Pello Bilbao’s well-deserved starring role in Netflix’s approach to the Tour
“Wow, I went blank, I didn’t know what to say,” Pello Bilbao admitted to me, when I wrote to him after seeing him at the beginning of the fourth episode of the Netflix documentary about the Tour.
The death of Gino Mader, days before the start of the Tour, in the Tour of Switzerland, is a very present plot thread already started and reaches its zenith in its fourth installment, the one based on Pello Bilbao.
With the preamble done, let’s get to those notes and spoilers…
Jasper Philipsen is not favored
You will remember that the final stage of last year had a very unpleasant episode with Jasper Philipsen, intimidating a cyclist who was trying to escape.
That earned the best sprinter in the Tour and one of the most important cyclists in the world a lot of criticism.
Already before the 3rd episode, Philipsen has a certain quota like that of “Jasper, disaster” and this, but it is in this chapter that the Alpecin enter with all their splendor.
I don’t know what the anti-hair loss shampoo people thought of it, but the documentary, very good, does not let them.
Not Philipsen or the team’s mentors, even Mathieu Van der Poel catches, although in a very tangential way.
They leave the blues as “junkies” about the resultwithout caring that Van Aert, Girmay and Jakobsen criticize them along the way.
Talking about Fabio Jakobsen and Mark Cavendish
The Dutch sprinter’s relationship with Patrick Lefevere is another highlight.
The injuries from Jakobsen’s falls did not convince the boss as an alibi for his performance and everything happens to the then European champion.
Seeing their cures leaves you feeling sick.
While Mark Cavendish is in tow for the 35 stages until he has to abandon due to a fall in the middle of a stage, when in theory nothing was at stake.
The documentary, although it talks about his retirement, provides the breeding ground for him to reconsider his decision.
The Puy-de-Dôme is a hole in the narrative
Gino Mader’s thread overstretches the Puy-de-Dôme chapter by putting too much focus on Matej Mohoric and omitting key facts at that stage.
Matteo Jorgenson’s assault on the Alto is not mentioned at all.for example, implying that the Slovenian had real chances of winning due to the need to keep Mader’s argument alive.
There is almost no mention of Michael Woods, nor of the brutal duel between Pogacar and Vingegaard, from behind.
Hair shines
That 4th episode of the Netflix documentary about the Tour is the one that begins with Pello Bilbao, who was recorded on the beach with his family, in theory days before the Tour.
The way to explain that day is correct, but missing, in my opinion, transmitting the hardness, heat, harshness and speed of the dayIn any case, I am glad that justice is done with Pello’s success and his most honest tribute to his Swiss colleague.
If you want to see lines from chapters 1 and 2, here you have it.
Image: ASO
2024-06-22 22:28:19
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