July 24, 2005

Casey Gibson Stage 21 photo gallery

VeloNews | Stage 21: A Casey Gibson Gallery

Horner attacked to the end Goodbye to a rivalry
Horner on the attack; goodbye to a rivalry
Casey B. Gibson/VeloNews

Posted by Frank Steele on July 24, 2005 in 2005 Tour photo galleries, Chris Horner, Jan Ullrich, Lance Armstrong | Permalink | Comments (0)

Graham Watson Stage 21 photo gallery

GrahamWatson.com | Stage 21 photo gallery

Retiring Armstrong, retiring Leblanc Voeckler's new drag helmet Arc de Triomphe Armstrong & young'uns
(L-R) Two legends exit the Tour: Armstrong & Leblanc; No wonder Voeckler's
3:25:32 back - look at that helmet; Arc de Triomphe; Lance & brood
-- from GrahamWatson.com

Also:

ThePaceline.com | Graham Watson Stage 21 Report

Posted by Frank Steele on July 24, 2005 in 2005 Tour photo galleries, Lance Armstrong, Thomas Voeckler | Permalink | Comments (0)

Jan's drinking problem

Ullrich's drinking problem
Ullrich's drinking problem
AP/Yahoo!

If ever there was a photo in search of a caption contest, this is it.

Caption suggestions in the comments, please.

My suggestion, "Unretiring?"

Posted by Frank Steele on July 24, 2005 in 2005 Tour photo galleries, Jan Ullrich | Permalink | Comments (11)

CyclingNews.com Stage 21 photo gallery

www.cyclingnews.com | Stage 21 photo gallery

Champagne kisses That ain't King's Island Breakin' 3: Parisian Bugaloo
The Champagne shot; riders get an Eiffel; Breakin' 3: Parisian Boogaloo
-- from cyclingnews.com

Posted by Frank Steele on July 24, 2005 in 2005 Tour photo galleries, Lance Armstrong | Permalink | Comments (0)

July 20, 2005

GrahamWatson.com Stage 17 photo gallery

GrahamWatson.com | Stage 17 photo gallery

Armstrong Hushovd Savoldelli
Armstrong, Hushovd, Savoldelli
-- from GrahamWatson.com

Posted by Frank Steele on July 20, 2005 in 2005 Tour photo galleries, Lance Armstrong, Paolo Savoldelli, Thor Hushovd | Permalink | Comments (0)

July 19, 2005

CN.com Stage 16 photo gallery posted

www.cyclingnews.com presents the 92nd Tour de France | Stage 16 photo gallery

Evans let it all hang out Pereiro in stylish red race numbers Horner made the early break
Evans gives his all; Pereiro sporting the red numbers; Horner made the early break
-- from cyclingnews.com

Posted by Frank Steele on July 19, 2005 in 2005 Tour photo galleries, Cadel Evans, Chris Horner, Oscar Pereiro | Permalink | Comments (3)

July 17, 2005

Graham Watson Stage 15 photo gallery

GrahamWatson.com | Tour de France Stage 15

Sunflowers Same as it ever was Three become two
Sunflowers; Same as it ever was: Armstrong, Basso, Ullrich;
Three into two leaves Armstrong and Basso -- from GrahamWatson.com

It's print day over at GrahamWatson.com again; there are a number of prints available from today's stage.

Posted by Frank Steele on July 17, 2005 in 2005 Tour photo galleries, Ivan Basso, Jan Ullrich, Lance Armstrong | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack

cyclingnews.com Stage 15 photo gallery

www.cyclingnews.com | Stage 15 photo gallery

Ullrich focused, but loses time on lead Armstrong, Casartelli's son
Before After

Focused Ullrich lost more time; Armstrong
w/Casartelli's son; before and after --
from cyclingnews.com

Posted by Frank Steele on July 17, 2005 in 2005 Tour photo galleries, Jan Ullrich, Lance Armstrong | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack

Hincapie at 1996 Olympics

Armstrong w/Basso
Hincapie @ 1996 Olympics
Frank Steele
In honor of his gigantic stage win today, I offer a candid snap of a much younger George Hincapie chatting up the crowd before the 1996 Olympic road race here in Atlanta.

I'm working on getting a full gallery of photos from that race up, but in the meantime, here's Hincapie, just after his first Tour de France with Motorola.

The 1996 Olympics were the first games where the road race and time trial were open to the professionals. Hincapie rode with Lance Armstrong, Frankie Andreu, Greg Randolph, and Steve Hegg (just 5 riders per country, right?).

