January 07, 2019 – Canadian fans will love the award-winning film, Wonderful Losers, that reveals the grit, determination and sacrifice of the peloton’s most loyal servant – the domestique. Produced by Lithuanian filmmaker, Arunas Matelis, the film features Canadian legend, Svein Tuft, throughout highligting his calm demeanour and unique training style as he works tirelessly for his Orica GreenEdge teammates throughout the race.

The film has won countless international honours and is Lithuania’s entry for the Best Foreign Film at the 91st Academy awards. Matelis follows some of the peloton’s top domestiques such as Paolo Tiralongo, Jos Van Emden, and Chris Anker Sørenson as they selflessly sacrifice all chances of victory for their teammates.

These are the riders that have often already finished their job before the livestream starts, yet still hold the motivation to push through wind, rain, snow day-in and day-out.

Wonderful Losers takes an inside look during the 2014 and 2015 Giro d’italia, which is considered the most epic Grand Tour of the year where Tuft helped his team to

Wonderful Losers is available on demand on Vimeo for $6.90 CAD and is also being shown at Toronto Bike Shop; La Bicicletta on January 23rd. Get your tickets here.

Official trailer here.