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Cycling photography for January 2006

Tour of Qatar
Trust House Cycle Classic (Tour of Wellington)
Team LPR presentation
Team Miche presentation
Cyclo-Cross World Championships
Tour of Thailand
Doha International GP
Joseph Sunde Memorial
Saunier Duval - Prodir team presentation
Barloworld team presentation
La Française des Jeux winter training camp
Discovery Channel team presentation
AG2R team presentation
Nite Rider Dusk Till Dawn
Tour of Siam
Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears presentation
Flaminia presentation
Revolution 11
Jacob's Creek Tour Down Under
The Advertiser Women's Criterium Series
Sid Patterson GP
Australian downhill championships
Los Angeles Track World Cup
Cofidis team presentation
Panaria team presentation
Francaise des Jeux presentation
Milram and LPR training
Gerolsteiner team presentation
CSC go training
Liquigas out training
Australian National MTB Championships
T-Mobile team presentation
Ceramica Flaminia team presentation
Bouygues Telecom team presentation
T-Mobile training in Majorca
Bremen Six Days
Italian CX nationals
Quick.Step-Innergetic presentation
Team Milram presentation
Egmond-Pier-Egmond
Belgian CX nationals
French CX nationals
Hobart 'Bikes & Spikes' Carnival
Champbikx BMX Series #1
Centrumcross Surhuisterveen
Jayco Bay Cycling Classic
Tasmanian Christmas Carnivals
Queensland State Track Titles
Grand Prix du Nouvel-An
Int. Herforderer Rad-Querfeldein-Rennen
Diamonds at the Dome
Azencross Loenhout
Middelkerke
Tour of South China Sea
Großer Weihnachtspreis

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Tour of Qatar

Stage 5 - February 3: Al Thakhira - Doha Corniche, 151.5 km

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Stage 4 - February 2: Al Zubarah - Qatar Olympic Committee, 144 km

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Stage 3 - February 1: Sealine Beach Resort - Khalifa Stadium, 160 km

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Stage 2 - January 31: Camel Race Track - Al Khor Corniche, 138 km

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Stage 1 - January 30: Khalifa Stadium - Al Khor Corniche, 131.5 km

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Wildside MTB

Stage 7 - January 31: Hells Gates, 36km

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Images by Rick Eaves

Stage 6 - January 30: Spray Tunnel, 5km

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Stage 4 - January 29: Montezuma Falls, 35km

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Images by Rick Eaves

Stage 3 - January 29: Sterling Valley, 14km

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Images by Rick Eaves

Stage 2 - January 28: Que River, 19km

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Images by Rick Eaves

Stage 1 - January 28: Cradle, 16km

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Images by Rick Eaves

Team LPR presentation

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Team Miche presentation

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Tour of Thailand

Stage 4 - January 27: Lomsak - Chaiyaphum, 221.73 km

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Images by Wilco Geerts/Marco Polo Cycling

Stage 3 - January 26: Sukhothai - Khaokho, 198.17 km

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Images by Francis Cerny/Marco Polo Cycling

Stage 2 - January 25: Lampang - Sukhothai, 204.60 km

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Images by Wilco Geerts/Marco Polo Cycling

Stage 1 - January 24: Ching Mai - Huay Troung Toa ITT, 5.0 km

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Images by Wilco Geerts/Marco Polo Cycling

  • The opening ceremony of the Tour of Thailand 2006.
  • New Zealand Time Trial Champion, Robin Reid from the Marco Polo Cycling Team in action in the Tour of Thailand 2006.
  • Thomas Rabou the winner of the Tour of Siam, had a good start in the Tour of Thailand with a 5th place in the prologue.
  • Loh Sea Keong with some of his Malaysian friends in the Tour of Thailand 2006.
  • New rider in the Marco Polo Cycling Team, Loh Sea Keong from Malaysia in action in the Tour of Thailand 2006.
  • Jamsran Ulzii-Orshikh from the Marco Polo Cycling Team in the prologue in the Tour of Thailand 2006.