As always, click through for a larger image, and to see some of my other cycling pictures, including shots from three stages of the 2005 Tour de Georgia, and a gallery of shots from the 1996 Olympic time trial.

Also:

Scenic City Velo | 1996 Olympics

Posted by Frank Steele on July 17, 2005 in 2005 Tour photo galleries, George Hincapie | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack

July 16, 2005

cyclingnews.com Stage 14 photo gallery posted

www.cyclingnews.com | Stage 14 photo gallery

Totschnig on top Ullrich Crazy Colombian flag guy
Totschnig on top, Ullrich alone, and crazy Colombian flag guy --
from cyclingnews.com

Posted by Frank Steele on July 16, 2005 in 2005 Tour photo galleries, Georg Totschnig, Jan Ullrich | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack

Tour black and white gallery

Rotation Contraction Inspiration | photographien tino pohlmann

Velogal's link of the day is to a black and white collection of Tour photography by Tino Pohlmann. She bumped into Pohlmann earlier this week, and he set her up with a copy; it doesn't appear to be available in the US. Selected images are available in the gallery linked above.

There are landscapes, shots of fans, and a few pictures of racers. There are also desktop images available for download, at sizes up to 1600 x 1200.

(Seen at Velogal's Race Blog).

Posted by Frank Steele on July 16, 2005 in 2005 Tour photo galleries, Links | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack

July 15, 2005

Graham Watson Stage 13 photo gallery posted

GrahamWatson.com | Tour de France Stage 13

Horner leads break Bye, bye 'Verde Where's he from?
Horner leads the break; Bye bye 'Verde; and
Where's that guy from? -- from GrahamWatson.com

Also:

ThePaceline.com (free reg. req.) | Graham Watson: Stage 13 Report

Add Watson to the list that says the Tour is over. With the abandon by Valverde, he says:

...we can only watch and see when Moreau drops off the pace and how soon Basso takes that 3rd-place for himself and perhaps attacks Rasmussen for his second place. It would have been a lot more exciting to have a Spaniard up there with these guys, for we are on the frontier with Spain and there will be hundreds of thousands of Spaniards waiting to cheer their men on.

Posted by Frank Steele on July 15, 2005 in 2005 Tour photo galleries, Alejandro Valverde, Chris Horner | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack

July 14, 2005

Graham Watson Stage 12 photo gallery, stage report posted

GrahamWatson.com | Stage 12 photo gallery

Valverde 'Where is the peloton?' Happy Bastille Day
Valverde; Triki asked "Where is the peloton?";
the happiest Bastille Day in France from GrahamWatson.com

Also:

ThePaceline.com (free reg. req.) | Graham Watson: Stage 12 Report

Posted by Frank Steele on July 14, 2005 in 2005 Tour photo galleries, Alejandro Valverde | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack

July 13, 2005

Graham Watson photo gallery, commentary posted

GrahamWatson.com | Stage 11 Photo Gallery

Vino solo Disco go-go T-mo mojo
Vino solo, Disco go-go, and T-mo mojo
GrahamWatson.com

Also:

ThePaceline.com (free reg. req.) | Graham Watson Stage 11 Report

Posted by Frank Steele on July 13, 2005 in 2005 Tour photo galleries, Alexandre Vinokourov | Permalink | Comments (4) | TrackBack

July 12, 2005

cyclingnews.com Stage 10 photo gallery

www.cyclingnews.com presents the92nd Tour de France - July 2-24, 2005

Armstrong and Valverde Basso comes home 5th Vino shell-shocked
Armstrong & Valverde shake, Vino no-go,
and Basso rolls in fifth from cyclingnews.com

Posted by Frank Steele on July 12, 2005 in 2005 Tour photo galleries, Alejandro Valverde, Alexandre Vinokourov, Ivan Basso, Lance Armstrong | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack

BBC Stage 10 photo gallery

BBC SPORT | Tour de France stage 10 photos

Those damn Cutters
Those damn Cutters: photo from BBC Sport

Posted by Frank Steele on July 12, 2005 in 2005 Tour photo galleries, Alejandro Valverde, Francisco Mancebo, Michael Rasmussen, Photo galleries | Permalink | Comments (1)

July 11, 2005

CyclingNews rest day photo gallery

cyclingnews.com | Tour de France Rest Day 1 Photo Gallery

Riis can still fit the uni Julich and daughter Hink, Julia, Melanie
DS Riis suits up for training ride, Julich w/Olivia and family Hincapie:
George, Julia, Melanie from cyclingnews.com

Posted by Frank Steele on July 11, 2005 in 2005 Tour photo galleries, Bobby Julich, George Hincapie | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack

July 10, 2005

Flickr-ing the Tour

So I had hoped this year to find dozens of people taking advantage of social photo services like Flickr to post their Tour photos.

