Video: Striking film sees Alec Briggs and pals escape London for the country

Here’s one of the most striking road cycling videos we’ve seen for a while, from Red Bull as part of its RAW 100 video series, with this one produced in association with Swiss watch brand TAG Heuer.

It features Londoner Alec Briggs plus three colleagues from his new Tekkerz cycling team as they head out of the capital on a training ride and into the countryside.

Tekkerz will make its debut this weekend at the new Red Bull Time Laps at Windsor Great Park, where road.cc also has two teams racing – one made up of staff, the other of readers.

> Team road.cc take on the Red Bull Timelaps

Briggs grew up racing at Herne Hill Velodrome and has developed all-round skills – an accomplished cyclo-cross rider, he also finished third at this year’s London round of the Red Hook Crit.

The watch he is wearing is a TAG Heuer Connected Modular 45. The brand, owned by French luxury powerhouse LVMH and sponsor of the BMC Racing UCI WorldTour team, lists 57 separate versions of the model on its website.

 Prices range from £1,200 to £5,700, depending on specification.

Here’s the rather striking Specialized Allez Sprint with custom paint job that he’s riding.

 

My boy 'Barry' (Barry is the road bike, Barbra the track bike) having his Autumnal christening this morning . #iamspecialized #allezsprint . Fankz to Andrew Richardson @ndrewr for snapping it in all is beauty.

A post shared by Alec Briggs (@alec_pedaler) on Sep 16, 2017 at 6:29am PDT