The film stars Louis Talpe, Matteo Simoni, Tara Lee, Iain Glen and Karel Roden.

In 2018, a film centering around the 1998 Tour de France, titled The Domestique and to be directed by Kieron J. Walsh and written by Ciarán Cassidy, was announced.

Production was taken over by Blinder Films, with the movie receiving €800,000 funding through Screen Ireland, the Irish state development agency.

[2] It was scheduled to premiere at the 2020 South by Southwest, but was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The website's consensus reads: "The Racer isn't always in top gear, but strong acting and sleek cinematography get this look behind the scenes of the professional bicycling world past the finish line.