In 2023, pro cycling and TV streaming will be even more connected, with Soudal-QuickStep planning to release a documentary on Amazon Prime.
Following the success of Movistar's Least Expected Day, which ran for three seasons, and the highly anticipated Netflix Tour de France documentary, Soudal-QuickStep will also present a behind-the-scenes look at the 2022 campaign.
The series was announced Friday during a team presentation at the Plopsaland theme park in De Panne, Belgium. A release date has not yet been announced, but it is expected to hit screens sometime in 2023.
The series will cover the Belgian team's entire 2022 campaign and does not appear to leave any stone unturned. [races, pre-race days, post-race days, training camps, meetings, crisis management meetings, and home meetings with the riders." Some riders may have thought, "Not again," but I think we got everything from last season.
Longtime team boss Patrick Lefebvre added, "It's hard for a rider to carry a camera on his back all year. It's only when I go to bed at night that I don't have a camera."
"I've been working on this for years," he said.
"I tried to say to the boys, 'Look, it's going to be tough for you, but one day when you're older and you have kids and grandkids, you'll be able to say with pride, 'This is what I did in 2022.'"
The Proposal Saland Theater screened an extended clip from the series, taken from an episode centered on Liège-Bastogne-Liège in 2022.
The team had just endured a terrible campaign in the Flanders Classics, devastated by illness and poor form and finishing with its worst Tour de Flanders result in years. In Liège, Remco Evenpole saved the spring with his first Monument win on his own.
Lefebvre told the riders in the pre-race briefing, "Everyone thinks you can't win anymore.
The episode was later delved into regarding the impact of Alaphilippe's crash, the tears of the team doctor, and the Directeur Sportif's having to withhold information from the riders because "we can't worry about what state Julien is in." Revelations.
Evenpoel makes the winning attack as dramatic music plays. Evenpoel crosses the finish line and the celebrations begin.
The documentary also covers the Tour de France team, with Yves Lemper wearing the yellow jersey and Fabio Jacobsen winning a stage. The star of the series, however, is Evenpoel, who won the team's first Grand Tour victory at the Vuelta a España and replaced Alaphilippe as world champion in Australia with a stunning solo ride.
The series is self-described as the "Wolfpack" of the team's identity, emphasizing that the team is a family. The launch, held at the De Panne theme park, was designed to be a "family event"; parents were encouraged to bring their children, and riders were escorted by their families.
Former star riders Tom Boonen and Philippe Gilbert were brought in to give their input on the team's philosophy.
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