Cycling photography for June (part I) The Local East Coast Australian Time is plus 30 minutes Commercial Color Open Tour of the Gila First Union Series Criterium du Dauphiné Libére Tour of Luxembourg GP Wallonie MTB World Championships Tour of Somerville International Westfalenpreis Tour Down Under Tour of Germany Giro d'Italia Commercial Color Open The Commercial Color Men's and Women's Open took place in the USA on the 9th June, 2000 and Douglas Sheppard sent us the following great action photographs. Men's Open Carney - Takes it Hill & Co. - Preparing Full out - To the line It starts here - Let the fun begin At the start - And still smiling Darryn Hill - Keeping tabs Pacelining - In the Keirin Women's Open Tanya Lindenmuth - And Williams battle it out Women - Gut it out Becky Quinn - Warms up Ready to race - Women chariot start First Union series The First Union Series in the USA is "the week that defines US cycling". We have several pages of thumbnail pictures from those races, listed below taken by Tony Szurly and Doulgas Sheppard. First Union Classic First Union US PRO Championships First Union Liberty Classic In addition, cyclingnews.com has been supplied with photos by Jonathan McElvery and Tim Maloney of the Liberty Classic and the USPro Championships. Team 7up-Colorado Cyclist on the attack - US Pro Championships Oscar Freire (Mapei) - Resplendent in his rainbow gear George Hincapie - Driving hard The Manayunk wall - Early in the morning before the real crowds came... Frank McCormack (Saturn) - Strains up the climb Mark McCormack (Saturn) - Strains up the climb The men's podium: Bo Larsen, Vogels and Fred Rodriguez Fred Rodriguez - US PRO Champion for 2000 Henk Vogels (Mercury) - With wife Cindy and baby Jet on the podium Fred Rodriguez - And not John Lieswyn! Dede Demet (Saturn) - Hammers up the Manayunk Wall climb Karen Kurreck (USA) - Concentrating fiercely Autotrader.com's Tina Mayolo - First US rider home Carmen Richardson (Proteus.com) The winner is - Petra Rossner! Diana Ziliute - World Cup leader Tour of the Gila These are all Tour of Gila photos that took place from May 5-9 in New Mexico, USA. Sent to us by Phil Marques. Nicole Freedman - Bridged up quickly Tracy Gaudry - And Odessa Gunn - Timex girls Burke Swindlehurst (Navigators) - Winning the 100 mile Stage 5 solo Bart Bowen's - Crash! Criterium du Dauphiné Libére The Dauphiné Libére is the traditional French lead up for many riders aiming for the Tour de France, as well as being an important (hors categorie) race in its own right. Stage 2 - June 6: Chatillon-sur-Chalaronne - Saint-Etienne, 210 km Lance Armstrong (US Postal) - Best climber during stage 2 Alberto Lopez de Munain - Followed by his Euskaltel teammates, stage 2 Abraham Olano (ONCE) - Letting his tyre down Alberto Lopez de Munain - Leads Lance Armstrong, stage 2 Fabrice Gougot (Credit Agricole) - Wins stage 2 Stage 3 - June 7: Saint-Etienne - Saint-Chamond, ITT 35.7 km Lance Armstrong (USPS) - Rides during stage 3 Alex Zülle (Banesto) - Rides during stage 3 Tyler Hamilton (USPS) - During the stage 3 time trial David Millar (Cofidis) - During the stage 3 time trial Lance Armstrong - In yellow after stage 3 Stage 4 - June 8: Romans-sur-Isère - Mont Ventoux, 159 km Haimar Zubeldia (Euskaltel) - Leads Armstrong up Mont Ventoux Alex Zulle (Banesto) - Leaves Armstrong on Mont Ventoux Kurt Van De Wouwer (Lotto) - Attacking Zubeldia Tyler Hamilton (US Postal) - On his own on Mont Ventoux Tyler Hamilton (US Postal) - Wins stage 4 Stage 5 - June 9: Beaumes-de-Venise - Dignes-les-Bains, 201 km Alex Zulle (Banesto) - Wearing the polka dot jersey in stage 5 Colombian Santiago Botero (Kelme) - Stage 5 action Lance Armstrong (US Postal) - Climbs the Corobin peak in stage 5 Tyler Hamilton (US Postal) - Followed by Armstrong on the Corobin peak Tyler Hamilton - Winning stage 5, Armstrong 2nd Stage 6 - June 10: Dignes-les-Bains - Briançon, 218 km Lance Armstrong - In green leading Tyler Hamilton on stage 6 Laurent Jalabert (ONCE) - Followed by Christophe Moreau, stage 6 The peloton - Near the