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Tour De France: Unchained aka that netflix thingy

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Two episodes in and so far it's really good, better than last year. I find the best way to watch it is in the original French version with English subtitles, but most of it is in English. It is just wrong to hear some random dudes voice in English over Jillian Alaphilippe (for example).

Last year's tour was really something.
 
Ok can anyone explain the following: In episode one there's a scene where they tell Ben O'Connor that Gino died. How do they do that? Do they record the scene after the event and it's all fake or do they actually bring cameraman to break this news to him? I really can't decide which of those options I find more disturbing and I'm kind of hoping there's another explanation...
 
Ok can anyone explain the following: In episode one there's a scene where they tell Ben O'Connor that Gino died. How do they do that? Do they record the scene after the event and it's all fake or do they actually bring cameraman to break this news to him? I really can't decide which of those options I find more disturbing and I'm kind of hoping there's another explanation...
They had cameraman with them at pre-tour altitude camps so I assume he broke it there and then. Absolutely morbid stuff.

I'm 2 episodes in and it seems the entire documentary is following Ben O'Connor around in his hunt for a valiant top-17.
 
2 episodes in so far.
I understand that they build up a lot around crashes because it catches the excitment of the masses and highlighting it with for example Carapaz where the whole season goes down the drain in the first stage is fine. But using Gino Maders death like they did feels proper tasteless, who the hell thought it would be a fantastic idea to give O'Connor the information of his death with a camera there?

Seeing Belgian Pozzato rage again was great haha, I can't believe Vingegaard was actually so nice to shoulder some fault, he didn't do anything wrong, proper ridiculous.

AG2R coverage can feck off, just like last year the worst parts by some distance, Jurdie makes me want to throw my laptop out of the window and O'Connor also comes across as a spoiled child. Who the hell thought it was a good idea to make half an episode about a non-existent "Australian" battle.
 
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They had cameraman with them at pre-tour altitude camps so I assume he broke it there and then. Absolutely morbid stuff.

I'm 2 episodes in and it seems the entire documentary is following Ben O'Connor around in his hunt for a valiant top-17.

Two episodes in: The Hindley O'connor storyline is pretty cringe. The latter is also incredibly unlikeable. Cant get worse from here on out tbh.
Yes, not sure why Ben O’Connor has received so much attention in both seasons. He is fascinating, though. Seemingly zero attempt to make himself look cool or likable.

Having said that, I don’t care what y’all say; this is great. Way better than just some canned interviews. Primoz: “We try hard? Eh?” Come on. Give me Ben O’Connor airing his petty angst any day.
 
Of course, O'Connor would be unhappy that Hindley would be gifted time aided and abetted by his team AGR2. They are both Australian, come from the same state in Perth and are competitive against each other.