Doha International GP

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Saunier Duval - Prodir team presentation

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Barloworld team presentation

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La Française des Jeux winter training camp

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Images by Giorgio Masnikosa

Discovery Channel team presentation

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AG2R team presentation

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Images by Daniel Schamps

Images by Régis Garnier/www.velofotopro.com

Nite Rider Dusk Till Dawn

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Images by John Flynn/Cyclingnews.com

Tour of Siam

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Images by Gudo Kramer/Marco Polo Cycling

Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears presentation

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Images by Tim Maloney/www.cyclingnews.com

Images by Daniel Schamps

Flaminia presentation

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Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti

Revolution 11

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  • Remembrance - Rob Hayles and Craig MacLean during the minute's silence at the start of Revolution to remember five British club cyclists who died on the roads in early January.
  • Brad McGee waits for the racing to start in Manchester.
  • Tom Smith of Wales demonstrates the correct use of a black armband.
  • Dean Downing shows off his new racing strip.
  • John Bellis makes Rob Hayles work hard for victory in the Elite Devil/Scratch race.
  • Matthieu Mandard of France leads Scotland's Marco Librizzi during a sprint heat.
  • Josh Hargreaves makes Craig MacLean work hard.
  • Girls in bunch race action at Revolution 11.
  • Welsh girls on the front of the bunch.
  • Pursuit - Brad McGee waits for the off...
  • Bradley McGee in pursuit action at Manchester.
  • Bradley Wiggins has not forgotten how to ride a pursuit.
  • Full speed ahead - McGee the pursuiter.
  • Pain barrier - McGee starts to feel it.
  • More pain - Wiggins grits his teeth and gets on with it.
  • Pursuit results on the score board at Revolution 11.
  • Victory flowers for Bradley Wiggins.
  • Top sprinters Craig MacLean and Arnauld Tournant go head to head.
  • French sprinters Arnaud Tournant (top) and Matthieu Mandard meet in the sprint semis.
  • Hayles and Wiggins in a bunch race at Revolution 11.
  • Brad McGee mixed it with regular British trackies in the bunch races. Here he follows Tom Murray.
  • Ross Dingley makes McGee work hard for a sprint in the points race.
  • Rob Hayles leads out a sprint, with Adam Blythe trying to get past on the outside.
  • Winning smile - Brad McGee was a popular visitor to Revolution 11.
  • Franck Durivaux of France enjoys the rewards for winning the one-mile dash.
  • Tournant at speed.
  • Full-on - Craig MacLean shows how to ride with commitment against Arnault Tournant.
  • Flower boy - MacLean came round Tournant to win the sprint competition.
  • Crowd-pleaser - birthday boy Rob Hayles took time to sign autographs for the crowd and to pose for photos.
  • Ever-popular Craig MacLean signs autographs for adoring fans.
  • A brace of Brads - Bradley Wiggins leads Brad McGee in the Madison kilometre event.
  • Late entry - Arnauld Tournant and Craig MacLean teamed up together for the Madison kilometre, and won it in style. There are rumours that they are now planning to enter pursuit events...
  • Brad McGee in the thick of the action in the 15km scratch race.
  • Birthday boy Rob Hayles celebrates his win in the scratch race.
  • Keirin action - with three French riders in the final, do we think the winner might perhaps be in a French jersey?
  • Keirin winner Matthieu Mandard.

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Sid Patterson GP

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Los Angeles Track World Cup

Session 5 - Morning, Sunday, January 22: Women: Scratch final; keirin final, Men: team sprint final; Madison final

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Images by Steve Cohen

Session 4 - Evening, Saturday January 21: Men: Sprint final; team pursuit final; points race final, Women: individual pursuit final; 500m TT final

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Images by Mike Gladu/www.velodrome.com

Session 3 - Morning, Saturday January 21: Women: Individual pursuit qual; Men: Sprint qual; team pursuit qual; points race qual

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Images by Steve Cohen

Session 2 - Evening, Friday January 20: Men: scratch final; keirin final; kilo TT final; Individual pursuit final, Women: sprint final; points race final

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Session 1 - Morning, Friday January 20: Women: sprint qual; points race qual. Men: keirin qual; individual pursuit qual; scratch qual

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Cofidis team presentation

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Images by Régis Garnier/www.velofotopro.com

Panaria team presentation

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Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti

Francaise des Jeux team presentation

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Images by Daniel Schamps

Images by Régis Garnier/www.velofotopro.com

Milram and LPR training

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Gerolsteiner team presentation

