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Strange experience watching that documentary. I agree the editing was odd and that the inclusion of Mark (?) seemed awkward. I suppose the film maker had to work with what they shot, dealing with a very different story to the one expected.
I think KA didn't come across too badly - just a little awkward expressing himself in a second language, and with a fair bit of dry humour that maybe wasn't shown to best effect. He's clearly an incredible natural athlete, with an innate sense of his own limits, either way.
I didn't actually know too much about Mike before the race but watching the film left me with a quite sharp sense of loss. I'm not a huge fan of watching other people dealing with grief or the 'epicly epic suffering' school of cycling documentaries but this managed to transcend it. I hope people are inspired by his story, I certainly have been.