Now 53, Greg is the archetypal Californian cliche. He is one of the most naturally talented cyclists

Set against the backdrop of the 1986 Tour de France, the film tells the story of Greg LeMond and his mentor Bernard The Badger Hinault, who started as friends and teammates but ended up as bitter rivals, hotels in myrtle beach minimum check in age 18 director John Dower tells THR.
With the 2014 Tour de France hotels in myrtle beach minimum check in age 18 reaching its dramatic conclusion on July 27, ESPN s 30 for 30 series is taking a look back at one of the most bitter and unexpected rivalries in sports in the new film Slaying the Badger .
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Directed by John Dower ( Once in a Lifetime hotels in myrtle beach minimum check in age 18 , HBO s Thrilla in Manila ), and based on the book of the same name by Richard Moore , Badger reveals that even in a sport that purports to reward teamwork, it s still every man for himself.
This is a story that any sports fan will appreciate and enjoy, says Connor Schell , vp and executive producer, ESPN Films and Original Content of the complicated rivalry that melds friendship with the desire for victory. It is something unprecedented and different, that also resonates not only around the sports world but also around the globe.
London-born director Dower reveals that the concept hotels in myrtle beach minimum check in age 18 of the film was born in the back of taxi in Belgium when he was told about the book by a fellow sports journalist while following British champion Bradley Wiggins in the 2012 Tour de France. He said it was the greatest hotels in myrtle beach minimum check in age 18 book about cycling ever, and I thought it would make a good film. Then after several bottles of Burgundy, we decided to option it that night, he reveals.
A single phone call to ESPN and they were on the road to making the Tribeca Film Festival doc. This was strangely straightforward. They [ 30 for 30 ] had been pitched lots of Lance Armstrong stories, and they didn t want to make a film about him this is the story about the good guy, Dower tells THR . Some films take years to get off the ground, some just a few glasses of great wine, he adds.
ESPN was quick to see the value in the story of not only arguably the greatest race in the Tour s century-old history, but one with a rivalry up there alongside Borg versus McEnroe , Frazier and Ali ... LeMond-Hinault.
Now 53, Greg is the archetypal Californian cliche. He is one of the most naturally talented cyclists in the history of the Tour who was thrown into this relationship with his mentor, the Badger (who was so extreme that he rode his bike off a cliff once and then got right back on it.)
Greg was starstruck when he first met his hero, as he was the apprentice and getting trained up to be the next big thing in cycling, explains Dower, casting LeMond as Luke Skywalker to Hinault s Obi-Wan Kenobi.
The seeds were sown in the 85 Tour, then after that there was a public declaration and Badger was going to ride for LeMond but he didn t. He broke the pledge at every turn because he thought he could win the Tour. As one commentator said at the time, He just couldn t help himself, which makes him sound like a serial killer!
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