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Images by Susan Westemeyer/Cyclingnews.com

CSC go training

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Liquigas out training

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Australian National MTB Championships

Race 9 - January 15: Open Men Short Track, 20 Mins + 3 Laps

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Race 8 - January 15: Open Women Short Track, 15 Mins + 3 Laps

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Race 7 - January 15: Junior Men Short Track, 15 Mins + 3 Laps

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Race 1 - January 14: Elite/U23/U19 Women (Commonwealth Games selection)

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T-Mobile team presentation

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Ceramica Flaminia team presentation

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Bouygues Telecom team presentation

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Images by Daniel Schamps

T-Mobile training in Majorca

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Images by Shane Stokes/Cyclingnews.com

Bremen Six Days

Day 4 - January 15

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  • As the pace hots-up, the line strings out as riders sort themselves out before the rush for points starts on the fourth day of the Bremen Six-Day.
  • Much to the delight of the crowd, Erik Zabel outsprints Andreas Beikirch in the Aladin sponsored sprint event on the fourth day of the Bremen Six-Day.
  • Erik Zabel and Marco Villa acknowledge the applause of the crowds as they are presented with their winners bouquets. Legendary Six-Day start Patrick Sercu (now race director) is on the left of the photo.
  • Erik Zabel and Andreas Kappes chat in their trackside cabin shortly before coming onto the track to continue their search for points.

Day 2 - January 13

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  • First to ride on the second evening were the Under 23's. The British pairing of Sander and Swift didn't appear so the event started with 11 pairs, here being introduced to the crowds.
  • Robert Seiler leads Norman Dimde ahead of the rst as the action gets under way in the U23 event.
  • Norman Dimde leads Eric Mohs and Robert Seiler as the trio try to split the group in the Under 23 event.
  • Robert Kluge is the next rider in the U23 event to try and split the field ahead of Davy Tuytens and Marcel Kalz.
  • Eric Mohs leads Robert Seiler and the rest of the line as they follow Maxime Bally as the pace hots up in the U23 event.
  • Danny Tuytens leads Michael Arends who, with their partners, finished first and second overall in the Under 23 event start to open a gap on the rest of the field.
  • Maxime Bally chases hard as the gaps start open in the Under 23 event.
  • Henner Rodel slings partner Robert Kluge into the action in the Under 23's event.
  • Michael Arends leads Nicky Coquyt and Robert Kluge at the head of the rapidly moving line or riders in the Under 23.
  • Robert Seiler shows the effort required to sling his partner Christopher Kramp into the fray.
  • Erik Zabel and his partner Marco Villa sit in the middle of the group as they prepare for the evening's session on the second day of the event.
  • The chase is on as Iijo Keisse, Kurt Betschart and Leif Lampater pursue Franco Marvulli in the early laps of the second evening's event.
  • Erik Zabel powers round the final banking as the pace hots up on the second evening of the Bremen Six-Day.
  • Franco Marvulli hand-slings partner Andreas Kappes into the battle as the pace remains high on the second evening of the Bremen Six-Day.
  • Iijo Keisse slings Matthew Gilmore into the lead ad Danny Stam and Andreas Kappes watch from higher on the banking on the second evening of the Bremen Six-Day.
  • Points on the line this time and Roberto Bartko, Franco Marvulli and Robert Slippens are fighting it out off the final bend on the second evening of the Bremen Six-Day.
  • Guido Fulst hand slings partner Leif Lampater into the hunt for points closely watched by Danny Stam on the second evening of the Bremen Six-Day.
  • More points up for grabs and the open mouthed effort of Erik Zabel out of the final bend as he tries to get past Matthew Gilmore on the second evening of the Bremen Six-Day.
  • Between sessions there were various acts on stage to entertain the crowds. This guy was performing in the Bee Gees musical 'Saturday Night Fever' in Bremen, but was brought in for the evening's events.
  • Walter Huybrechts paces Kurt Betschart to victory in the first of the evening's Derny events on the second evening of the Bremen Six-Day.
  • Walter Huybrechts and Kurt Betschart come over the top of Alexander Aeschbach and his pacer on their way to victory in the first of the evening's Derny events on the second evening of the Bremen Six-Day.
  • Erik Zabel comes out on to the track for the second of the evening's sessions. Day 2 of the Bremen Six-Day.
  • Catching up on a bit of rest shortly before the evening's racing starts, one of the mechanics relaxes in a trackside cabin prior to the riders coming into the velodrome.
  • While the riders hurtle round the track at over 40 mph just a few feet from where they work, mechanics work on one of the many bikes used during the events.

