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          11. – 22. March 2026

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              Merckx – Race of a Champion

              Christophe Hermans & Boris Tilquin / Belgium / 2025 / Danish Premiere / 84 min

              Eddy Merckx is the greatest cyclist of all time. The Belgian legend has won everything there is to win. An egelant portrait of an invincible champion through thick and thin.

              Eddy Merckx’s list of victories is unmatched. From his amateur beginnings in 1961 until his retirement in 1978, he won a total of 525 road races. The monuments, the world championship, 11 Grand Tours, and much more. No one has surpassed Merckx since.

              And now Merckx has gotten the film he deserves. A stylish, captivating, and insanely beautiful film that uses vivid archive material to tell the story of the star’s meteoric rise. But behind all the success, are the bumps in the road: doping cases, exclusions, crashes. When he triumphed, he united Belgium. When he lost, the whole nation turned its back on him. 

              Merckx had a taste for the sweetness of victory and was quickly nicknamed ‘The Cannibal’. He devoured his competitors, and some thought he won too much. Behind the admiration and fascination, jealousy simmered. The story of Merckx is the story of how a great talent pushed himself and his pain threshold to the limit to become the best in the world. A film about suffering and willpower – and about a legend that even Tadej Pogačar cannot match.