Unlike most sports events played in controlled access stadiums, the Tour is run on public roads without admission, and the scale of the event, covering more than 100 miles most days makes it hard to be well positioned as a photographer.

Enter social networks: I can't be everywhere, but if 100 people lining the course cooperate, someone could photograph every single mile of most stages.

Unfortunately, through the early stages of the Tour, most of the photos tagged "tourdefrance" were pictures of people's TV sets.

I haven't seen much better at Buzznet, and Velogal seems to have SmugMug all to herself.

Am I missing some somewhere?

Fortunately, Oliver Regelmann has rectified that, going out to document the Tour's visit to Karlsruhe, and the opening miles of Stage 8.

Posted by Frank Steele on July 10, 2005 in 2005 Tour photo galleries, Links | Permalink | Comments (1)

July 06, 2005

Stage 5 wrapup

BBC SPORT | Other Sport... | Cycling | McEwen takes fifth stage sprint

McEwen dedicated his stage win to his Davitamon-Lotto team:

"My team's done a mountain of work - it's good to pay them back."

He still says he's out of the green jersey chase:

"I haven't changed my mind... I was 44 points down this morning, now I'm down to 45 because I didn't do the intermediate sprints," he said.

"It would be a miracle to make it back into contention or it would take Tom a lot of very bad luck which, of course, I don't wish on him. Now I'm here for stage wins."

Also:

VeloNews.com | McEwen takes stage 5; Armstrong holds lead

cyclingnews.com | Robbie gets it right

Cyclingnews sources have confirmed that Armstrong had hoped to wear the maillot jaune from start to finish in his final Tour De France, but his plans were foiled by CSC's Zabriskie. Now some observers in the Tour De France press room are saying that the Tour De France is over and that Armstrong and his strongest ever supporting squad will just keep the maillot jaune until Paris. CSC's Bjarne Riis might disagree with that. Despite his teams loss in Stage 4's Team Time Trial, the phlegmatic Riis was as positive and upbeat as he usually gets when Cyclingnews spoke with him before Stage 5. "We (Team CSC) talked a lot about what happened yesterday and now we're feeling OK. Yes, it was disappointing but Ivan (Basso) is well placed."

cyclingnews.com | Stage 5 Photo Gallery

I'm changing! Flecha's breakaway Dekker tres color-coordinated
Changing, Flecha's breakaway, and
color-coordinated Dekker from cyclingnews.com

Posted by Frank Steele on July 6, 2005 in 2005 Tour photo galleries, Erik Dekker, Lance Armstrong | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack

July 05, 2005

Graham Watson TTT photo gallery

GrahamWatson.com | Tour de France Stage 4 Photo Gallery

Armstrong drives the train Z rolls in to finish Armstrong back in familiar jersey
Armstrong drives the train, Z rolls into finish, and
your once and current yellow jersey from grahamwatson.com

Josh from hyku points out that prints of any of these are available for order.

Also:

ThePaceline.com (free registration required) | Wallpapers

ThePaceline.com offers one of Watson's shots, of Discovery Channel on the podium, in sizes fit for a desktop.

Posted by Frank Steele on July 5, 2005 in 2005 Tour photo galleries, Dave Zabriskie, Lance Armstrong | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack

CyclingNews TTT photo gallery

cyclingnews.com | Tour de France Stage 4 Team Time Trial

Disco butt check Heras was strong Popo's 1st jersey; probably not last
Disco butt-check, Heras resurgent and Popo's first jersey: cyclingnews.com

Also:

Velogal.smugmug.com | Velogal's Tour de France 2005 Stage 4

Sammarye “Velogal” Lewis has started posting some galleries at smugmug.com: You can order (very reasonably priced) prints of any of her shots, mostly off-the-bike shots. Today, she caught Robbie McEwen, apparently still arguing over his relegation yesterday in Stage 3.

Lewis is a co-author of Tour de France for Dummies.

