2020 Photo Comp Review | Professional

Photo by Paolo Martelli

August 2020, first race of the season after first lockdown. Tuscany, Strade bianche. 41 degrees celsius in the shade. I was just struggling trying not to faint...it was hard for to breath...and they were going so hard with their heart at maximum beating. To me, this is a new definition of hero.

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Photo by Paolo Martelli

Strade Bianche 2020, monte Sante Marie. One of the hardest climbs of the entire race. When a pro rider can't climb...it means he gave all. All, means more then everything you had to give.

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Photo by Paolo Martelli

Il Lombardia 2020, Remco is racing hard and he's in the first group at the beginning of the "crazy" Muro di Sormano. 5 min after this point, he'll fall hard down a bridge. End of the season. This is cycling, this is sport.

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Photo by Paolo Martelli

World champion 2020, Italy. Tadej attack on the big climb right before the last lap. The hill exploded. We all thought he was going to do it again. Again after le Tour.

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Photo by Paolo Martelli

Froomie. The definition of le Tour for the last 10 years. He dominated it. 2020 is the end of his nice story with Team Sky/Ineos. Good luck golden boy.

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Photo by Anton Vos

Mathieu van der Poel lifting up his bike and screams of joy, after he won the Ronde van Vlaanderen. This shows how somebody can hope for a big moment in his career to happen! Was very special to witness this. Also his dad won this race.

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Photo by Anton Vos

Normally the VAM berg would be full of people but during the Dutch championships no fans where allowed, the riders where already happy they could ride. Anna van der Breggen leads the front group in the race.

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Photo by Adam Illingworth

This photo was taken at the end of June this year at the VALGETE TEEDE RATTARALLI (Estonia) and features EF Pro Cycling rider Tanel Kangert being hosed down just after finishing the race. This was the first race in Estonia post Covid-lockdown and also incidentally probably the hottest day of the year. For Tanel, an experienced and long time member of the pro peloton, the relief of the cold water at the end of the race is matched only by the relief of being back racing finally after the lockdown.

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Photo by Adam Illingworth

Estonian rider Gleb Karpenko battles against the clock in a local time trial. I choose this photo for this competition because of the simplicity, there is almost nothing in the frame except Gleb and his bike, frozen in time. The photo does not show the speed the rider was going, but instead shows the rider at full exertion, locked in a battle that can now only be fought between mental and physical limits.

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Photo by Adam Illingworth

A rider pushing up sand in a local cyclo-cross race.

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Photo by GARY MAIN

This shot is of Anna van Der Breggen at this years Worlds in Imola. I only made a handful of races this year due to Covid and a heart attack. So this is one event I felt I had to make. The shot was one I am proud of for the fact it was directly in to the sun with out flash. Its been a hard year all round but for me its one February I did not for almost did not see. I really missed it the racing year. I was fantastic being back after such a long break.

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Photo by GARY MAIN

This one is of the mens RR at the Worlds in Italy. I think this photo gives a sense of what it is like in the main peloton while climbing. Marc Hirschi, Jai Hindley, Todej Pogacar and Luke Rowe all in the shot. Riders who all had a big part in the Grand Tours this year.

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Photo by GARY MAIN

This is also from this years Mens RR in Italy. Basically all the main players are there and the colour and facial expressions show just how hard the course was. I cropped it tight so even though it was a busy photo it only showed the heads of the cyclists

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Photo by GARY MAIN

Tom Pidcock at this years CX in Shrewbury UK. Typical CX conditions but I was lucky enough to get a good close up of this future world superstar of the sport. I did not know at the time when I took this photo it would be nearly nine mouths before my next in Imola. A lot happened in the mean time

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Photo by Thomas Maheux

After 2 long months in full lockdown, I decided to do some report at home with riders. I taked this photo around Girona with Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig, I’m not such a landscape photographer, but when I saw this bridge I directly imagined the photo. I really like architecture of this photo

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Photo by Thomas Maheux

I took this photo of Julian after his victory on the Tour de France 2020. The emotion was massive for the rider, he stay seat here for a long time to realize what he achieve. It was not easy to do this one, due to Covid restriction this year on every races, but with a bit audacity (and a nice guys of security ).

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Photo by Thomas Maheux

Pre and post race photos are really my favorite things. I took that one on the Challenge by La Vuelta, on the stage 2. It's a TT warm-up, I like the look where you can feel the athlete's concentration (Alice Barnes here ), I really like the TT for all these scenes.

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Photo by Natalie Starr

I think we all know the feeling, of the golden hour sunset on our backs. That feeling that is unlike anything else we will ever feel, it brings a sense of peace, freedom and tranquility.

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Photo by Natalie Starr

We were pretty sure that we had seen the last of the evening light in Patagonia, AZ until we turned the bend, and this was presented in front of us. Literal hills of gold.

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Photo by Natalie Starr

You'd be hard pressed to find solitude like that which you can find on a mountain road in the middle of a blizzard.

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Photo by Natalie Starr

Hard not to feel small in the Colorado Rockies

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Photo by Natalie Starr

When you absolutely refuse to ride the trainer and can convince your friends to do dumb rides with you, you get rewarded with the beautiful long shadows of winter. And, can't forget the smiles.

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Photo by Jean-Pierre Ronco

One of my last bike ride coverage before lockdown hit Australia in early March 2020, at the start of Autumn. The weather is very changing but the difficulty is still there on the hard slopes of Mt Hotham. Alone, one pedal push after another, free into the wild, we can't image to be somewhere else.

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Photo by Jean-Pierre Ronco

Early 2020, wild bushfires struck the beautiful region I live in. I had to evacuate twice in January and then, in the first week of February, the condition easing enough, I have been able to follow the Sun Tour 2020. Here is the photo of the leading group in the King Valley where the sun is filtered in the smoky haze.

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Photo by Jean-Pierre Ronco

Another photo from the slopes of Mt Hotham during the Peak Challenge ride in country Victoria in the first week of March 2020. Sometimes, in foggy condition, the vision is reduce to just a couple of metres when are emerging, coming from the white, wet and cold haze, some familiar shape of "abstinence", a self-enforced restraint from indulging in bodily activities that are widely experienced as giving pleasure.

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Photo by Jean-Pierre Ronco

Even if this year was like no others, I still succeed to find some common summer cycling images like this one of Simon Yates pouring water to cool down after stage 3 of the 2020 Herald Sun Tour at Wangaratta in Victoria.

