High above the Mediterranean islands and far from the bustle of Athens is a Greece you’ve likely never seen. A country covered by towering peaks, forgotten valleys and singletrack trails dissecting endless folds of mountains. An evergreen landscape dotted with alpine passes and remote villages teeming with history and hospitality. This is the Greece of the Hellenic Mountain Race: An unsupported bike ride covering 883 kilometres and nearly 30,000 meters of elevation – enough climbing to scale Everest over three times. Follow along as a brave group of riders load their bikes down with supplies and complete the route entirely under their own steam. With no prize purse and no fans lining the route, the adventurous few who reach the finish seek something more than fame and fortune…
Presented by Camelbak with support from Tailfin and Ride With GPS
Director – Brady Lawrence
Producer – Nelson Trees
Additional cinematography – Angel Ballesteros
Bouzouki performance – Demetrios ‘Takis’ Dotis
Photography – Llloyd Wright & Gavin Kaps
Animation – Kalina Torino
Assistant – Efthimi Tsipoudas
Special thanks to
Allan Shaw
Christie Thompson
Chris Trees
Clement Hodgkinson
Dakota Gale
Florence Trees
Jakob Ludwig
Jessey Dearing
The Lawrence Family
Matthew Leake
Oliana Luke
Reese Wells
Regina Saribzhanova
30 Comments
Popcorn is at the ready
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Very cute and good natural resources area
excellent film, in all regards. well done all!
Seems fantastic, congrats riders and team 😉
Yeah awesome Doku! 🔥🔥❤️
Wow. Awesome Braby. Loved it.
Wonderful filming
Incredible! not even one dog attack! I want to go race Hellenic now just to see those two smiley black dogs at CP2
So grateful for your skill and passion in capturing this. Beautiful filming and direction. As Emma would say, "So sick man!". Thank you Brady!
Amazing, thanks for that 👍🏽👍🏽
Brilliant
I saw a bear is the best comment
So so good. All the mountain race media stuff has been incredible the last couple of years.
20:20 The legend @adrien_liechti the last year's and first ever winner of HMR! /// 43:15 @matthieu.segard that is the true essence of bike adventures. Respect my man.
what a sick video!!
Awesome video. I didn’t know Greece had so many mountains. I really want to visit now. Thanks for the education.
I thought I'd never see a hard tail in a XC race again 🤝
Wow , I would like to do this adventure. Soon 😅
Wow – Incredibly well done. 43:15: Longing for the finish and then heartbroken knowing that it will soon be over. I know that one, and shown here many times better than I could express for myself. Thank you 🙏🙏🙏
That's a proper documentary! Amazing race too.
ok you've sold it. See you there next year. Great vid
Great filming, Greek music and editing. It passes the race atmosphere so well.
Absolutely Epic!!!
Loved Loved Loved that
Why we don't get this kind of long movie for srmr!
C’était cool ce p’tit report ! ✌️
J’ai même reconnu des parties de la route ! Un gros bravo m’sieur et comme disait l’autre : « quand y’a un doute sur le racing, y’a pas de doutes sur le loisir ! » 😜
Great filming of a great race, I was surprised though to see that there was no greek participation. You could only tell the race was held in Greece because of the film soundtrack.
Awesome event and very well produced film, congrats to all ! 👏
That was a wonderful watch. Especially loved the final moments of the participants crossing the line.