A Sunday in Hell (1976)

The film follows the French ParisRoubaix spring classic, notorious for the hellish paves or cobbled roads of the north which are no longer used for traffic but only for transporting cattle and for cycle races. We are there from the dawn preparations and rituals on the outskirts of Paris and through the rigours of the race with special focus on a number of prominent cyclists to the final outcome on the Roubaix cycle track followed by the filthy riders taking their showers. There is also an eye for lif