the release in 1990 of his book Rough Ride. The film is directed by Adrian McCarthy. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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