Rapha Films Presents | Tour De Force

[@AlejoStorni]

The production value is amazing! Every video you guys put out feels like a movie

[@DaddyRidesBikes]

Watched a bit of this with my 4 year old daughter. Thanks 😊 x

[@Teeve01]

Really enjoy hearing the back stories and seeing behind the scenes Womens cycling is so dynamic. The part with the father and his daughters was really special. That’s what it’s about. Great film ❤

[@Phantom0309]

So inspiring to see from the other side, the riders perspective. Was a great race to watch, some good hard racing

[@Saintgaz66]

Great film, thanks for your continued support of women’s cycling. The team was fantastic.

[@nluisa]

What a wonderful piece of film making! This hits so many right notes: the timely archive footage, wonderful cinematography, the stories shown and how they are told, the storytelling... Even with these aside there is something else: relevance and transcendence. This matters a lot in our times, and I bet any woman, or women's rights advocate would relate to the story, regardless of whether they cycle or not. Well done! I will share! 💚

[@davidthompson9939]

A very polished and well done piece. Great insights into one of my favorite riders-Veronica Ewers!

[@jeffreywills105]

Awesome! This racing was great to watch and this is amazing support for these women. Keep it up Rapha and keep smashing it ladies!

[@CrazyAboutCycling]

Inspirational & amazing! Why it took this long to get women to be part of Tour de France is just incredible!

[@lucy4802]

I enjoyed watching this and so pleased the Tour is back and giving women's cycling a higher profile. This was more of a stylistic film than a documentary though and at times confusing. In particular, it is not true that there hasn't been a women's Tour for 33 years. There have been various versions of the event from the 1990s through to 2013, and the fact that they may not have been organised by ASO should not diminish the achievements of the riders who won them. Nicole Cooke won the Grande Boucle Feminine in 2006 and 2007. She and riders such as Emma Pooley did a huge amount to raise the profile of women's cycling and campaign for more equal representation in the sport. I'd love to watch a film that documents the history accurately.

[@marcpeloquin1762]

I would pay very dearly, like a fine Rapha article for the playlist on this doc, have not heard such a well executed ambient sound in a long time.

[@raphafilms]

All music is by our friends Builder’s Tea www.builders-tea.com/

[@dricanogueira1]

Loved it! Congratulations on this great video! Please give us more women's cycling.

[@domestique3954]

When i was thirteen the later female world champion raced with us boys and she didn’t look bad! It’s always nice to remember Ute Enzenauer. There are women that are superb bike racers with excellent bike handling skills 🤙😊

[@freehubmag]

Great Story telling! Beautiful to see the dedication and heart.

[@terryperry6491]

Would like to see more of the race. Love the stories. But love the racing more. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@regisl6848]

Magnifique Film, merci beaucoup 🙏

[@gamby16a]

This was a beautiful, striking account of this important event. Tough, awesome women. I loved how the young girls were in awe of these superheroes. 😀

[@theresajv5055]

Seeing the Bob Mortimer book instantly makes me a bigger fan.

[@yannickb.9237]

Congratulations to these greats competitors !

[@raymondherrick1942]

Wow great film & insight to the sacrifices & training .

[@peterfoster6230]

chapeau! very inspirational to watch

[@seanwood]

This was great. To see it from a different point of view was really interesting. And the race was just awesome to watch. Every day was unpredictable which made it super exciting.

[@jaymendes]

Total tearjerker. Bravo!

[@letriciabrowder2942]

Loved this thoroughly

[@martinlooter7102]

a lot of mens didint cares what womanes afford out of teh bed / box!!! thats sad it on a long/2slow way to change thank u for that amzing story !

[@leventejuhasz2525]

Rapha, you did it again. Kudos!

[@triplsiks9232]

That was too short! There’s so much to tell about this story. Great film though. Enjoyed every minute.

[@reidh]

Thanks for making this! Really enjoying it :)

[@tomcretton7264]

please keep up the amazing content .xx

[@seanc6042]

Professional sport is about being the fastest, strongest, best. That's what people want to watch. That's what most people will pay to watch. Whether it's men or women doesn't matter. Amateur sport is available to all in the western world.

[@erkkiizarra7606]

Thank you.

[@stevenking9357]

Really great video, enjoyed the behind the scenes.

[@windmillcancersurvivor2568]

Made my day!

[@sham2bam]

Wow. Just, wow. Bravo.

[@allenfrankin]

gawdam, that was so inspiring. I'm gonna go ride my bike

[@waitej100]

Love it, thank you!!

