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Cycling photography for October

World Championships
Challenge de la France Cycliste #1
Dortmund Six-Day
GP Commune de Contern
GP of Gloucester #1 & #2
Magnus Backstedt's Derny-paced Hour Record attempt
CX World Cup 2
Snowy Wilson Memorial Criterium
Tour de France 2006 presentation
Wissahickon Cross
Colombian MTB Championships
GP Axa
Japan Cup
CX World Cup 1
Firenze-Pistoia
AMLI Downtown Criterium
Warrnambool Grand Prix
Melbourne to Warrnanbool
Crocodile Trophy
24 Hours of Moab
Roc d'Azur
Coonamessett Eco Cross
Chrono des Herbiers
Giro di Lombardia
Revolution #9
UK National Trophy #1
Herald Sun Tour
SixDayNight
Paris-Tours
Giro del Piemonte
Championship of Zurich
Rad Racing GP of Cyclocross
Stumptown Classic
GP Beghelli
Giro dell'Emilia
Paris-Bourges
Coppa Sabatini
Memorial Cimurri Gran Premio Bioera
Victorian Open Road Championships

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Challenge de la France Cycliste #1

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Images by Régis Garnier/www.velofotopro.fr.st

Dortmund Six-Day

Day 5: October 31

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Images by Roberto Bettini/www.bettiniphoto.net

Day 4: October 30

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Images by Elmar Krings

GP Commune de Contern

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Images by Marco Bruenink

GP of Gloucester #2

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Images by Steve medcroft/Cyclingnews

  • Wendy Simms (Kona) prepares herself for the race. She would work with teammate Ann Knapp in a thirty-minute attempt to pull back a runaway Lyne Bessette. They would not succeed.
  • CN diarist Barbara Howe sported devil’s horns for Sunday’s ‘cross race in Gloucester.
  • Lyne Bessette was calm and cool in Sunday’s race. Without the adversity of a blizzard, she was able to control the race with pure, world-class power.
  • Ann Knapp (Kona) has decided that since she’s racing a full season of ‘cross and is working her way into form for nationals, to stop referring to herself as retired.
  • Knapp and Bessette made the quick jump in the start of the women’s race. The pair would end up one-two on the day.
  • Bessette took the lead in the first lap and raced thirty-eight minutes of the forty-minute race alone.
  • Knapp and Simms worked together to chase Bessette.
  • Stacey Spencer and one of three Velo Bellas in the elite women’s field (Barbara Howe, Melodie Metzger and Christine Vardaros) weaved on a course that ran through an enthusiastic crowd.
  • With more than a minute on second place, Bessette had the time to take a cautious approach to the barrier section.
  • Knapp and Simms chasing.
  • With three laps to go, Bessette appeared to be having mechanical trouble (she kept paying attention to her left pedal) but she skipped the pits and finished without problems.
  • Ann Knapp says she only pulled her ‘cross bike out of the garage on October 1st; for Seattle’s Star Crossed Cyclocross.
  • Mostly dry, the Gloucester course had a few damp patches in the lower half of the park. Nothing could slow Bessette down though.
  • Bessette rode a backwards no hander across the finish line (just kidding; it’s just that since she’s won so many races this season, we’ve said everything that can be said about Bessette’s two-handed winning salute)
  • Adam Craig finished second in the muck on Saturday after a race of calamity (dropped handlebar, flat tires, crazy conditions). He looked a little more encouraged about the day ahead in Sunday’s sunshine.
  • Former US Pro National Champion Mark McCormack (Clif Shot/Felt).
  • The wrist Ryan Trebon injured in this year’s International Tour de ‘Toona has healed to the point where he no longer needs a brace or wrap for racing.
  • Barry Wicks took a quiet moment at the start to calm himself. He used that cleared head to execute an intelligent strategy of blocking for solo winner Ryan Trebon.
  • The Kona boys got the hole shot, setting up Trebon to go off the front on a solo attack while Wicks kept the front of the rest of the race under control.
  • Jesse Anthony (competing in the U23 category) , Adam Craig and Tim Johnson could do nothing but ride behind Barry Wicks. Every time someone made a press to get around, Wicks made sure he shut them down.
  • Trebon had clean wind and a clear course to race on. Mostly; with four laps to go, the lanky Kona rider found himself weaving through the back third of the elite men’s field.
  • Craig and Wicks got away with two laps to go and dueled for second place. Craig took the sprint; his second second place in the two days of Gloucester.
  • After two barriers riders had to negotiate this fifty-foot run-up.
  • The four chasers (Wicks, Johnson, Craig and Anthony).
  • Six foot, five-inch Trebon’s 62cm Kona Jake the Snake had to be custom made (Kona didn’t offer the frame in that size).
  • Adam Craig says he plans to race until nationals then he’s taking a one-month hiking trip in China with a group of friends at the end of December.
  • A protégé of Mark McCormack U23 National Champion Jesse Anthony looked comfortable at the head of the elite men’s race.
  • Tim Johnson grimaced through much of the second half of Sunday’s race. It seems that the amount of energy he spent to survive on his hour-long solo breakaway in Saturday’s blizzard-plagued race didn’t leave him much punch for Sunday.
  • The elite women’s podium - Ann Knapp (2nd), Lyne Bessette (1st), Wendy Simms (3rd).
  • The U23 men’s podium - Troy Wells (2nd), Jesse Anthony (1st), Christian Meier (3rd)
  • The elite men’s podium - Adam Craig (2nd), Ryan Trebon (1st), Barry Wicks (3rd)

