Le Roi du Mont Ventoux

At the top of Mont Ventoux hangs a huge poster with the names of all the cyclists who won Tour de France stages to the summit of this legendary Giant of Provence But which one of these winners is the greatest climber of them all The documentary feature The King of Mont Ventoux puts five cycling heroes against each other in an unprecedented virtual race beyond the bounds of time Belgian Cannibal Eddy Merckx 1970 Frenchmen Jeff Bernard 1987 and Richard the Lionheart Virenque 2002 the Italian Pirate Marco Pantani 2000 and Spanish climber Juanma Gárate 2009 Starting together at the foot of the giant they battle it out over the 21km ascent along a winding forest road to the lunarlike summit of the Bald Mountain a gruelling onehour test of endurance and strength The first to reach the summit is crowned King of Mont Ventoux