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Photo by Jean-Pierre Ronco

I think that what I missed the most during the different lockdown due to the Coronavirus crisis is the see the crowd interact with the our riding heroes. I love to see the passion of young people for this incredible sport. Here a young fan of Peter Sagan and Bora-Hansgrohe team watching the peloton coming over the hill during the last stage of the Herald Sun Tour 2020 in Melbourne streets. Maybe he will be tomorrow riding star, giving us goose bumps, and making dreams come true.

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Photo by Albert Gallego

LOCKDOWN. That moment of 2020 when everyone had to stop. With this photo, I'm sure many cyclists will be reflected by their days of being confined at home and where they spent hours and hours on their trainers. I portrait some cyclists, without moving from home, via video call, to tell them how to configure their cameras, to take the picture that I had in mind. All the photos had a common thread between them by the light that came from their screens and that illuminated their "pain cave".

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Photo by Justin Setterfield

The Peloton passes through Irun City during the 75th Tour of Spain 2020 La Vuelta, Stage 1 a 173km stage from Irun to Eibar - Alto de Arrate on October 20, 2020 in Eibar, Spain.

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Photo by Justin Setterfield

The Peloton climbs Col de la Croix Fry (1477km) during the 72nd Criterium du Dauphine 2020, Stage 4 a 153,3km stage from Ugine to Megeve on August 15, 2020 in Megeve, France.

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Photo by Justin Setterfield

Romain Sicard of France and Team Total Direct Energie rides out of a tunnel during the 75th Tour of Spain 2020, Stage 5 a 184,4km Huesca to Sabinanigo 835m on October 24, 2020 in Sabinanigo, Spain.

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Photo by Justin Setterfield

Riccardo Stacchiotti of Italy and Team Vini Zabu' KTM rides next to stray horses that ran onto the course in Poggio Capanne Village during the 55th Tirreno-Adriatico 2020, Stage 3 a 217km stage from Follonica to Saturnia on September 09, 2020 in Saturnia, Italy.

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Photo by Justin Setterfield

The peloton passes Madrid Town Hall during the final stage of the 6th Ceratizit Challenge by La Vuelta 2020, a 100,5km stage from Madrid to Madrid on November 08, 2020 in Madrid, Spain.

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Photo by Ryan Muncy

With such limited racing in this crazy year, Colby Lange of Team Generation Wildlife, takes a commanding win in SRM P-1-2, the Colorado State Patrol Criterium in Golden, Colorado, 8/2/20

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Photo by Ryan Muncy

Katie Compton (KFC), throwing down with a crushing and hard fought win at the US Open of Cyclocross, Castle Rock, CO, 11/7/20

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Photo by Ryan Muncy

For years, Carlos Casali has reigned both in Road and Cyclocross in Colorado, but has moved away to spread his cycling supremacy in the Mid-West. He has returned to Colorado for the CX season to rule again. 9/19/20 Shimano GRX Cyclocross Series-Valmont p/b Without Limits Productions.

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Photo by Ryan Muncy

The 2020 Road season got kick started in the Fall at the Karen Hornbostel Memorial Time Trial Series p/b COBRAS Cycling at Cherry Creek Reservoir 9/30/20. A seven week TT Series always allocated in the early Spring to start each Road season in Colorado.

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Photo by Ryan Muncy

7/18/20 Colorado State Time Trial Championships. Keenesburg, CO 7/18/20. Colby Lange of Team Generation Wildlife

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Photo by Alex Whitehead

Julian Alaphilippe of France attacks on the final climb on his way to winning Gold and the rainbow jersey in the Elite Men's Road Race at the UCI Road World Championships in Imola, Italy.

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Photo by Alex Whitehead

Daniel Felipe Martinez of EF Pro Cycling in action during the time trial from Lure to La Planche des Belles Filles on stage 20 of the Tour de France.

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Photo by Alex Whitehead

Primoz Roglic of Jumbo Visma in action on the Puy Mary climb during stage 13 of the Tour de France.

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Photo by Alex Whitehead

Dayer Quintana of Arkea Samsic and Colombia is chased by a fan on the Montee de la Selle de Fromentel during Stage 15 of the 2020 Tour de France from Lyon to Grand Colombier.

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Photo by Alex Whitehead

Olympic and World Champion Elinor Barker of Great Britain in action during the inaugural UCI Cycling eSports World Championships from her home in Manchester, England.

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Photo by Gijs Ferkranus

We wheelie did not expect to be in the mountains this year. Pure happiness and smiles from ear to ear.

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Photo by Gijs Ferkranus

In a dark year in wich no one could tell us what it looks like around the corner, one thing is certain: Cycling is freedom

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Photo by Zac Williams

I took this at this years Australian National Championships. The elite men started their TT at 6pm in the evening so the light was stunning. I took advantage of a pedestrian bridge that ran above the road and shot this of Rohan Dennis as he passed under me on his first lap. I was stoked to be able to pull this off as I’d been picturing a shot like this since the first riders had started at 10am that morning.

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Photo by Zac Williams

I took this shot at the Tour Down Under this year. The peloton rode through the devastation that the fires had left in their wake. In this shot the early break is established through an avenue of scorched trees and bush, it was truly eerie standing there while a race rode through the same area fire was ravaging just a few weeks earlier.

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Photo by Zac Williams

I took this shot on the final climb of Paracombe at this year’s Tour Down Under. The climb itself is pretty boring to look at, so I picked a side of the road and crossed my fingers that something would happen in front of me. Sure enough, Richie Porte launched his attack a few metres in front of me and swung to the opposite side of the road, looking back to see if anyone could follow. They couldn’t.

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Photo by Javier Martinez de la Puente

Lucía González Blanco takes advantage of the few competitions held in Spain to show off her style by wearing the national champion jersey.

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Photo by Javier Martinez de la Puente

MUD: It is said of that first element that comes to mind when we talk about cyclocross

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Photo by Jean-Pierre Ronco

Even with all the obstacles delivered by the year 2020, we should always focus forward and keep smiling like Maaike Boogaard from Ale BTC Ljubljana Team at Falls Creek summit finish of stage during the 2020 Blackburn of Lexus Herald Sun Tour. Here, she gave all her best and surrounded by her team mechanic, she still had the force to smile.

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Photo by Jean-Pierre Ronco

Mixing urban landscapes with racing is always challenging and during this year lockdown, like many of us, I missed to be out there looking for the perfect point of you. Here is an image from Warrnambool in Victoria during the Sunday's "Melbourne to Warrnambool" criterium race, where I was able to find this coastal bridge near the race's actions. I am looking forward to explore new places like that in 2021.

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Photo by Jean-Pierre Ronco

"A little ray of Sunshine". It has been a really challenging 2020 year for everyone involved in the cycling family: the riders and their family, the cycling teams and the race sponsors, all the commissaires and Marshalls, all the media - journalists, videographers and photographers. I would like just to dedicate this photos to all of them, like a light at the end of a tunnel, this "little ray of sunshine" is an optimist regard on our future ahead, looking forward to 2021.

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Photo by Drew Coleman

This image is the culmination of three years. A three year plan to the Jersey. A rider. A plan. A bike shop in Portland, Oregon and a pair of mechanics took the Stars and Stripes in cyclocross. This is the moment team manager/mechanic and rider sink into one another's arms in celebration of winning the U.S. Cyclocross National Championship - while team owner sits in the bokeh as only he would have it. It's a technically imperfect image. But it is and always will be a capture I hold dear.

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Photo by Drew Coleman

This is from Cyclocross Nationals and it is the last lap of the race for 3-time defending champion Stephen Hyde. He lost this day. I just miss racing. The fans. He is driving so hard and going so deep and the fans at the tape are cheering so hard.

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Photo by Drew Coleman

It was a cold snowy day in February; Back when the calendar was full of possibilities. I was in my favorite place in the world: Hood River-Mosier, Oregon. There was a light dusting of snow. I decided to head up to Rowena Crest. As luck would have it, three Eagles were circling that day and a lone cyclist pedaled up the icy climb. If "hope" is the theme, this is an image I think about often: in spite of the conditions - keep pedaling.

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Photo by Gijs Ferkranus

After weeks of sitting at home because of corona complaints, it was time to go outside. And there was: Dirty Kanzelled! An alternative to the canceled Dirty Kanza invented by Laurens ten Dam. 320 kilometers of gravel, good company (Erwin Sikkens as seen on the photo), stupid jokes and evening light over wheat fields to end the day nicely. My best cycling day of the year.

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Photo by Tomás Montes

I met Jean Eric Habimana at Race Around Rwanda, he rode the last stage of an amateur bikepacking race with us because his focus was on the real deal, The Tour of Rwanda , were he has competing for the first time. Covid hit and prevented him from building on that opportunity and racing in Europe this year. This isn't a photo of a bike race, but it is a photo of the hope that cycling can give to a young person and is country. Cycling needs more Jean Erics.

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Photo by Chris Auld

Italian cycling fans are some of the most passionate, an image that would make any Tifosis heart swell with pride, seeing World ITT Champion, Filippo Ganna riding past a giant Tricolori flag in the Giro d'Italia.

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Photo by Chris Auld

One of the most iconic images of 2020 were the helicopter shots from the UCI World Road Race Championships in Imola, Italy, of riders racing across a ridge line, after seeing the footage on TV I had to shoot there. With only the mens race remaining I had to find that spot. Shooting from the adjacent field silhouetting the riders against the sky, with eventual race winner, Julian Allaphilippe demonstrating his descending prowess in the super tuck position.

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Photo by Chris Auld

A rain storm of biblical proportions hit the peloton as it ascended the Picollo Stelvio in the Gran Trittico Lombardo, challenging conditions for both riders and photographer, a compromise between not ruining your equipment but getting the shot.

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Photo by Stan Koolen

This is David van der Poel, is he escaping the shadow of his younger brother for a win during the worldcup cyclocross race GP Adrie van der Poel in Hoogerheide, at the beginning of 2020? Sadly not, he didn't win but his brother Mathieu did. Probably something he could only hope for.

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Photo by Stan Koolen

The fear of losing far outweighs the hope of winning. The moment of tension in between those two are great. Athletes in the zone have a clear sense of what they want to accomplish during their races. Here you see Iljo Keisse preparing for his race during the 6 days of Rotterdam.

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Photo by Stan Koolen

Mathieu van der Poel on the stairs in the final lap during the GP Adrie van der Poel cross in Hoogerheide. Putting all other contenders far behind. Hoping to find his perfect form before going to the next race, the World Championships in Dubbendorf.

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Photo by GARY MAIN

This is the photograph that was 4 years in the making. It shows Dan Bigham and Jonny Wale embracing after winning the British National Mens TP in January. They stood toe to toe with National teams in them 4 years and won. As a trade team they are no longer allowed to compete in the World Cup. I have followed this team from the start I have loved every minute of this and so proud to know them. This photo could be the last time the team could have raced.

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Photo by GARY MAIN

This was taken during the Women's Worlds RR in Imola this year and show the pain of Lizzie Deignan in a vain hope of chasing down the leading group in the final lap. Lizzie was in fantastic form this year but could do nothing to catch the group

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Photo by GARY MAIN

This is a shot I took on the final lap of the women RR in Imola. Into the sun and with out flash. A golden Halo for a golden rider, Anna van de Breggen. One I really proud of. Anna went of to win this race a worthy winner.

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Photo by Jean-Pierre Ronco

Coming on the 3rd week of the Mark Gunter Awards 2020, and on Christmas eve, let's celebrate some great achievements in 2020. Here is the Sunweb team celebrating their victory at the 2020 Jayco Herald Sun Tour in Australia. I love this photo as everyone in the team trying to drown each other in bubbling champagne. It is also like a refreshing wave of pure goodness and happiness.

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Photo by Jean-Pierre Ronco

Coming on the 3rd week of the Mark Gunter Awards 2020, and on Christmas eve, let's celebrate some great achievements in 2020. Here is the Sierra Arlenis from Astana Womens Team sparing some bubbles after her victory stage and wearing the overall jersey at the Lexus of Blackburn Herald Sun Tour 2020. The smiling Cuban bring a touch of south America down under, and a fantastic achievement.

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Photo by Jean-Pierre Ronco

Coming on the 3rd week of the Mark Gunter Awards 2020, and on Christmas eve, let's celebrate some great achievements in 2020. After months of lockdown in Victoria, it was great for me to follow this bunch of riders, a few weeks ago, for a charity ride. After a couple of postpones due to restrictions, everyone was happy to head up to some high Australia roads and to bring much more support to Food Bank Victoria which help so many people during crisis such as bushfires and pandemic.

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Photo by Merlijn Spenkelink

Even though it was just a photoshoot for MB Sportswear, a clothing brand; the model goes all out!

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Photo by Merlijn Spenkelink

Classic steel trackframes and old boats might be a better combination than you would've expected.

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Photo by Merlijn Spenkelink

2020 has been a tough year. There's always time to reflect on things, especially when the sea is there to calm your mind.

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Photo by Mikhail Kapychka

Reflection of a young cyclist in a puddle. Mogilev, Belarus

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Photo by Mikhail Kapychka

Shadow of a young cyclist.

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Photo by Mikhail Kapychka

Sports training on the streets of the city.

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Photo by tom peeters

the photo was taken in the TDF2020 and shows the difficulties of the year (the mask represent the pandemic, the slogan the racial issues of 2020). the fact that the biggest race event could take place gave every athlete and fan hope, distraction and connectedness. The most hopefull message remains : END RACISM

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Photo by tom peeters

Taken after the photofinish sprint of Wout and Mathieu in the Tour of Flanders 2020. These two know eachother from childhood and represent the new generation of cyclists. They give us hope for memorable moments like these in the future.

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Photo by tom peeters

Taken at the physical screening of Philippe Gilbert for the upcoming season 2021. Being healthy is the most important aspect for an athlete. Staying healthy the past year was not an evidence. A screening with a good outcome gives an athlete motivation and hope for the next season.

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Photo by Tammy Brimner

I was so excited about the 2020 race season and was just as disappointed as the racers when COVID-19 restrictions led to cancelled races and events. Unfortunately it was already November by the time the final race was able to go ahead. But we had a beautiful day in Pitt Meadows, BC for Rock the Ridge Volume 2, hosted by Local Ride Racing. The race took the riders by recently harvested cranberry fields, which reflected the peloton beautifully.

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Photo by Tammy Brimner

I was so excited about the 2020 race season and was just as disappointed as the racers when COVID-19 restrictions led to cancelled races and events. The lifesaver for many of us was Project Echelon who worked with local race organizers in the US to replicate popular stage race events in a virtual platform. I became their in-race photographer. This is one of my screen captures inside RGT Cycling during the RGT Real Roads Stage Race in November.

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Photo by Tammy Brimner

I was so excited about the 2020 race season and was just as disappointed as the racers when COVID-19 restrictions led to cancelled races and events. The lifesaver for many of us became organized virtual race events, on both Zwift and RGT Cycling platforms. UCI Cycling held the inaugural World Championships on Dec. 9th on Zwift. I was honoured to support Team Canada as their in-race photographer. This photo is one of my screen captures featuring Georgia Simmerling’s avatar racing through Watopia.

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Photo by Luis Alcantarilla

All weathers. Wales' answer to Sa Calobra. A closed road and only one way up, it's a short but brutal climb, featuring some of the few Switchbacks available in Britain and halting when you reach the Dam at the top. Shooting for Ribble Cycles, we were met with sun, hail, snow, wind, rain and finally an immensely atmospheric and chilly descent.

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Photo by Luis Alcantarilla

Swift. When Connor Swift announced he was completing all four stages of the Tour de Yorkshire on his owning the peak of lockdown, and passing so close to my house, I was excited to be able to grab my camera and shoot a moving target! I was sat waiting on the Cote de Shibden Wall for Connor Swift, when a lonely figure, donned in white, aboard a Pinarello Dogma F12 approached...it was only British National Champion, Ben Swift, on a training ride he'd concocted with his cousin, Connor!

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Photo by Luis Alcantarilla

Focus. I've spent a lot of time shooting this year, and in particular working with Damien Clayton as he strives for perfection. I've never known anyone so focused and committed to anything, ever. He has sacrificed a lot, from a stable career, to friends and parties, for a chance to be the best he can be at the sport we all love. I took this photo recently as he prepared for The Zwift Academy Finals for a chance at a contract with Alpecin Fenix.

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Photo by Emanuele Barbaro

10/10/20, IRD GOES TO BRUSSELS, ATOMIUM This shot is part of a photographic project and aims to make the six IRD Squadra Corse athletes protagonist in front of the monument, emphasizing the importance of the individual within a group. The bicycle in the center of the hexagon symbolizes the vital circle and the energy generated by man. The project also wishes to demonstrate, in this ominous 2020, the importance of social distancing and at the closeness and connections that man strongly needs.

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Photo by Emanuele Barbaro

Like a mother’s hands. Marco safely supports Mattia’s head after a bad crash during the provincial Championship at the Maspes-Vigorelli Velodrome in Milan. Mattia was taken to hospital and he needed to be monitored for 24 hours for a suspected head injury, fortunately without serious consequences.

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Photo by Emanuele Barbaro

Protected by shade. 2020 provincial Championship at the Maspes-Vigorelli Velodrome in Milan. The fall did not cause serious consequences! V like “Vinco un’altra volta” (I'm gonna win next time)

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Photo by James STARTT

It was complicated working at this year's Tour de France as access was greatly reduced, for fans and accredited photographers alike. Even the classic finish line shot was limited only to very few photographers. But such constraints can be beneficial at times, as they force you to search for other angles. And after only a few stages a couple of photographers discovered this opening just before the line. It was often very hit or miss, but on this day it was definitely a hit in my books!

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Photo by James STARTT

Ever since the Tour of Italy announced a stage start in the ancient city of Matera, I knew I had to be there. I had long heard about this city, one of the oldest continually inhabited cities in the world. And the thought of a bike race rolling through this town was worth a trip in and off itself. Finding the proper vantage point was no easy feat, however, as it was difficult capture both the impressive cityscape and the power of the peloton together. But for me, this image does just that.

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Photo by Jean-Pierre Ronco

FAMILY... During challenging time in 2020, family has become, more than ever, essential to everyone. For many of us, we have spent 2020 closer to our family, giving us supports and encouragements. Family also helps us to focus on the future ahead. Here a photos of Mitch Docker (EF Pro Cycling Team) reunited with his family at the end of the 2020 Herald Sun Tour.

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Photo by Jean-Pierre Ronco

SMILING... Life is full of surprises... sometimes, when everything doesn't go as we plan, or challenges keep on coming to us such as the pandemic, the only thing to give is our smile... I love this photos of Simon Yates smiling during the 2020 Herald Sun Tour because he makes me smile too, and maybe you too...

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Photo by Jean-Pierre Ronco

SUPER HEROES... Here, I love this image of Kaden Groves (Mitchelton Scott Team) celebrating his stage win on Melbourne street during the 2020 Herald Sun Tour. Like super heroes, fists high and screaming his magic spell... it is, for me, a tribute to all our unseen super heroes like doctors, nurses, essential shop workers, etc... I just wanted to say: "THANK YOU"...

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Photo by Adrian Marshall

A photo-bombing kangaroo signaled a crazy year ahead. This photo was taken in January 2020 just before massive bushfires nearby blanketed Canberra (Australia) in thick smoke, forcing the cancellation of racing. There were further cancellations soon after, as the COVID-19 pandemic initially shut down all sporting events. Racing has since re-started and the roos are behaving normally. So next time we see a crazy crazy roo, we shall take heed of the warning & seek shelter 'til it all clears up.

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Photo by Twila Federica Muzzi

I remember I was walking to the start of the race and I noticed these little kids here and I thought how cool it is to see such young children at the races. They gave me hope for the future.. I hope that one day these little ones will become the same champions as the ones they are admiring today! Last but not least, I also hope I will be able to take photos of them too! 🙂

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Photo by Twila Federica Muzzi

If I have to think about what cycling is..I think about this photo here. I took it at the last stage of Vuelta Challenge in Madrid. The goosebumps explain everything. Everything you've been working for. The hard training, the good & bad times, the hope you're putting in a success that eventually comes out.

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Photo by Twila Federica Muzzi

Sometimes an 'Amen' is enough

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Photo by Sam Buchli

Swiss Cycling ITT 2020 Silvan DILLIER has finished the time trial on the circuit in Bern Belp 2020 - now it's WAITING - stop! - first mount the mask - take position on chairs in corona distance - take a breath and relax

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Photo by Sam Buchli

Ceylin del Carmen ALVARADO and Annemarie WORST exhausted. Both riders crashed into the barrier after crossing the finish line and remained lying on the ground. Besieged by photographers, all chasing ‘that emotional winner photo’, I tried to take the two athletes together on one picture. By chance, I managed to catch the flash of another photographer and you can see the two Emotional Sides of Winning and being second in the picture.

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Photo by Sam Buchli

Mud symmetry Cyclo-Cross! – a wonderful challenge for the photographer to create talking and exciting pictures. After a few laps in the mud, the riders managed to conjure up their track artwork in the mud. The young Briton Tom PIDCOCK fights his way over the muddy world championship track in Dübendorf Zurich.

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Photo by Francesco Rachello

One of the hardest days at this year’s Giro culminated with the Cancano lakes climb. Lots of fans and snowy mountains made for a perfect stage for the victory of Jai Hindley, pictured here on the wheel of eventual Giro winner Tao Geoghegan Hart.

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Photo by Francesco Rachello

Pre-covid media scrum around Wout Van Aert after the finish of the men elite race at the Cyclocross World Championships in Dübendorf.

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Photo by Francesco Rachello

Tayler Wiles grinding her way to the top of a steep gravel climb in Tuscany. This was taken on August 1st during the first World Tour race after the spring lockdown: the hottest Strade Bianche edition ever.

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Photo by Eloise Mavian

As we all know this year has been quite difficult for everyone, luckily the Giro managed to arrive on its last stage in Milan. Here is Simon Guglielmi riding through the empty streets of the Italian city with two carabinieri wearing masks as only spectators.

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Photo by Eloise Mavian

Here is the peloton descending Route de Castagniers to Nice during the first stage of Tour de France. It was a very rainy day but I think everyone was just excited to be back in the biggest race of the year after all the uncertainty due to Covid.

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Photo by Eloise Mavian

This year has been my first Paris stage of the Tour de France and I was very excited. In this shot, I was focused on the contrast between light and shadows and I particularly liked how this made the Cofidis rider Pierre-Luc Périchon stand out. I know choosing a vertical shot is not so common in a competition but I think it helps to appreciate the magnificence of the statues of the Arc de Triomphe.

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Photo by Rhode Van Elsen

FEB 2020 - As the theme for the awards this year is definitioned by 'hope', I chose this photo of Stig Broeckx during a rehabilitation training at Igo4fit with trainers Paul Van Den Bosch en Wouter Moors. In the field of psychology 'hope' can be linked to the existence of a goal. Combined with a determined plan for reaching that, 'hope' should be viewed as a cognitive skill that demonstrates an individual's ability to maintain drive in pursuit of a this goal. Well, Stig Broeckx has this skill..

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Photo by Rhode Van Elsen

UCI CX World Championships - FEB 2020 - Dübendorf Post race emotions - Ceylin Del Carmen Alvarado captured after winning the World Championship title. Theme 'Hope' - Hope is an optimistic state of mind that is based on an expectation of positive outcomes. When someone achieves these positive results, this can generate beautiful emotions. As a photographer it is always my challenge to capture these emotions.

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Photo by Rhode Van Elsen

'Dwars door het Hageland' (BEL) - AUG 2020 Post race exhausted - Trek-Segafredo riders Emils Liepins and Quin Simmons. This photograph illustrates a summary of the year 2020... Hope for better times in 2021.

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Photo by Jean-Pierre Ronco

2020 IN MOTION: Like the motion of a high speed peloton in Melbourne's street during the 2020 Herald Sun Tour, the year 2020 has rushed into our life in a very different way. Sometimes, we felt like the crowd, immobile, trap in time during weeks of lockdown. Sometimes, we felt like the riders running to a better and clearer future.

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Photo by Jean-Pierre Ronco

Social Distancing: I like this photo taken during the Peaks Challenge in the high country Victoria of Australia as a reminder for everyone to keep a safe distancing between us during Covid pandemic. Cycling is a great sport and, sometimes, in our life, we face our up hill future by our own. Challenges will be always on our paths but the rewards will be there for us.

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Photo by Jean-Pierre Ronco

HOPE: on 2020 NYE, I would like to finish the 2020 Mark Gunter Award by sharing this photo of hope. Here, this Peak Challenge's rider finishing his climb remind me a bit of this year 2020. We are at the end of our climb with a bright road ahead of us. Already focusing on 2021, I would like to wish everyone a great and safe 2021.

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Photo by Marcel Hilger

„It’s not how you start. It’s how you finish.“ This photo of British rider Thomas Mein was taken at the Cyclo-cross World Cup in Dendermonde (Belgium) on December 27th, 2020. Due to heavy rain the course had been extremely muddy and demanding for the athletes. At the finish zone, Thomas stopped right in front of me and i could witness his exhaustion. Combined with his muddy face, that’s the emotion i want to express with this image.

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Photo by Marcel Hilger

More than a race win. Seconds after Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado won the Cyclo-cross World Championship, she sank down right in front of me, overwhelmed by her emotions. A truly historical achievement, as she has been the first colored cyclist to win this World title. Although she has been separated from the photographers by a fence, I could witness her joy and emotions in this very intimate moment. A moment that Celine and I will surely remember forever.

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Photo by Marcel Hilger

The perfect line. Mathieu van der Poel is truly an exceptional rider with outstanding bike skills. To see him finding the perfect line is an impressive show. At the World Championship 2020 in Duebendorf (Switzerland) i aimed for this minimalistic shot from a bridge, reduced on Mathieu van der Poel and these lines in the mud. For me this image represents the beauty and demands of this sport, combined with maybe the best rider in the world.

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Photo by Michal Cerveny

Chapeau! End of the muddy show. The cycling super-star Mathieu van der Poel wins the UCI Cyclocross World Championships in Dübendorf, Switzerland, 2020.

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Photo by Michal Cerveny

Denmark's men's team pursuiters shattering the world record at UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Berlin, Germany, 2020. The new Worlds best time on 4km track is 3:44.672 min.

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Photo by Michal Cerveny

Ceylin del Carmel Alvarado oversprints her team-mate Annemarie Worst in the last meters of the race and becomes the champion of the World at UCI Cyclocross World Championships in Dübendorf, Switzerland, 2020.

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Photo by Michal Cerveny

The French athlete after finishing the Men U23 race at UCI Cyclocross World Championships 2020 in Dübendorf, Switzerland.

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Photo by Michal Cerveny

There is no regular cycling velodrome in Czech Republic at this time, so the Czech national Track championships had to happen on the 333,3 meters long concrete outdoor velodrome in Prague and was washed out by a heavy storm, just a couple minutes after this image was taken.

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Photo by Berk Mercanci

This photo was taken at Tour Of Antalya. It was the first and the last realized cycling race of 2020 in Turkey because of the covid-19 pandemic. It was rainy and I was looking for a scenery place that shows struggle of cyclists. Finally I found this place and started to wait. They came and gone very quietly, and it was shuddery moment for me.

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Photo by Berk Mercanci

I always loved Mount Mimas. It's lonely and gorgeous. But this gorgeousness is doubling up with the clouds and windmills, like you seeing in this photo. This ride was probably one of the best things of year 2020 to me.

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Photo by Berk Mercanci

We left behind the horrible year 2020. Hoping for the best in 2021, but it's still looks uncertain. This picture symbolizes this thoughts for me.

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Photo by Simon Edwards

This shot was taken at my local club 10 mile TT in August. In the UK the TT's were about the only group activity that was allowed at the time, there were no weekend social rides and no local races. So as consequence the weekly club 10s were very popular, the good weather help too. I knew the course well and had a spot in mind to photograph the riders as the sun was going down. I started to play with slow shutter speeds to see how far I could push things. This is the one I'm most proud.

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Photo by Simon Edwards

This photo was taken at a local league race in Brighton at the Preston Park velodrome. It was a sunny spring Sunday at the beginning of March and it just stood out for me as picture of just what we've lost in the UK. Taken during a super competitive women's race, it highlights the void that is now there in the local UK grass roots racing scene.

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Photo by Simon Edwards

Like a lot of freelancers things were tough. The summer was especially bleak work wise in particular personally. I was due to loose a part time job working on sportive events in the UK, so getting out and doing something was positive step. For this shot a roped in a couple of young guns and headed to the local trails to get some practice in snapping mountain bikes. This photo sums up the freedom that bikes have given us in the UK during the pandemic, when so many other freedoms have been lost.

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Photo by Jeff Vander Stucken

Industrial park criteriums feature heavily in the early road racing season here in central California. This was from my first day shooting one of these after a small break following the end of the cyclocross season. It's always a challenge to make a business park look interesting, and I was struck by how the racers disappeared and reappeared from behind these grassy bumps along the side of the road

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Photo by Jeff Vander Stucken

Singlespeed cyclocross racing is one of my favorites to shoot. This racer was riding the sandpit with an unmatched ferocity and I love that I got a full sand-shower getting this shot.

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Photo by Jeff Vander Stucken

One of the things I love about shooting races are the happy accidents that happen sometimes. This is one of those moments. I was shooting the sandpit at a local cyclocross race and this guy was charging through the dust and happened to look over at me just as I hit the button.

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Photo by Roberto Bettini

The plunge of friendship. The desire to have fun, and to show courage. Picture taken at the Vuelta in San Juan, in the middle of summer for South America. No one knew that after a few days the world would change!

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Photo by Roberto Bettini

Darkness over cycling. It has been a season for some aspects very dark, but the cycling has resolved to the great one.

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Photo by Roberto Bettini

The man and the horse. The desire to run together...the champions compared during the Tirreno Adriatico.

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Photo by Roberto Bettini

The will to celebrate. In order not to miss a moment of the race you have to get organized. For Italian fans pasta and wine are a must.

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Photo by Roberto Bettini

Fans do not change. Despite the pandemic, fans are attracted with masks....but the incitement for the idol does not change.

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Photo by Pauline Ballet

Tour de France 2020 - stage 18 - Finish line. After facing the last stage in the Alps, Michal Kwiatkowski and Richard Carapaz are under the red flame, 3 minutes ahead of the group of favorites. Will they compete for victory? The Pole and the Ecuadorean crossed the finish line holding each other's shoulders. It was the first time that I had chosen to photograph the arrival from behind while climbing a truck, and I really did not regret my choice.

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Photo by Pauline Ballet

Tour de France 2020 - Stage 1 - Finish sprint won by Alexander Kristoff. This year the access to the finish was sometimes restricted and I could not always get there. It was necessary to take a new approach and photograph the finish from new angles. A photo trail on a final sprint is a bit of a bet, it's great or it doesn't work. A sprint takes place in seconds, just enough time for spectators to shout 'they're coming!' and to feel the breath of the riders cycling at full speed.

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Photo by Pauline Ballet

Tour de France 2020 - Stage 5 During this, stage 5, I had only one chance to take pictures as I was on a car and it was not easy to cut the roads. I love tunnels and I immediately liked this one. The arched architecture works, and I find it pleasant to play with lights and contrasts so that the whole thing creates an impactful graphic effect. I like the idea that a simple tunnel can become an endless playground and source of inspiration.

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Photo by Paulo Santos

This photo was taken at the Portuguese National Championship - Time Trial. In 2020, we all had to use our concentration and determination. The important thing is stay focused and not give up.

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Photo by Paulo Santos

I took this photo at the last WC MTB event in Lousã. Age should not be an excuse for not doing what we like. We must doing it for feeling good, believing and staying positive.

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Photo by Paulo Santos

Portuguese National Championships: concentration and determination is everything.

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Photo by Francesco Rachello

Here's the CANYON//SRAM Racing team in full force during the first stage of the 2020 Giro Rosa on September 11. There was a feeling of hope and excitement that day: despite the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic the longest stage race in the Women’s World Tour calendar was starting.

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Photo by Francesco Rachello

The mountains around Valico Valbona offered a magnificent backdrop to the first climb of Giro’s 17th stage. The sight of João Almeida’s pink jersey shining at the head of the peloton was the perfect reward for the fans’ long wait and for my fast uphill hike: there was nowhere to park at the top of the pass and I made it just in time for the passage of the race.

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Photo by Matt Ben Stone

The Manchester Velodrome, hosting the Six Day Event in March. I was part of the official media team for the event, and this was captured moments after the press release was sent cancelling the races due to Covid-19. A very sad and solum moment, when the seats should be filled and the roars and cheers of fans should echo around the stadium.

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Photo by Matt Ben Stone

The Manchester Velodrome, hosting the Six Day Event in March. I was part of the official media team for the event, and this was captured moments after the press release was sent cancelling the races due to Covid-19. A very sad and solum moment, when all the event is stripped back and packed up, with nothing for the cameras and television to show.

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Photo by Joris Knapen

During the Wielerzesdaagse in Rotterdam everything was normal. I have wanted to take this photo for 10 years, but never was allowed to go in the roof. This year I was allowed, and my thought was this is going to be the best year ever.... if only I new.

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Photo by Joris Knapen

Ryan Kamp has won the WC Cyclocross 2020. The boys stayed to watch the ceremony , Ryan saw it and went to them to thank them for their effort during the race. It gives me hope, if we fight together we will win!! als during Corona times 😉

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Photo by Joris Knapen

During the TDF, nothing was normal, we were not allowed to make photo's at the usual spots. We were allowed to find alternative spots, normally we can not be in this place where I took this picture. The outcome gave me hope this new protocol was not so bad after all

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Photo by Joris Knapen

The world goes on. During; la flèche wallone, the local shops are open, as nothing happend, butt the public is not allowed to the races. It was a strange sight, no public, open shops and a bike race.

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Photo by Joris Knapen

The rider presentation during Gent Wevelgem. The riders had to ride true the 1 world war memorial, for al those brave solders whom gave their live so we can live in peace. It was a heroic sight to see, like, if the riders are solders going to war. It gave me goose-bumps.

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Photo by Joris Knapen

This is my 6th entry 😉 and it is not allowed to, because of the multiple photo's and the maximum (5)is reached, but I took this photo a few weeks before the accident of Fabio, every time I see this photo it gives me hope! We can overcome (almost) everything.

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Photo by Matt Lazzarotto

When I got the email from InstaFund's Team Leader I was more than stoked to be given the opportunity to photograph for them a mini team camp. This photo was captured along the famous Sea-to-Sky from Vancouver to Whistler. The many beautiful backdrops along to make these strong riders look even better. Looking forward to 2021's adventures.

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Photo by Matt Lazzarotto

When I got the email from InstaFund's Team Leader I was more than stoked to be given the opportunity to photograph for them a mini team camp. This photo was captured between Squamish and Whistler, BC, with the famous The Black Tusk, an acient stratovolcano in the background.

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Photo by Matt Lazzarotto

When I got the email from InstaFund's Team Leader I was more than stoked to be given the opportunity to photograph for them a mini team camp. Capturing motion is important to me to show the audiences just how fast these cyclists really move. You can almost feel the whoosh as the cyclists pass by.

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Photo by Matt Lazzarotto

Vancouver, BC (CANADA) is home to InstaFund Racing is a Canadian based Women's UCI Continental Road Cycling Team. The team provides a learning environment so that all riders can reach their potential as individuals and team members. This is a special shot, happy beginnings.

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Photo by Nassos Triantafyllou

Filippo Ganna (ITA) moments after claiming his first rainbow jersey of the year (Individual Pursuit), during day 3 of the UCI Track Cycling world championships in Berlin, Germany. Didi the Devil, was there of course.

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Photo by Nassos Triantafyllou

A panning shot of New Zealand's men's pursuit team during the first day of the UCI Track Cycling World Championship held in Berlin Velodrom.

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Photo by Nassos Triantafyllou

Notoriously badly lit during domestic races, the Olympic Velodrome of Athens has seen better days. It still has its moments though, providing rare opportunities of light that could be somewhat useful.

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Photo by Nassos Triantafyllou

Mathieu van der Poel on the way for his third cyclocross rainbow jersey during Dubendorf's world championships.

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Photo by Nassos Triantafyllou

There was some rain in Dubendorf, obviously. Those umbrellas not doing much for the mud though.

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Photo by Nassos Triantafyllou

Looking for details in the mud after the last race of the world championship's weekend in Dubendorf, Switzerland.

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Photo by Nick Despres

A friend who is a member of a charitable cycling group proposed a book on our local cycling climbs. This may sound odd as we live on a small 25 sq mile island with a highest point of about 100m! After much work we ended up with a beautiful 70 page book with 100% of the sale price going to charity, our print run of 1000 sold out! This rider works as a physio for one of the world pro teams, back home due to Covid, having to stop for some of our local cows during our photo session.

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Photo by Nick Despres

A friend who is a member of a charitable cycling group proposed a book on our local cycling climbs. This may sound odd as we live on a small 25 sq mile island with a highest point of about 100m! After much work we ended up with a beautiful 70 page book with 100% of the sale price going to charity, our print run of 1000 sold out! For this urban scene I had a vision of rain at night, for once the elements worked in our favour!

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Photo by Nick Despres

A friend who is a member of a charitable cycling group proposed a book on our local cycling climbs. This may sound odd as we live on a small 25 sq mile island with a highest point of about 100m! After much work we ended up with a beautiful 70 page book with 100% of the sale price going to charity, our print run of 1000 sold out! I picked the time of the day wishing for sun beams radiating from behind clouds, luckily nature obliged. Well worth us both getting wet and cold!

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Photo by Joris Knapen

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Photo by DARIO BELINGHERI

a view of the riders in the middle of the lava rocks climbing to the top of volcano Etna during the Giro d'Italia 2020

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Photo by DARIO BELINGHERI

the sprint under the heavy rain during the U23 European championships

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Photo by DARIO BELINGHERI

a view of the Frecce Tricolori flying over the peloton at the start of the stage from Rivolto-Base during the Giro d'Italia 2020

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Photo by DARIO BELINGHERI

riders riding in the sky during the 2020 world championship in Imola

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Photo by DARIO BELINGHERI

lines on the track of Imola during the last World Championships

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Photo by James STARTT

And then suddenly Italian rider Elia Viviani came out of the dust backlit by the summer sunlight. There was chaos all around him as cars were honking and mechanics yelling. And yet Viviani seemed totally resigned. The sprinter on the Cofidis team had been struggling through much of the Tour de France, unable to find his best legs. And on a climbing day like today, he was in total survival mode to begin with. But his bad day obviously had just gotten worse. There was power in the emptiness, however, in his expression. Viviani was seemingly void of emotion, broken by his misfortune on the Plâteau de Glières. And yet I had the distinct feeling that what he wanted to do most was simply scream. And when I got back to the press room and saw my images, I knew I had a completely unique shot, one that summed up the disappointment and defeat we have all come to know as cyclists—but in a way I had never quite seen before. (Elia Viviani, Plâteau de Glières. Tour de France, 2020.)

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Photo by Matt Lazzarotto

When I got the email from InstaFund's Team Leader I was more than stoked to be given the opportunity to photograph for them a mini team camp. Isabella Bertold descending from the climb up the mountain. WHOOSH!

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Photo by Alex Broadway

Mikhail Shemetau of Belarus rides during the Men's Individual Pursuit Qualifying at the 2020 Track Cycling World Championships held in Berlin, Germany.

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Photo by Alex Broadway

Primoz Roglic reacts as the loss of the yellow jersey and general classification sinks in, following Stage 20 of The Tour de France, from Lure to La Planche des Belles Filles.

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Photo by Alex Broadway

The peloton climbs Grand Colombier during stage 15 of the 2020 Tour de France.

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Photo by Daghan Perker

It was one of those rare, crisp, winter days in pre-covid New York where I caught this rider pulling a wheelie crossing 7th avenue. Who would have thought we would miss the traffic in Times Square?

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Photo by Daghan Perker

Looking into a screen and pedaling a stationary bike can’t be any further from riding a bicycling, but it is what kept me sane in 2020. I’m hopeful that 2021 will be different.

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Photo by Daghan Perker

The future of American cyclocross. Clara Honsinger hugging her mechanic Brenna Wrye-Simpson after crossing the finish line as the new champion, ending the 15 year dominance of Katie Compton.

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Photo by Daghan Perker

Sammi Runnels makes it possible for me to capture the essence of human energy.

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Photo by Daghan Perker

Stephen Hyde hits the apex and almost takes me out as he was leading the front group of riders into a turn.

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Photo by Kai Caddy

Ted King climbs up Block Ave. at 3:13 a.m. toward the finish line of the Arkansaw High Country Race in Fayetteville, Ark. on Nov. 5, 2020. King won the mixed terrain 1,000+-mile race, which also features 80,000 feet of climbing, by setting the course's fastest known time at 4 days, 20 hours and 51 minutes.

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Photo by Kai Caddy

Olivier Lavigueur after winning the 100km Ouachita Gravel Grind on Jan. 11, 2020 in the Ouachita National Forest in Arkansas. Temperatures dropped 10-15 degrees during the race and a steady drizzle mixed with ice and snow fell for most of the final 50K. Only nine of the 54 racers finished. All three podium finishers set course records despite the brutal conditions.

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Photo by Kai Caddy

A young competitor reacts during the Jump Jam at the Güdrun Mountain Bike Festival at Cedar Glades Park in Hot Springs, Ark. on Nov. 14, 2020.

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Photo by Kai Caddy

Seth Wood receives a hug from his son as his wife looks on after Wood became the first known person to complete the Arkansaw High Country race on a singlespeed on Nov. 7, 2020. Wood finished the 1,000+-mile mixed surface route with 80,000 feet of climbing in seven days, 12 hours and 18 minutes.

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Photo by Kai Caddy

The lead group powers into the Ouachita National Forest in the Ouachita Gravel Grind near Jessieville, Ark. on Jan. 11, 2020. The race would be blown apart later when temperatures dropped below freezing and a steady drizzle, ice and snow hampered racers.

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Photo by Gabriele Facciotti

This way the Stelvio Stage of the last Giro d'Italia. I way in charge of taking some pictures on the top of the Stelvio (no moto that day). I way struggling since i couldn't get what i had in mind. After almost every racers passed, i way walking back to my car, raw the shots and went back to the hotel happy

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Photo by Gabriele Facciotti

Filippo Ganna's Giro has been amazing. This is the Camigliatello Silano Stage, an unbeliveable he won. It was cold, rainy, dark... He was pushing and pushing and pushing...

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Photo by Gabriele Facciotti

Fisrt Giro Stage of Last year. Chrono Monreale-Palermo. Took that shots and then saw the boy shouting hardly!! Caption "Support your Heroes"

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Photo by Angus Morton

I've always felt sport is a ceremony we perform for no one on a lonely mountain road in honor of that thing it brings out in us. That thing we all possess but cannot put words to. As a brother and a sports fan Lachlans lonely ride on Rist Canyon to capture the everesting record for the second time in a week was a testament to that.

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Photo by Angus Morton

Like most Dads, our dad is his kids biggest fan. But when your kid is a professional athlete, he no longer gets to be as "hands on" as he perhaps would like to be. Enter a global Pandemic and the "FKT" craze however and Dad was all hands on deck. Here he is reviewing and syncing the gpx file for the Kokopelli Trail ahead of Lachs FKT setting ride. Despite multiple devices he failed to download the file correctly leaving us blind in the La Sal mountains.

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Photo by Angus Morton

Leaving at 2:30am and heading east Lachy crossed the La Sal mountains much quicker than expected in his pursuit of the fastest known time along the Kokopelli trail. When I think of his ride I can't help but conjure the lyrics to Iggy Pops 'The Passenger' because no matter how meticulously you prepare for a test like that, you're still at the mercy of the trail, a passenger along for the ride.

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Photo by Leon van Bon

Who thought we ever could reach Paris... and what a final weekend it was. Should I say: at the end family is all that matters (to Roglic) or is it just a way to keep it together. Anyway it was so sweet.

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Photo by Eugene Kim

The peloton leaves Matera at the start of stage 9 of the 2020 Giro d'Italia.

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Photo by Francesco Rachello

This was taken at the end of January during the Six Day Berlin from the roof of the Velodrom. That’s an extraordinary vantage point to shoot the riders and the big crows both inside the track and on the stands. Little did we know that this would have been the last Six Day for a long while...

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Photo by Francesco Rachello

Elizabeth Deignan solo victory in Liege put a huge grin on her face. It's hard from the picture to imagine the screams of the fans, the smiles hidden behind their face masks.

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Photo by Francesco Rachello

The peloton, with Julian Alaphilippe in yellow, during the rainy second stage of the 2020 Tour de France. Nobody’s hopes were very high at that point that the Tour would eventually arrive to Paris.

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