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00:00 (upbeat music)
00:02 - La Biclaire, a cycling team beyond compare.
00:07 The best riders, the best technology, the best jersey.
00:13 For four years in the 1980s, they were untouchable,
00:19 dominating the biggest races in the world.
00:22 Outed a team with a controversial owner.
00:28 - Francis, true first entrepreneur.
00:30 I don't think he got there honestly.
00:32 I think he did some fraudulent type of stuff.
00:34 - Plagued by a ferocious internal power struggle.
00:37 - I can't imagine how that works
00:39 when there's somebody smiling at you
00:40 and eating their cornflakes in the morning.
00:42 And then you go and do the bike race
00:43 and he tries to kill you.
00:44 - Changed the face of cycling forever.
00:48 - They brought cycling from being this small time sport
00:53 to this massive multi-million pound extravaganza.
00:56 - This is the story of the world's first modern super team.
00:59 This is La Biclaire.
01:02 (upbeat music)
01:05 (crowd cheering)
01:08 (upbeat music)
01:11 (dramatic music)
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