Day 1 - January 12

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Images by Paul J. Wright/www.pjwphotos.co.uk

  • British flag but no riders from GB this year. There was a British pairing due to ride in the Under 23's section, but they didn't start.
  • 190m Track with the VIP boxes and 9 bars in the track centre, shortly before the doors were opened and the hall filled up with spectators.
  • Bruno Risi and Kurt Betschart 'sign on' in front of the German media before the ceremonial start of the first night of the event.
  • All the presentations made and VIPs introduced, the riders prepare for the start of the main event.
  • The Six-Day is under way and riders start to pick up speed before the first points of the session (every 10 laps) but with a short track the action was almost continuous while the riders were on the track.
  • Bruno Risi, Jimmi Madsen, Iijo Keisse and Andreas Kappes pick up the pace in the early laps of the first night's racing.
  • A real favourite with the partisan crowd was Erik Zabel.
  • Marc Hester slings Jimmi Madsen into the fray. Watching these hand-slings at around thirty miles an hours was great.
  • Marco Villa relays Erik Zabel into the action behind Iijo Keisse as the pace hots up for the next sprint.
  • Eventual overall winners of the event, Robert Slippens throws Danny Stam into the action as the pair stir things up on the first night.
  • Andreas Muller throws Erik Weißpfennig into the action as the pace remains high on the opening event of the night.
  • First (and only?) casualty of the event was Bruno Risi. He and his partner Kurt Betschart crashed during the first evening's session resulting in a possible broken collar bone for Risi. Here he is attended to at the track side by the medical team.
  • Crowd favourites Erik Zabel and team mate Marco Villa do a lap of honour after taking victory in on of the early intermediate events within the six-day.
  • Guido Fulst winds up the pace for his team mate Leif Lampater as the pair 'go for a time' in the 500m Time Trial.
  • Andreas Kappes picks up the pace for team mate Franco Marvulli as the pair wind it up in the 500m Time Trial..
  • Next up were the crowd favourites, Erik Zabel and Marco Villa. Here Villa sets the pace for Zabel as the pair put in their effort for the 500m Time Trial.

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Italian CX nationals

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Quick.Step-Innergetic presentation

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Team Milram presentation

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Egmond-Pier-Egmond

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Images by Patrick Janssen

Belgian CX nationals

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French CX nationals

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Hobart 'Bikes & Spikes' Carnival

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Images by Lynne Ryan

Champbikx BMX Series #1

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Centrumcross Surhuisterveen

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Images by DCP/Bert Geerts

Grand Prix du Nouvel-An

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Int. Herforderer Rad-Querfeldein-Rennen

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Images by Mareike Engelbrecht/www.gerhard-trampusch.de.vu

Diamonds at the Dome

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Images by CJ Farquharson/www.womenscycling.net

Azencross Loenhout

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Images by Luc Claessen/www.actiefotos.be

Middelkerke  

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Tour of South China Sea

Stage 8 - January 2: Macau SAR ,

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Images by Charlie Issendorf

Images by Marie Laffan

Images by Greg Hall

Stage 7 - January 1: Zhuhai, PR China,

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Images by Charlie Issendorf

Stage 6 - December 31: Nantou town, Zhongshan, PR China,

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Images by Charlie Issendorf

Stage 5 - December 30: Jiangmen City, PR China,

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Images by Charlie Issendorf

Stage 4 - December 29: University City, Guangzhou, PR China,

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Images by Charlie Issendorf

Stage 3 - December 28: Nanhai District, Foshan, PR China,

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Images by Charlie Issendorf

Stage 2 - December 27: Longhua, Shenzhen, PR China,

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Images by Charlie Issendorf

Stage 1 - December 26: Avenue of Stars, Tsim Sha Tsui-Tsing Yi, Hong Kong SAR,

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Images by Tim Yue

Images by Charlie Issendorf

Großer Weihnachtspreis

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Images by Elmar Krings

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