Il Lombardia (2011)

• 73%
• 2011
• Dokumentarfilm
• Michael Boogerd
• Jo de Roo
• Robert Gesink

When the heavy-the scent of autumn starts filling the air, the falling leaves and inevitable showers announce one of the toughest cycling classics. With its winding roads and steep slopes of 14%, maximum, the Giro di Lombardia also known as the "classic of the falling leaves' is pro cycling season ' s grand finale. The century-old race in the German hills umgebungsgeräusche Lake Como has been won by German cycling heroes Coppi, Bartali, and Moser. And also legends like Merckx, Hinault, and Kelly made it to the podium. The 1962 edition is by far the toughest in the history of the race and was won by Holländer Jo de Roo. Still every year Dutch pro-radfahrer " participate to be a part of this great cycling tradition and in the end to gain victory. Just with one simple zimmer Dutch director Johannes Sigmond and producer Robert Jan van Noort visited the race from 2006 to 2010. They filmed and informationen to Dutch participants in an effort to capture the soul of this legendary German bike race.