Cycling photography for November - Part III

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Ontario Provincial Cyclo-cross Championships
Six Days of Gent
Duinencross Koksijde, Belgium
New Mexico Cyclocross Series - Los Alamos
Portland Oregon Cross Crusade cyclocross
Boulder Cross Series Rd 4
Giro presentation in Milan
AVPAC State Championship Warm-Up cyclo-cross
Cyclo-cross World Cup #1
SuperCup Round #2 cyclo-cross
11th L'Open des Nations
Giro d'Italia prologue in Groningen

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Ontario Provincial Cyclo-cross Championships

Now this is more like it! After way too many dry and sunny North American cross races, Canada comes up with the mud goods as these pictures by Robert Naish/bikecrazie.com messily demonstrate.

• Master A winner Chris Westwood (Ottawa Bicycle Club) tackles the stairs
• Master C second place finisher Elmore Brenton (Newmarket) sprints up the stairs
• Master B second place finisher Rob Cheskey (Hamilton CC) glides up Trinity Mountain
• Bruised and Battered Eric Batty (Bay Cycle) fights back to win the Junior race after falling on his face
• Local rider Peter Hennessy (Cobourg C.C./Proform) grimaces
• Glen Laycock wins the Master B race in a sprint
• Elite Women's winner Ann Turrin
• Mike Garrigan (Team Hardwood) slides through a downhill curve while Tim from bikecrazie.com catches all the action on tape
• Greg Reain (Gearsracing.com) on his way to winning the elite Men's race
• Andrew Croutch (True North) won all the major cross races in Ontario this year except this one where he ended up fourth
• Gearsracing.com rider Andrew Hickman slops through the mud which covered most of the course
• A very dirty Peter Morse (Go) crosses the line for third
• Greg Reain (Gearsracing.com) hoses down his bike after the event

Six Days of Gent

The following images of the 61st Zesdaagse Van Vlaanderen-Gent were kindly supplied by Lucy Power.

• A panoramic view - of Gent's Kuipke
• In action - for the Supersprint
• Engaging - in some chit-chat between races
• The derny riders - at full speed
• The madisons - are the most spectacular part of Six Day racing
• Riders slinging each other into the fray - during one of the many madisons
• More madison action - in Gent

Duinencross - Cat. 1, Koksijde, Belgium

• Richard Groenendaal takes the win - and from the look of things an impromptu yoga class

New Mexico Cyclocross Series - Los Alamos

Doug Sheppard/Podiumfotos shot the following images at a cyclo-cross race in Los Alamos, New Mexico. The race was held in the National Forest, where there was a fire in May 2000. There are plenty of conspiracy theories about this one.

• Sunshine - for 300+ days of the year and great riding.
• Blazing - down the fire trail
• New Mexico phenom - Taylor Lane

Portland Oregon Cross Crusade cyclocross

The following images of the weekend's Cyclocross race in Portland are courtesy of Hyun Lee

• Eric Tonkin - Won the race by 30 seconds
• Eric Tonkin - Running away from the competition
• Eric Tonkin - Jumping of joy
• Loren Hanson - Eventually he finished second
• Loren Hanson - Tossing and turning
• Loren Hanson - the victory is slipping away from him
• Shannon Skerritt - Carrying on to third
• Steve Crosier - won the battle for 9th
• Steve Crosier & Mark Hanson - fighting it out for 9th

11th L'Open des Nations

The following images of the 11th L'Open des Nations track meeting are courtesy of Manuel Pédoussaut/Zetapress.com photo agency.

• A seriously gladiator-like helmet...
• The start of the Keirin - Ryan Bayley (Aus) in the centre.
• A Japanese rider - attacks in the Keirin.
• Jens Fiedler (Ger) - leads the field home in the Keirin final
• The German team - carry out an exchange during the madison
• Action - from one of the madisons
• Vincent le Quellec (France Red) - gets ready to start
• Florian Rousseau (Fra) - and Ryan Bayley (Aus) in the men's sprint
• Florian Rousseau and Vincent Lequellec - in the men's sprint
• Arnaud Tournant - engages in a track stand during the sprint
• Arnaud Tournant - starts his flying lap time trial

Photos by AFP

• Florian Rousseau - leads members of the France White team on day 1
• The pack - on day 2
• Three time Olympic champion Florian Rousseau - looking pensive
• Even a champion needs assistance - Florian Rousseau gets a few pointers from his coach
• Triple World champion - Arnaud Tournant

Boulder Cross Series Rd 4

These photos were supplied by Jeremy Texier

• Adam McGrath (Gary Fischer) - looking pretty happy in the Juniors Series Leader jersey
• Jon Cariveau (MOOTS) - leads Tim Faia (SCCC) on the pavement
• The long run-up section - caused all sorts of problems
• Christian McCarthy - all concentration on the drop off
• Chuck Coyle (THF Reality) - casting a glance at his opposition
• Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski - set the pace early on
• Matt Pacocha (Red Rocks Velo)- sets off on the chase
• Brian Hludzinski (Jamba Juice) - starts to make his move on Mike West (Trek)

Giro presentation in Milan

The route for the 2002 Giro was unveiled in Milan at the weekend. Fotoreporter Sirotti attended the press conference and took these images of the Giro glitterati and riders.