Posted by Frank Steele on July 5, 2005 in 2005 Tour photo galleries, Roberto Heras, Yaroslav Popovych | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack

Graham Watson Stage 3 photo gallery

GrahamWatson.com | Tour de France Stage 3 Photo Gallery

There goes Dekker Boonen and Cancellara Zabriskie's last night in yellow?
There goes Dekker, Boonen & Cancellara and
Zabriskie's last night in yellow? from grahamwatson.com

Also:

ThePaceline.com (free registration required) | Graham Watson: Stage 3 Report

Posted by Frank Steele on July 5, 2005 in 2005 Tour photo galleries, Dave Zabriskie, Fabian Cancellara, Tom Boonen | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack

cyclingnews.com Stage 3 photo gallery

www.cyclingnews.com | Stage 3 Photo Gallery

Dekker's breakaway Ullrich on the road The other side of Boonen
Dekker's breakaway, Ullrich on the road and
the other side of Boonen from cyclingnews.com

Also:

VeloNews.com | Casey Gibson Stage 3 photo gallery

Posted by Frank Steele on July 5, 2005 in 2005 Tour photo galleries, Erik Dekker, Jan Ullrich, Tom Boonen | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack

July 04, 2005

AP photo wire available at ESPN

ESPN.com | Cycling Photo Wire

Shot from today's Stage 3
McEwen regulatin' posted at 11:48 am

One of the best perks of working for CNN.com was access to our AP Photo wire server. I think it was the last OS/2 box I ever touched, and even in 1999, it provided most of its photos at 6 megapixels plus. Some of my favorite desktop images to this day came off that box.

You can get a taste of that with the Cycling Photo Wire at ESPN.com. The images are auto-posted as they move on the wire, so the turnaround time is much faster than the photo galleries at other sites.

The shot above was taken during today's stage, and posted about 30 minutes after it was taken.

Posted by Frank Steele on July 4, 2005 in 2005 Tour photo galleries, Links | Permalink | Comments (2) | TrackBack

July 03, 2005

Graham Watson Stage 2 photo gallery

GrahamWatson.com | Tour de France Stage 2 Photo Gallery

Landis, Zabriskie Voeckler heads the break 1st Tour sunflowers
Girona roommates Landis & Zabriskie, Voeckler leading the break
and the Tour's first sunflowers from grahamwatson.com

Here's Watson's Stage 2 Report from ThePaceline.com (free registration required).

Posted by Frank Steele on July 3, 2005 in 2005 Tour photo galleries, Dave Zabriskie, Floyd Landis, Thomas Voeckler | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack

CyclingNews monster Stage 2 photo gallery

www.cyclingnews.com | Stage 2 Photo Gallery

Vino's Kazakh jersey Boonen's stage win Voeckler in maillot pois
Vino your Kazakh champ, Boonen takes the stage, and
Voeckler finds a jersey from cyclingnews.com

CyclingNews.com has a huge photo gallery today, with more than 90 photos in all. If you've got a favorite rider, he's likely in there. Also, the first devil-sighting (what?) of the year.


Posted by Frank Steele on July 3, 2005 in 2005 Tour photo galleries, Alexandre Vinokourov, The Tour Devil, Thomas Voeckler, Tom Boonen | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack

July 02, 2005

Graham Watson Stage 1 photo gallery

GrahamWatson.com | Tour de France Stage 1 - Individual Time Trial

Leipheimer looks strong and thin Cancellara took the white jersey lead Phonak's Floyd Landis Zabriskie rocking
Levi, Fabian, Floyd, and Dave from GrahamWatson.com

Graham Watson is the premier cycling photographer working today. He's writing a daily column at Chris Brewer's ThePaceline.com (free registration required), as well.

During the Giro, he was providing on-demand prints for sale, so that you could order up-to-poster sized prints of his shots the day they were taken. I'm hoping that will return for the Tour.

Posted by Frank Steele on July 2, 2005 in 2005 Tour photo galleries, Dave Zabriskie, Fabian Cancellara, Floyd Landis, Levi Leipheimer | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack

CN.com Stage 1 photo gallery available

www.cyclingnews.com | Stage 1 Photo Gallery

Zabriskie en fuego Zabriskie in yellow Vino on course
Zabriskie en fuego and in yellow, Vino on course from cyclingnews.com

Posted by Frank Steele on July 2, 2005 in 2005 Tour photo galleries, Alexandre Vinokourov, Dave Zabriskie | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack