Latest cycling photography The Local East Coast Australian Time is plus 30 minutes Tour de Suisse Criterium du Dauphiné Libére Hewlett Packard LaserJet Women's Challenge Tour of Luxembourg GP Wallonie MTB World Championships Tour of Somerville International Westfalenpreis Criterium international féminin de Lachine Tour Down Under Tour of Germany Giro d'Italia Tour of the Gila 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 Various Stages Nicole Freedman -Bridged up quickly Tracy Gaudry -And Odessa Gunn - Timex girls Burke Swindlehurst -Team Navigators winning the 100 mile Stage 5 solo Bart Bowen's -Crash! Tour de Suisse 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 14: Uster-Rheinfelden, 197 km Fred Rodriguez (Mapei) - Winning the stage clearly Markus Zberg (Rabobank) - Overall leader after stage 2 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 Hewlett Packard LaserJet Women's Challenge One of the best known and prestigious women's events on the calendar, this 11 day race takes place in Idaho USA over a wide variety of terrain. The following photos have been provided courtesy of the official site. Stage 1, June 8: Boise - Idaho City Road Race, 69.6 mi/112.1 km Laughs before the start Eventual winner, Anna Wilson (Saturn) - Just after the start The peloton - Climbing Lucky Peak The break - Establish their lead under dark clouds Rasa Polikeviciute (HP European) - Riding in the break Rasa Polikeviciute - Crosses the finish line on foot after crashing Stage 2 - June 9: Lowman - Stanley Road Race, 58.5 mi/94.3 km The start - Rasa Polikeviciute bears the scars Just after the start of the second stage - Riders in sunshine Mari Holden - Follows Diana Ziliute (HP European) in their break Jeannie Longo (Office Depot) - During her successful escape Jeannie Longo - Concentrates hard Stage 3 - June 10: Elkhorn Circuit Race, 29.6 mi/46 km Saturn's Lyne Bessette - Cornering hard Jenna Lloyd (Proctor & Gamble) - Looking a little relaxed Cheryl Binney (P&G) - A hug for finishing Race motorbike - Monitoring the action during the stage The peloton - Squeeze through a narrow gap Stage 3 podium: Jeannie Longo, Diana Ziliute and Karen Kurreck Stage 4 - June 11: Rupert - Pomerelle Road Race, 56.4 mi/90.2 km Crash - carnage during stage 4! Jeannie Longo (Office Depot) - On the move during stage 4 Total concentration - The midst of the peloton Timex's Kim Smith - Rewarded with a 4th placing Trixi Worrack and Jolanta Polikeviciute - Head to head at the finish Saturn's Clara Hughes - Exhausted at the end Stage 5- June 12: Burley South Individual Time Trial, 15 mi/24 km Nicole Freedman - Shows her time trialing technique Katrina Berger - Past the half way mark of the 15 mile Burley Time Trial Diana Ziliute - Goes for a strong finish in the Burley Time Trial Rasa Polikeviciute - A battle for domination Master Team - Head on 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 GP Wallonie A valued cyclingnews contributor, Sabine Sunderland keeps us in touch with the movements of husband Scott. She sent us these pictures of the GP Wallonie in Belgium on June 1. 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 Criterium international Féminin de Lachine Claude Perreault has sent us some moments of this race, which was as he said quite quick. Ziliute in the sprint -200 meters before the end Tnight and Ziliute -Won the criterium of Lachine in front of Melchers and Sundstedt Beginning of the race -32 loops , 50 km Ziliute -Receiving the honors Marion Clignet -Who won all the sprints in the criterium. 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. 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