Col d'Allos on stage 6 Inigo Cuesta (ONCE) - Wins stage 6 in the rain Stage 7 - June 11: Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne - Sallanches, 147 km Frenchman Laurent Jalabert (ONCE) - Wins the final stage Tyler Hamilton - Shakes the hand of Bernard Hinault Tyler Hamilton, Lance Armstrong and Haimar Zubeldia - 1,2,3 in the GC MTB World Championships The World Mountain Bike Championships were held from June 7-11 this year in Sierra Nevada, Spain. Here is a little of the action. Anne Caroline Chausson - On her way downhill to another title The men's cross country podium - Miguel Martinez, Roland Green, Bart Brentjens The women's cross country podium - Marga Fullana, Alison Sydor, Paola Pezzo Sabine Sunderland A valued cyclingnews contributor, Sabine Sunderland keeps us in touch with the movements of husband Scott. She sent us these pictures of the Tour of Luxembourg and the GP Wallonie in Belgium. Tour of Luxembourg, Luxembourg, June 8-11, 2000 Erik Zabel and Leon van Bon - Struggle up the climb at Wiltz Serge Baguet - In the front group on the climb at Wiltz (87 kms) Stephan Barthe (Ag2r) and Servais Knaven (Farm Frites) - Dropped at Wiltz Telekom lead at Wiltz - Alberto Elli in yellow Francois Simon (Bonjour) - Leads Hendrick Van Dyck of Palmans in the break. GP Wallonie, Belgium, June 1, 2000 Serge Baguet (Lotto) - Leading the chase group Serge Baguet (Lotto) - Before the start Scott Sunderland (Palmans) - Leads the bunch up the citadel Mario De Clercq (Palmans) - In his second race back Dave Bruylandts (Palmans) - Leading the chase group Tour of Somerville This US National Series race was held at the end of May, and resulted in wins for Shaklee's Jonas Carney and Autotrader.com's Tina Mayolo. Regular cyclingnews contributor, Jonathan McElvery took the following excellent shots of the race. Roberto Gaggioli (DeFeet) - Cornering. He eventually finished third Jonas Carney (Shaklee) - Crosses the line in triumph Jonas Carney (Shaklee) - Salutes to the crowd on his left Jonas Carney (Shaklee) - Interviewed afterwards Dave McCook - A 1-2 for Shaklee Adam Hodges Myerson (Breakaway Courier Systems) - Rode excellently for 4th The Somerville men's podium: Dave McCook, Jonas Carney and Roberto Gaggioli Tina Mayolo-Pic (Autotrader.com) - 1st woman Jen Dial (Proteus.com) - Towards third place Charles Schwab's Katrina Berger - Cornering in style Charles Schwab's Laura van Gilder - Cornering in style Tihamer Binner (bicycle sculptor) - Next to his works A shot of the action - From the sidelines A shot of the action - From rear. Peloton at full throttle. International Westfalenpreis René Penno of the Hohenfelder-Concorde team took this picture of Australian Corey Sweet winning the 62nd International Westfalenpreis, Dortmund-Brackel. Corey Sweet winning Tour Down Under Nisa Schebella has shared some of her favourite photos from the Tour Down Under with us. Erik Zabel -Climbs up the tough Menglers Hill Stuart O'Grady - President? Graeme Brown -Charges ahead Pascal Richard -The current Olympic games road champion Salvatore Commesso - Full speed ahead up a hill The peloton -Under pressure whilst climbing theMengler Tour of Germany The Tour of Germany is being held for the second time in 2000 and it has already been promoted to UCI Class 2.3. Telekom are the the expected favourites of course, and the Germans would love to see a repeat of Jens Heppner's 1999 overall win. Jens Heppner (Telekom) - The first step: winning stage 1 Team Telekom - Led by Jan Ullrich, controlling the race during stage 2 Erik Zabel - Wins the second stage into Pforzheim Michele Bartoli - Stunned as Udo Boelts wins stage 3 Udo Boelts - Wins stage 3 Jan Ullrich - Leads the train on stage 5 Marcel Wüst - Very happy with his stage 6 win Giro d'Italia For photos of this year's Giro, please visit the special sections within the site. Giro Photos - Prologue - Stage 3 Giro Photos - Stage 4 - Stage 9 Giro Photos - Stage 10 - Stage 16 Giro Photos - Stage 18 - Stage 21 Want some more? For more cycling photography, please consult our monthly archives