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We know that many of you look forward to Cervélo TestTeam’sBeyond The Peloton films, which give a fly-on-the-wall take on the ProTour outfit’s debut season, as much as we do here at road.cc.

Now, the fourth and final video covering the team’s Tour de France campaign this year has been put online and like its predecessors, it’s essential viewing for any cycling fan.

Regular readers of road.cc will know that for a while now, we’ve been flagging up the Beyond The Peloton series of films, which give a behind-the-scenes glimpse at Cervélo TestTeam’s inaugural season on the ProTour.

Now, hot on the heels of last week’s release of the second film following the team’s progress on this year’s Tour de France, the third has arrived.

There’s plenty of YouTube footage of members of New York City’s bicycle courier fraternity dodging death, taxis, buses – and the odd traffic law – as they race across the city. And now, the Big Apple’s bike messenger subculture is getting the Hollywood treatment in a blockbuster directed by a man behind some of the biggest hits in cinematic history.

Cycling fans in the Bath area wanting to see how the Tour de France was staged in the days before multi-million euro team budgets, race radios, saturation TV coverage and Champs-Elysées finishes, get their chance this Sunday when Claude Lelouch’s classic Pour Un Maillot Jaune is screened as part of the Bath Film Festival.

Students from a school in Southport will be premiering a short film they made about cycling and the role it plays in the lives of local people tonight.

The film, titled Pedal Power – The Way Forward was made by a group of girls aged 12-14 from Greenbank High School and will premier at the Southport Arts Centre this evening at 6.30pm.

Have a strong cup of coffee then watch this little bit of action.