[@CyclingAround]

Really inspiring story!

[@matteocaligiore5912]

thanks for the good things !!

[@BlackFlag111]

So inspiring!

[@jackgibbs]

More women's cycling stuff please!

[@BananaCologne]

Who’s Le Idiote @1:00?

[@harry_c]

Marc Madiot, now Groupama-FDJ DS 🙄

[@gweflj]

He’s absolutely entitled to his opinion. You may not agree with it, but that doesn’t make him and idiot. In fact you look more of one for being intolerant.

[@fortisjulio]

Bravo!! 👏👏👏👏👏

[@leedenton870]

Fantastic film

[@clueson1274]

respect to the performance

[@HGH44309]

Amazing!

[@sharonburns2771]

Really inspiring

[@simonmougin6373]

Is it Lael Wilcox on 40min?

[@j.r.newton2427]

Just epic.

[@123aston456]

Awesome!!

[@박근영-m5y]

Please inspire cyclists around the world with subtitles....pls.....

[@didiMao]

Could this have subtitles added?

[@rollandjoeseph]

Amazing women cyclists!👍

[@marcocasamassima389]

Finger crossed for The Tour France Femmes, all in all the tour today is mostly paid by sponsors and, in order to exist, it needs to return the investment. I know it doesn't feel romantic but it is what it is … and it is (and always was) valid for men as well.

[@angellosmalefakis1321]

Plain and simple, I believe in EQUALITY. Meaning if you want to be equal to your male counterparts than you should be doing 20 stages versus an abbreviated version of 10 stages. I blame the girls in that they should fight for equality. I blame UCI treating the girls as secondary. I blame the team. Looking at the meeting it is like secondary to the males. What kind of van is that? Have you seen the buses the guys have? What kind of director is that? He is an amateur! Can you not communicate or talk tactics with the girls? Watching this film is like watching Division III or the minor leagues versus their males in Division I or the major leagues. Remember Joan Benoit won the first womans marathon in the LA Olympics. That was a turning point for womans sports. If you want to do the same than you need to request the same distance, the same buses and the same equipment, the same tactics, the same everything.

[@massimoserafini8115]

Let me get this straight. Before 2019 she didn’t know anything about cycling and a couple of years later she’s a professional cyclist??? How does that even happen?

[@marcocasamassima389]

Massimo, what about Roglic then?

[@trieule4452]

She was a varsity soccer player before transitioning into cycling. There are a few pros in the tour that transitioned into cycling from other sports as well, Roglic and Woods come to mind.

[@saracyclesandsews]

A very good local team and a 3rd place at US Nationals after her first year of cycling. A similar story to Evie Stevens--untapped potential to be a world class cyclist.

[@AC-lt5ro]

Excellent job including the unfiltered harsh and biased opinions over the years.

[@johnrecords7136]

I think I saw 2 minutes of cycling in a 42 minute video about cycling

[@rdcanyon]

please never include a scene with a gopro in a washing machine again. wtf

[@brianmcg321]

I know, right.

[@letskeepearthgreen]

you poor poor thing

[@zacharypump5910]

At first they were going to put a kitten in the washing machine, but after double checking local laws, they had to downgrade to a GoPro

[@Highnoonshred]

I have not watched the Tour De France since high school because of several....Failures!! One of them being women not racing big tours! Goooo women!!!!

[@shaunturner8621]

𝓟Ř𝔬𝓂𝔬𝐒ϻ 👌

[@peterbaker3202]

Is this a spoof video, do you mean women actually ride bikes ?????? Totally outrageous. 🤣

[@SpeedBoosted911]

Lame, so many crashes and these crashes were horrible like women didn't know they have the brakes. One stage at the end one of the girls took left instead of right and almost crashes all peloton. The powers are not close to men's watts. The always smiling and talking girls...where is the Sport then? The willingness to win at any cost. I know many will hate the comment, but just acknowledge the differences and cycling at level of TDF - is not a women's sport, it's too harsh, too brutal. Some girls so fit it, but they are very rare

[@marcelmendler2241]

You're right, I don't agree with your comment - but not because I don't acknowledge that there is a difference. I don't agree with it because you're basically repeating what the guy says in the beginning and can't acknowledge women in a professional competitive cycling environment.

[@SpeedBoosted911]

@@marcelmendler2241 you are right Marcel, but actually i do acknowledge and admire the will to race and express yourself, but there are big consequences - crashes and injuries are often. Sorry if previous comment was rude..it's probably the contrast that went into emotions

[@karlahovde]

Fantastic!