Post your cycling photos

[Jan1977]

Cycling is one of the sports where a lot of spectators are able to get some shots when the course comes nearby. I try to visit some races each year, mostly road races or cyclecross. Here is a thread to show photos of cycling.

 

[Jan1977]

To start the thread, what better race than the true classic Paris-Roubaix (and with the Dutch World Champion Mathieu van der Poel ):

 

[Jan1977]

 

[JohnPD]

Paris-Roubaix. A true classic indeed. These shots are wonderful.

 

[Jan1977]

Paris-Roubaix. A true classic indeed. These shots are wonderful.

Thanks, it is great what one can shoot from the side of the road. Only pitty is that the angles and opportunities are bit limited when it is crowded with spectators.

 

[Jan1977]

And off course nothing is more famous then the Tour the France, with the typical jerseys:

 

[Jan1977]

And off course women cycle as well, especially the Dutch ;-)

 

[Jan1977]

Some cyclecross:

 

[Jan1977]

 

[JohnPD]

Some cyclecross:

That must be gruelling. Great photos though.

 

[Jan1977]

That must be gruelling. Great photos though.

It is challenging indeed. It is on a closed circuit and the number of laps for the race is only determined after the first or second lap. They look at the laptimes for those laps and determine the total amount of laps for that specific race. As a guideline, for the male professionals they try to get to a race just under an hour. That is for a reason likely ;-)

 

[JohnPD]

It is challenging indeed. It is on a closed circuit and the number of laps for the race is only determined after the first or second lap. They look at the laptimes for those laps and determine the total amount of laps for that specific race. As a guideline, for the male professionals they try to get to a race just under an hour. That is for a reason likely ;-)

So the riders' health is a concern in this sport. Interesting.

 

[Jan1977]

Some photos of Tour de France time trials. I often try to go to the time trial stages as riders pass by 1-by-1 giving a lot more photo opportunities than stages where they are all in the bunch/ peloton.

 

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[Jan1977]

Some more cyclecross: