“Winning a race at is a pretty big deal, especially when its in front of your home supporters. Ibrahim Kamara celebrates with his family after winning the Junior mens race at The Tour de Lunsar, Sierra Leone’s only multi-stage bike race. Like a lot of riders in the race, teams wear donated kit. The UAE Team Emirates jerseys having been donated by Dan Martin.” Matt Grayson @mattgrayson_photo

“Kevin Vermaerke punctures on Stage five of the TDF. His soigneur was stranded on the other side of the cobbles with riders and team cars still blasting through the sector. Without a chance to run across between the chaos he threw the wheel infront of a team car to an assisting fan. I shot the saga in disbelief at what I witnessed. I love this sport.” Harry Talbot @visualsofharry

“Curtis White is overcome with emotion. A long journey to a Cyclocross National Championship ends in the snow and mud of Hartford, CT.” Brett Rothmeyer @brettrothmeyer

“Silvana Gomez arrives at the finish line in the last positions (Stage 3, Vuelta Colombia women). It is the day of her birthday, Her mother and some spectators sing birthday song.” Cristian Pérez @inkdustrial

“1050 km and 13.052 meters in climbing or in other words 49 hours and 25 minutes (victory & route record). That was Across Andes for Ulrich Bartholmoes.Across Andes is an unsupported ultracycling gravel race, which passes through the most remote places at the end of the world. Patagonia Verde is known for the famous Carretera Austral.” Nils Laengner @nils_laengner

““I would never have touched a mountain bike if not for the Grand Prix. I’d never have realized that my heart belongs to the dirt, the mountains, the fields and the rocks. Maybe it awakened my childhood in me, a childhood spent roaming acres with my siblings like a pack of wild children.” Emily Newsom, long time road racer, participated in the inaugural Lifetime Grand Prix in 2022. Here she removes her glasses at the Chequamegon 40 after navigating a muddy section of the course.” Nathan and Morleigh Schneeberger @snowymountainphotography

“The Giro Della Donna — a race through thundering eucalypts, with fog hugging their trunks and curling through the ancient ferns. The surrounding fog envelopes the background in its soft tendrils, removing unnecessary details and bringing the focus closer to the subject.I think this image encapsulates the magic of gravel cycling, and invokes the grandiosity of being alone in the outdoors. It is just you and the bike, surrounded by nature, pedalling with no destination.” Piper Albrecht @piperalbrecht

“Larger than life — @teamamani’s team captain Sule Kangangi (leading out his teammate @sjord5an_schleck in the image) tragically lost his life after crashing at high speed during a race in Vermont in August 2022. Gaping holes are left when giant’s fall. Sule was a giant. But the memory of Sule, and the path he set out together with Team AMANI to create equal opportunities for East African cyclists has only become clearer over the last few months. It’s time to change the face of cycling.” Lian van Leeuwen @saltlake_lian

“Xander Graham from Tour of Britain fame and his bidon exchange with Pascal Eenkhoorn has continued to flourish as a cyclist, winning the Scottish National CX championships in 2021, the Scottish series in 2022 and as the season reaches it’s climax, he is on the brink of potentially winning the British National CX series. I have followed Xander throughout his season, covering all his races. This shot from the National CX series in Falkirk and the infamous wall, sums up the struggles of CX.” Paul Brett @mrpaulbrett

“On stage 2 of the 2022 @MigrationGravelRace in Kenya, @teamamani ‘s @nancyakidebe dug deep to recover lost time from stage 1. Nancy had a terrible crash at km 70 that left her with a deeply bruised shoulder and a swollen eye. But she persisted, won the stage and took the overall lead for the day. It showed again that the strength and talent of East African cyclists is something to be reckoned with for the future of this sport.” Lian van Leeuwin @saltlake_lian