Viacheslav Kuznetsov (Katusha) hits the deck at Paris-Roubaix and is then hit by Blaž Jarc (NetApp-Endura) (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Bradley Wiggins' face says it all after Paris-Roubaix (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
The final stage of the Tour de France takes place on the Champs-Élysées (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
The final stage of the Giro d'Italia took place in Trieste (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
The tifosi watch the Giro's Monte Zoncolan stage (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Now they are some veins (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Vincenzo Nibali leads the peloton on the road to the Col d'Izoard (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
There was a brief hailstorm during the 13th stage of the Giro (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
No wedding ceremony is complete without the Giro d'Italia (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
A fireman helps the riders cool down at the Tour de Langkawi and inadvertently creates a rainbow (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
The fifth stage of the Giro took the peloton from Taranto to Viggiano (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
There plenty of pink animals in Ireland to mark the Giro's visit. Here a Dublin cow joins in the fun (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Watching the Giro's time trial stage to Barolo through a wine glass (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
The Castle in Ponferrada was a popular spectator location during the world championships (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
The silhouette of the team time trial at the world championships (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Rigoberto Uran and Nairo Quintana ride side-by-side up the Zoncolan (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
The peloton during Strade Bianche (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
The peloton tries to hide from the wind and sand during the Dubai Tour (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Fabain Cancellara at the front of the peloton during Paris-Roubaix (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
A pizza maker shows off his goods during the Giro (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
The European track championships were held in Guadeloupe this year (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Team time trial training in Belfast ahead of the Giro's first stage (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Tulips line the roadside of the Giro's second stage to Belfast (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
The first "Italian" stage of the Giro finished in Bari (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Sand dunes were a regular sight during the Dubai Tour (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Empty coconut husks on the side of the road at the Tour de Langkawi (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Alessandro Vanotti snaps a photo of teammate Vincenzo Nibali before the start of the stage in Besancon (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Adriano Malori at the Tour de San Luis on his way to the win (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Michał Kwiatkowski can hardly believe he's just become world champion (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
A shot of the conditions on the Stelvio during the Giro's stage 16 (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
An Ag2r-La Mondiale rider wraps up and tries to keep warm on the Stelvio (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Getting the best shot of the peloton at the Tour de San Luis (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Alberto Contador celebrates his third Vuelta a Espana win at the Santiago de Compostela church (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Alberto Contador discussing the extent of his injuries with Bjarne Riis after crashing on the tenth stage of the Tour de France before retiring from the race (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
The peloton passes the Colosseum during Roma-Maxima (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Isaac Bolivar Hernandez (Unitedhealthcare) climbing to Genting Highlands at the Tour de Langkawi (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
The legs of a podium hostess at the Volta Ao Algarve (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Vincenzo Nibali wins his third stage of the Tour de France in Chamrousse (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Vincenzo Nibali on the Champs-Élysées and under the shadows of the Arc de Triomphe (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
A fan half-commits to the Borat costume as he cheers on Pierre Rolland (Europcar) (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Macey Stewart enjoying her junior time trial world champion gold medal win (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Wilco Kelderman (Belkin) during a cold and snowy stage 16 of the Giro to Val Martello (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Peter Sagan (Cannondale) struggles up the steep slopes of the muro di Guardiagrele (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Its hot in Argentine during the Tour de San Luis (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Nairo Quintana (Movistar) surrounded by Colombian tifosi on the climb to Monte Zoncolan (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Taylor Phinney (BMC) on his way to the time trial win at the Dubai Tour (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
A field of pink sheep during the Giro's second stage (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Vincenzo NIbali tries to cool down at the Tour de San Luis (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Vincenzo NIbali at the launch of the 2015 Dubai Tour (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Fabio Aru (Astana) time trailing during stage 19 of the Giro d'Italia (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Italian father and son photographers Roberto and Luca Bettini have again captured the important and emotional moments at the world's biggest cycling races during the 2014 season.
The Bettini family have been following cycling for more than three decades. This season, with Rome-based Ilario Biondi also working with them, they have followed the peloton from the Tour Down Under in January to the Tour of Beijing in October, and virtually every race in between.
Look through our gallery from the heat of Tour de San Luis and Dubai Tour to the colourful animals of the Giro d'Italia and the commanding Tour de France victory by Vincenzo Nibali.
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