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HBO skewers pro cycling with Tour de Pharmacy mockumentary…just in time for Tour de France

Written by Tyler Benedict May 22, 2017 8:53 a.m. ET

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Starts July 8, 2017, on HBO. Catch that link at the end of the video for a free month trial of HBOnow and time it right if you don’t already subscribe!

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Jeff A Jewett

6 years ago

What;s most ironic about this is that they use drug addicts, like Mike Tyson and known steroid users, like John Cena in a movie to poke fun at drug use. I mean we all know that boxing and especially ‘professional wrestling’ are completely clean sports!

Longbeard

6 years ago

So much win here. The fact that Lance is on it makes it that much better. Can’t wait!

6 years ago

Lance being in a comedy doesn’t make him any less of a d!ck. He still screwed over a lot of people.

Longbeard

6 years ago

And he still helped a lot of people. Not saying I like the guy. The same could be said about stars/athletes being d*cks in any capacity though. I’m not reading too much into it. You could almost call this movie Blazing Saddles, lol.

Eric

6 years ago

Reply to Longbeard

Agreed…I worked in a shop around the time that Lance doping bomb was dropped and everyone I would meet (both in and out of the shop) would ask me what I thought about it. My response was always the same. I don’t think it’s good that he used drugs and he should have his wins taken away, but he did a huge thing for cycling in America. Everyone knows who Lance Armstrong is, even if you aren’t a cycling fan. And his “wins” undoubtedly helped grow interest in bike racing in the US. I’m looking forward to this movie

bikerhp

6 years ago

The American Bike business needs another Lance right now. Things are not looking good. While this is “funny” it really is not good for the cycling world.