• Carmine Castellano - with Marco Pantani and Mario Cipollini.
• Giro VIPs pose in front of the map - Danilo di Luca and Mario Cipollini in the background.
• Giro VIPs, riders - and that map again.
• Riders - Francesco Casagrande, Danilo di Luca, Dario Frigo, Matio Cipollini and Marco Pantani. And the map.
• Giro maestros - Cannavò, Benetti and Castellano.
• The Giro organising committee.

AVPAC State Championship Warm-Up cyclo-cross

Thanks to Garrick Mitchell for these images of an unusually muddy cross in Texas. Rain the previous day before added some mud and water to the mix

• Traci Rodosta (GCCA-Toyota RAV4) - on the first run-up in the Women's 1-2-3 race
• Traci Rodosta (GCCA-Toyota RAV4) - one last time through the water hazard as husband Gary looks on.
• Brian Walburn (GCCA-Toyota RAV4) - on the first run-up in the Category 1-2-3 race.
• Pete Cariveau (#52, Moots Cycles) - overcame a slow start to take a convincing victory.
• The water hazard - each rider had his favorite line.
• Pete Cariveau (Moots Cycles) - begins to extend his lead over Chris McNeil (Bikesport).
• Team Diabetic riders - Nathan Phillips and Alistair Sponsel.
• Brian Walburn (GCCA-Toyota RAV4) - plows a lonely furrow.
• Nathan Phillips - leads Patrick Miller (HybridDigital), winner of the Category 3 race earlier in the day.
• Photographer Garrick Mitchell - following the Category 3 race.

Cyclo-cross World Cup Round #1

These photos kindly supplied by Domenico IEVA

• Groenendaal , Pontoni and Wellens - move over a jump
• The start with from left to right - Pospisil, Vannopen, Pontoni, De Clercq, Groenendaal, Vervecken,Wellens and Nijs
• Sven Nijs - jumps the barrier, that most lifted their bikes over

SuperCup Round #2, Chicago - Cat. 3

These photos kindly supplied by Robin Bailey

• Lyne Bessette (Saturn/Timex) - setting the pace on the first lap.
• Lyne Bessette - leads Ann Grande in the second lap
• Emily Thorne - looking focused on the bend
• Ann Grande - makes a move on Lyne Bessette
• Jen Dial (Independent Fabrication) - working hard into the bend
• Ann Grande - leads Lyne Bessette on the last lap

This set of photos came from Marvin Boehm

• Gullickson and Candelario - chase Tim Johnson
• Alex Candelario (Big Shark/Cannondale) - looking composed on the grass
• Tim Johnson (Saturn/Timex) - and Alex Candelario (Big Shark/Cannondale) battle for position
• Gullickson, Johnson and Candelario - remounting and forming the leading group
• Gullickson, Johnson and Candelario - climb back onboard after the "six pack"
• Johnson, Candelario, and Wells - as Wells catchesthe leading group
• Tim Johnson - on his own and concentrating
• Post race - and Marc Gullicksons' a media star.
• Mongoose riders - Gullickson and Wells after the race

Giro d'Italia prologue in Groningen

Next year's 85th Giro d'Italia will begin in Groningen, Netherlands. Bert Geerts took his camera along to watch some past, current and future stars ride over the parcours of the prologue.

• The car - that followed the riders around.
• Erik Breukink - Dutch star of the 80's and 90's, looking calm as he waits to ride
• Former Italian star Claudio Chiappucci - almost fully awake before his ride
• Young local rider - Niels Scheuneman gets ready
• The four riders: Erik Breukink, Claudio Chiappucci, Erik Dekker and Niels Scheuneman
• The four riders - under the "Martini Toren" in Groningen.
• The four riders - in front of "Het Peerd Van Ome Loeks"
• Erik Breukink - about to start the prologue
• Claudio Chiappucci - about to start the prologue
• Erik Dekker - about to start the prologue
• Niels Scheuneman - about to start the prologue
• Erik Dekker- after the ride, explains how it was
• The riders - toast the 2002 Giro d'Italia in Groningen

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