Italian photographer shares his memories of the season
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An iconic image from the Strade Bianche race in Tuscany (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)
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The year always starts with a visit to the Fausto Coppi tomb on January 2 (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)
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Vincenzo Nibali attacks in the snow at the Giro d'Italia (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)
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Ivan Santoromita celebrates as he wins the Italian national road race title (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)
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Marcel Kittel (Argo-Shimano) wins stage one of the Tour de France (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)
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A view across Mont Ventoux during the Tour de France (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)
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Taylor Phinney (BMC) celebrats after holding off the peloton with a late attack at the Tour de Pologne (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)
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Chris Horner attacks on the Angliru at the Vuelta a Espana (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)
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The emotions of the podium after the women's TTT race (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)
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Vincenzo Nibali goes on the attack despite crashing in the finale of the world championships (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)
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Domenico Pozzovivo crashed after the finish of Il Lombardia (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)
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The snow made for some spectacular but cold racing in 2013 (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)
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The moment Bradley Wiggins lost any chance of winning the Giro d'Italia (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)
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The Lotto Belisol lead out train in action at the Tour Down Under Classic (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)
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The peloton in the early season Etoile des Besseges race in the south of France (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)
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Filippo Pozzato (Lampre-Merida) thinks he has won the Roma Maxima race but was actually sprinting for second place (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)
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Chris Froome (Team Sky) wins the key mountain stage at Tirreno-Adriatico but lost the overall race to Nibali (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)
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Moreno Moser leads the Cannondale team at the Settimana Coppi e Bartali race in March (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)
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The legendary Forest of Arenberg during this year's Paris-Roubaix (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)
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Taylor Phinney made pizza in Naples before the start of the Giro d'Italia (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)
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Enrico Battaglin wins in the rain at the Giro d'Italia (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)
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Diego Ulissi (Lampre-Merida) wins the Coppa Sabatini with a perfectly-timed sprint (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)
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Jan Bakelants in his last trip with the maillot jaune (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)
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Roman Kreuziger (Saxo-Tinkoff) on his way to the Amstel Gold Race win (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)
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He's behind you: Dan Martin checks to see if the group are in pursuit (Image credit: Sirotti)
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Gilbert looked strong on the Mur de Huy but began to fade as Moreno came blasting past the world champion (Image credit: Sirotti)
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Gerald Ciolek (MTN - Qhubeka) sprints to victory in Milan-San Remo (Image credit: Sirotti)
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The peloton take on the harsh Milan-San Remo conditions (Image credit: Sirotti)
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Norwegian champion Edvald Boasson Hagen (Sky) won stage 3 at the Critérium du Dauphiné (Image credit: Sirotti)
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Chris Froome and Richie Porte in pursuit of Alessandro De Marchi. (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)
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Thomas Dekker (Garmin-Sharp) wasn't the only one reduced to walking up the Sant'Elpidio a Mare (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)
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Fabian Cancellara (RadioShack) couldn't stand up after crossing the line (Image credit: Sirotti)
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The 2013 Tour of Flanders podium (l-r): Peter Sagan, Fabian Cancellara, Jurgen Roelandts (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)
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Vincenzo Nibali signs autographs at the start of stage 3 (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)
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Uran narrowly loses to Barguil (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)
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Philippe Gilbert (BMC) won for the first time this season at the conclusion of stage 12 in the Vuelta (Image credit: Sirotti)
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The peloton were breathing down his neck for miles, but Tony Martin (Omega Pharma-QuickStep) was only caught 100 metres from the finish line. (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)
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Gerrans and Sagan throw their bikes to the line in Calvi (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)
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Chris Froome (Sky) defends his yellow jersey (Image credit: Sirotti)
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Marianne Vos (Netherlands) wins the third road world chamionship of her career. Since her first road Worlds in 2006 she's never finished lower than second place. (Image credit: Sirotti)
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Joaquim Rodriguez (Spain) earned the silver medal but surely wonders what might have been after losing a close sprint to Rui Costa for the world championship (Image credit: Sirotti)
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Team Sky were one of the contenders for the Worlds (Image credit: Sirotti)
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Continuing our series of retrospective galleries by our photographers, Stefano Sirotti shares some of his best images and special moments from the 2013 season.
Sirotti has taken over the role his father held for three decades, covering professional road racing from the back of a motorbike and the roadside from the Tour Down Under in January until Il Lombardia in October.
Sirotti covers the major international races but also the smaller Italian races that are not often seen or followed in detail even by Cyclingnews.
During the 2013 season he photographed Vincenzo Nibali's victories at Tirreno-Adriatico and in the snow at the Giro d'Italia, he captured the moment Bradley Wiggins' Giro d'Italia ended in the rain and the emotions as Taylor Phinney held of the peloton to win a stage at the Tour de Pologne.
Sirotti followed every moment of the Tour de France and the Vuelta. He then returned home to Italy for the world championships in Tuscany.
Click here to enjoy his collection of Italian flavoured images.
Stephen is the most experienced member of the Cyclingnews team, having reported on professional cycling since 1994. He has held the position of European editor since 2012 and previously worked for Reuters, Shift Active Media, and Cycling Weekly, among other publications.
