Cycling photography for October, Part II

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95th Paris-Tours
37th Schulteiss-Cup - Cat. 2
Bert Geerts
Giro della Provincia di Lucca
Italian team for the Worlds (Nazionale Azzurra)
World Track Championships
Milano - Vignola
Giro d'Emilia
11th Post Danmark Rundt

95th Paris-Tours

37th Schulteiss-Cup - Cat. 2

Bert Geerts

Bert Geerts from the Netherlands sent in several sets of pics from races held over the last two months.

Spektakel Van Steenwijk - August 4, 2001

Profronde van Surhuisterveen - August 7, 2001

Gouden Pijl - August 14, 2001

Ronde van Nederland - August 28 - September 1, 2001

Giro della Provincia di Lucca

Fotoreporter Sirotti was once again at the Giro della Provincia di Lucca, the last important stage race before the World's.

Stage 1 - October 2: Lucca-Pisa, 173 km Stage 2 - October 3: Altopascio-Capannori, 195 km Stage 3 - October 4: Mozzano-Garfagnana, 164 km

Stage 4 - October 5: Viareggio-Marina Pietrasanta, 163 km

Italian team for the Worlds (Nazionale Azzurra)

Boasting a 15 man line-up, the Nazionale Azzurra has great depth within their road race team. The question is do they have too many wannabe leaders, with seven big-hitters in Casagrande, Rebellin, Bartoli, Di Luca, Bettini, Simoni and Nardello? Interestingly, the Italians only have one time trial representative in 25 year-old Marco Pinotti, who placed tenth in last year's World Championship Time Trial, 2.16 behind winner Sergey Gontchar. Fotoreporter Sirotti captured all fifteen riders in action at various races during the course of the year.

World Track Championships

These photos have been provided by Mike Gladu, professional photographer and webmaster of www.velodrome.com, a very comprehensive site devoted to track cycling.

Women's Points Race Final

Men's Madison Final

Men's Keirin Final

Women's Sprint Qualifying

Men's team pursuit

Men's Kilometre Time Trial

Men's Olympic Sprint

Celebrity snaps and opening

Women's Individual Pursuit

Mens Pursuit

Men's Sprint Qualifying Results

Milano - Vignola

Belgian Andrei Tchmil (Lotto-Adecco) won the 49th Milan-Vignola by jumping clear of the lead group one km from the finish line. "It was set to be a sprinters finish, and I am not a true sprinter, so I thought I should try and go a bit early," said Tchmil. "So I really made this win." Fotoreporter Sirotti was in the thick of the action and took these excellent pics which really depict plenty of grimacing faces.

Giro d'Emilia

Once again we see Jan Ullrich coming into ominous form during the latter part of the season, beating a class field of one day specialists that included Francesco Casagrande and Davide Rebellin. Lisbon's definitely going to be interesting. Photographer Fotoreporter Sirotti was there to see Jan in superb form.

11th Post Danmark Rundt (Tour of Denmark) - 2.2

Photos provided by Jacob Bassøe

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