GP of Gloucester #1

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Images by Breton Hornblower/bretonh@gmail.com

Magnus Backstedt's Derny-paced Hour Record attempt

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Images by Nick Rosenthal/fatnick.com

CX World Cup 2

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Images by Roberto Bettini/www.bettiniphoto.net

Snowy Wilson Memorial Criterium

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Images by Anthony Tan/Cyclingnews.com

Tour de France 2006 presentation

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Images by AFP Photo

Images by Roberto Bettini/www.bettiniphoto.net

Images by Tim Maloney/Cyclingnews.com

  • Skoda will be back as Tour de France sponsor in 2006, but Cristian Prudhomme will take over the #1 car of Jean Marie Leblanc next year.
  • Gentleman farmer Bernard Hinault, a key member of Le Tour's PR team was nicknamed "Le Blaireau" (The Badger) as a racer due to his temperment, but the Breton has mellowed with age.
  • 1962 World Champion Jean Stablinski explains how he took his World Title to some adoring French fans.
  • Still France's most popular rider, Richard Virenque is retired but still does public relations work for sponsor Quick.Step
  • Davitamon-Lotto team directors Marc Sargeant, Henrik Redant and PR manager Filip Demyttenaere (L-R) like what they hear about the 2006 Tour De France. Well, at least Sargeant and Redant; Demyttenaere is not sure...
  • Tour favorite Ivan Basso (L) and two time Giro winner Gibo Simoni (R) are two of the most stylin' riders in the peloton, on and off the bike.
  • Rabobank's sport director Erik Breukink (L) and team manager Theo De Rooy (C) are engrossed in conversation about the 2006 Tour De France, while CSC bossman Bjarne Riis (R) has that cat-that-ate-the-canary look. Does the daunting Dane know something we don't? Bet on it.

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Wissahickon Cross

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Images by Todd Leister

Colombian MTB Championships

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Images by Andrea Bianco

Grand Prix Axa

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Images by Marco Bruenink

Japan Cup

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Images by AFP Photo

Images by Miwako Sasaki

CX World Cup 1

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Images by AFP Photo

Images by Roberto Bettini/www.bettiniphoto.net

Firenze-Pistoia

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Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti

AMLI Downtown Criterium

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Images by Stefan Rothe

  • Michael Creed (L) of the Discovery Channel Team leads Scott Kasin (2nd L), Kyle Rodemacher (R) and Stefan Rothe (2nd R) through a corner.
  • Race winner Jason Sager and US criterium champion Brad Huff.

Warrnambool Grand Prix

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Images by Rod Morris

Melbourne to Warrnambool

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Images by Mal Sawford/Cyclingnews.com

Women

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Images by Mal Sawford/Cyclingnews.com

Crocodile Trophy

Stage 13 - October 30: Port Douglas – Port Douglas, 45 km

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Images by Mark Watson/mwphotography.com.au

Stage 6 - October 23: Koombooloomba - Irvinebank, 98 km

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Images by Mark Watson/mwphotography.com.au

Stage 5 - October 22: Blancoe Fall - Koombooloomba, 104 km

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Stage 4 - October 21: Lake Lucy – Blancoe Falls, 134 km

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Images by Mark Watson/mwphotography.com.au

Stage 3 - October 20: Paluma Dam – Lake Lucy, 148 km

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Images by Mark Watson/mwphotography.com.au

Stage 2 - October 19: Kirkland Downs – Paluma Dam, 112 km

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Images by Mark Watson/mwphotography.com.au

Stage 1 - October 18: Townsville - Townsville, 70 km

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Images by Mark Watson/mwphotography.com.au

24 Hours of Moab

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Images by Xavier Fane/Xavier Fane Photography

Roc d'Azur

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Images by AFP Photo

Coonamessett Eco Cross

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Images by Chris Harnish

Chrono des Herbiers

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Images by Jean-Francois Quenet

Revolution #9

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Images by Nick Rosenthal/www.fatnick.com

UK National Trophy #1

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Images by Pat Alexander/Cheltenham & County CC

SixDayNight

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Images by Elmar Krings

Giro del Piemonte

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Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti

Images by Roberto Bettini/www.bettiniphoto.net

Rad Racing GP of Cyclocross

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Images by Ed Harley

Images by Russ and Nancy Wright/www.abbiorca.com

Stumptown Classic

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Images by Russ and Nancy Wright/www.abbiorca.com

Images by Brian Zeck

GP Beghelli

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Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti

Images by Roberto Bettini/www.bettiniphoto.net

Giro dell'Emilia

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Images by Roberto Bettini/www.bettiniphoto.net

Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti

Paris-Bourges

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Images by Jean-Francois Quenet

Images by Daniel Schamps

Coppa Sabatini

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Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti

Images by Roberto Bettini/www.bettiniphoto.net

Memorial Cimurri Gran Premio Bioera

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Images by Roberto Bettini/www.bettiniphoto.net

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Victorian Open Road Championships

Stage 3 - October 2: Men's and Women's Road Race Championships

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Images by Shane Goss/www.licoricegallery.com

Stage 2 - October 1: Men's and Women's Time Trial Championships

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Images by Shane Goss/www.licoricegallery.com

Stage 1 - September 30: Men's and Women's Criterium Championships

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Images by Shane Goss/www.licoricegallery.com

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