This is one of my favorite videos! I heard it inspired George Lucas as a student. Glad to see it on KZfaq.

A masterpiece! This belongs with all the other great cycling films and documentaries.

best music soundtrack in a documentary.

This is a great find... thanks very much!

Center pull brakes, bottle cage on handlebar, large flange hubs, frame pump, bar end shifters, frame mounted number, toe clips, black leather shoes, crasher holding his head (no helmet), wool shorts/jersey, tubular strapped under saddle; I really miss those days.

Dear National Film Board of Canada, God Yes, Thank You Thank You So Much for posting this great movie! It is one of my favorites of all time! This is Kinetic-Kinesthetic Visual Cinema at its Best! I don't care at all about the literal subject matter; I'm not interested in bicycling or the Tour du St. Laurent. It only provides the moving visual material for all the great 35mm Color Camerawork by the masterful cameraman, Jean-Claude Labrecque & his talented team of camera operators! This wonderful movie is just one great shot after another! The exciting, visceral, kinetically exhilarating moving camera shots always blow me away! The creatively striking camera angles are extremely trippy & fun! The gorgeous, formally composed images are eye-popping & colorfully vivid. It's full of beautiful cinematic compositions of the Canadian scenery & towns that the bicyclists pass through during their race. There are also exquisite moments of visually exciting editing that pop out quick & fast & leave me breathless with sensual pleasure.This is a wonderful example of the kind of visual cinema that was coming out of the French unit of The National Film Board of Canada at the time! Cinematically stylized, visual "cinema verite" that is so much fun! This is my favorite kind of movie making; pure, unbridled cinematic pleasure for its own sake! This is really the most valid kind of cinema there is. All the visual effects could only be created & experienced in cinema. Without the unique technology of motion picture celluloid film; without sitting in a theater watching the film being projected onto the big screen(or a decent enough approximation like this), no one could ever experience the kinesthetic high of pleasure that this kind of movie delivers to those viewers with the responsive sensitivity to appreciate & feel it!

Most of the people here are no longer in this world. When I think about it, the title "60 cycles" seems to represent the cycle of 60 years of life, and I'm deeply moved.

Artistry! A true masterpiece!!

THIS IS A MASTERPIECE!

I have to wonder if this had a big influence on Quentin Tarantino as well, as the music used in the beginning and end remind me a lot of the opening to *Pulp Fiction.*

Terrific film! I can understand why George Lucas liked it so much and thought what could he do if he took the film's style and applied to car racing, which he did with his film, "1:42.08."

love this!

Great videos on this channel !

Anyone know of any other cycling Ra cing videos of around this era that are as clear and well filmed as this ?

Like a film version of Tim Krabbe's book The Rider. Music probably reflects what the riders were likely taking to recover after each day was over..

Quebec roads have so much potholes now that just doing 2400 without helmets & not ending in the hospital is good enough to win the race.

from here on out @ 0:50 you will see them swirving all about the road because the canadian government doesnt know how to spend the tax payers money but honestly this shot @2:33 makes up for it!... seeing all those people peddling about the same speed means theyve mostly got the same type of bike!

3:03 anyone know the name of the song?

a lot of huge riders - obviously amateur as no pros seem to have the upper body size of these.

too cool for helmets? Buncha hipsters!

Man...bikes really suck! Some lovely views of the countryside, but that`s about it. Yeck!