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Best Cycling Movies #26: AWAY – The Movie | Race Across America

26 April 2020 by Michael Behringer

Cycling Movies

Cycling Movies: The Race Across America is considered the longest and toughest bike race in the world. 3.000 miles have to be covered in just one stage. In AWAY a German team is accompanied, which can suddenly fight for victory.

AWAY: An adventure becomes a race for victory

"A race against yourself." Those are the first words we hear from the trailer for the film AWAY can take. Let's continue with "becomes a battle for victory." The Race Across America is considered the toughest bike race in the world, and not just because it covers 3.000 miles across America. What makes it so special is that the race consists of just one stage. The 3.000 miles will take you through 12 US states, 4 time zones and over 33.000 meters of altitude.

The drivers have to struggle with the heat and above all the almost endless roads. Produced by 4motionpx, the creators succeeded in 2013 in producing a 76-minute documentary that is well worth seeing, in which the German team 4Athletes is intensively followed. At the latest when it becomes clear that the team can win and there is a head-to-head race for victory, the viewer in front of the screen is tied to the documentary.





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More than Michael Behringer

Cycling with all its tactics, stage analyses, placements and forecasts are Michael Behringer's great passion. In 1996 he tracked his first Tour de France. Since then he has observed almost every race. His passion for cycling has been with him for over two decades. There is no end in sight.

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