There is a cool list of “Underrated Sports Movies” that includes every cyclist favorite movie Breaking Away. If you don’t know, the story revolves around a boy from Indiana who gets into bike racing in the mid-70s. He idolizes cycling in Europe particularly idolizing Italians and Italian culture. He speaks Italian, shaves his legs, asks [...]

The Marco Pantani Movie finally made it to RAI International only a few days after its Italian premier on RAI. I set my DVR to record it but was unable to get enough time to watch until Monday when I came down with a cold and was at home with a few hours to kill. [...]

While those of us unable to obtain a “pirated” version (thanks Fritz) of the Marco Pantani movie will have to wait for some other way of seeing the new Marco Pantani movie. There is a recent movie made by RAI that chronicles another great Italian Champion Gino Bartali.

A movie following Marco Pantani’s life will be shown on RAI Uno on Monday February 5th. Rolando Ravello who looks almost exactly like ‘Il Pirata’ will play the lead role which follows Pantani’s career during its zenith when he won the Giro and Tour double in 1998.

The on again off again Lance Armstrong Movie seems to have a new leading man. Old rumors were that Matt Damon would be the man to play Lance, but now it seems that Jake Gyllenhall is set to be the actor that portrays Armstrong. Armstrong and Gyllenhaal were seen together in Paris and both follow [...]




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