Partly dramatised documentary about Rotterdam’s tragic cycling legend Willem Koopman. His promising career nosedived after he was suspended for doping, "Lance Armstrong’s precursor", as it were. With well-known fellow Rotterdammers Jules Deelder and Wilfried de Jong, archival material and re-enacted key moments from Koopman’s eventful life.
- Director
- Ari Deelder
- Premiere
- World premiere
- Country of production
- Netherlands
- Year
- 2016
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2016
- Length
- 50'
- Medium
- DCP
- International title
- The Cycle King
- Language
- Dutch
- Producer
- Jeroen Rozendaal
- Production Company
- StudioRev
- Sales
- StudioRev
- Screenplay
- Ari Deelder
- Cinematography
- Harm Griekspoor
- Editor
- Maurice Trouwborst
- Production Design
- A.M.C. Fok
- Sound Design
- Henk-Jelle de Groot
- Music
- Terence Dunn
- Cast
- Raymond Thiry
- Website
- http://www.arideelder.com