Bike Racing Photo Collection 1996

January 1996

• 1996 Tour de France Route GIF
• Australia Day Criterium - Orange NSW Information GIF
• Two of Once's new recruits, Aitor Garmendia and Mikel Zarrabeitia
• Italian Ciro Grosso suffers on Fila de Cal - Tour of Costa Rica
• Idis Tabares and Osmani Alvarez - Tour of Costa Rica
• Tour Start - s'-Hertogenbosch

February 1996

• Abraham Olano, Silvio Martinello, Marco Villa and Miguel Indurain
• Miguel Indurain at the Banesto presentation in Madrid, 6 Feb 1996
• Miguel Indurain warming up for tests in the laboratory of Professor Conconi
• ONCE Neil Stephens and Herminio Diaz-Zabala in the lead

March 1996

• Jalabert in the Tour of Valencia time trial
• Feeding time in Het Volk 1996
• Dutch cyclist Bran de Groot after crashing into a policeman during the Tour of Malaysia
• Angel Yesid Camargo (Glacial-Selle Italia) - favourite for the overall victory in Clasico RCN
• Lance Armstrong attacking
• Colombo winning the Milan-San Remo
• Clasico-RCN winner Israel Ochoa
• American Sprinters Paul Swift and Trey Gannon - Adelaide Superdrome
• Winner of stage 1 in Sardinia Denis Zanette
• Peloton at full speed in Catalana stage 2
• Alex Zulle - Catalan week winner - final time trial on the Montjuic-circuit in Barcelona

April 1996

• Bunch strung out and descending into San Remo during Milan-San Remo
• Adriano Baffi winning stage 5 of Tour of Sardinia
• Gabriele Colombo on the podium in Sardinia
• Jalabert winning the first stage of Vuelta al Pais Vasco
• The Americans stole my idea, says veteran OZ bike racer
• Casagrande beating Fondriest in the sprint on stage 2 in Vuelta a Pais Vasco
• Nino Borsari
• Sciandri and Tchmil chasing Bartoli in the Tour of Flanders
• Overall Tour of Flanders winner Bartoli, powering up the Muur
• Francesco Frattini winning the sprint in Lekunberri
• Tom Steels wins Ghent-Wevelgem
• Museeuw, Ballerini and Tafi steaming to victory on the last sector of pave, Le Carrefour de l'Arbre
• Giancula Bortolami after the race
• Tafi after the race
• The Mapei-train on the pave in Paris-Roubaix
• National RR Title circuit at Centennial Park, Sydney
• Route of 1996 Luik-Bastenaken-Luik with profile map
• Cartoon of Australian cycling legend - Hupert Opperman
• Lance Armstrong after winning the Fleche Wallone
• Didier Rous second at Fleche Wallone
• Pascal Richard after winning Luik-Bastenaken-Luik
• Richard and Armstrong pushing the pace up Rosiers

May 1996

• Beryl Burton in action
• Beryl Burton - The best woman rider ever
• Tony Rominger riding to KOM in Du Pont
• Lance Armstrong celebrating his Du Pont Win
• Motorola rides its last Du Pont tour

  Photos from Tour of Japan

• Italiam Negrini Emanuelle winning Stage 2
• Frenchman Ollivier Ouvrard winning Stage 3
• Map of Prologue in Tour of Japan
• Map of Stage 1
• Map of Stage 1 Profile
• Map of Stage 2
• Map of Stage 2 Profile
• Map of Stage 3
• Map of Stage 3 Profile
• Map of Stage 4
• Map of Stage 4 Profile
• Stage 3 action
• 5th stage winner Daisuke Imanaka
• Australia Baden Burke winning the final stage and the sprint award
• Map of Stage 5
• Profile of Stage 5
• Map of Stage 6
• Map of Stage 6
• Profile of Stage 6

  Photos from Giro d'Italia

• Route Map of the 1996 Giro d'Italia
• Abraham Olano at his team car
• The bunch lines up for the sprint for Stage 1
• Aerial shot of finish on Stage 1
• Silvio Martinelli celebrates victory
• The Victor at the interview Stage 1
• The crash which ended Marcel Wust's chances
• Silvio Martinello on the podium after Stage 1
• The sprint finish after Stage 1 in Athens
• The Sprint for the finish
• Overhead of the Sprint
• Stage 2 winner Glen Magnusson
• On the podium
• The sprint for Stage 3
• Another shot of the sprint
• Giovanni Lombardi - Stage 3 Winner
• Zanini in the maglia on the podium after Stage 3
• Super Mario on the Podium
• Close up of Sprint
• The bunch sprint for the finish
• The sprint
• Sprint close-up
• Mapei rider down on the deck
• Kelme's Angel Edo on the Podium
• Mario Cipollini
• Angel Edo
• Pascal Herve
• Abraham Olano
• Davide Rebellin
• Chiappucci, Saligari and Noe attack during Stage 8
• Enrico Zaina celebrating his win on stage 9
• Olano, Zaina, Ugrumov, Tonkov, Casagrande and Rebellin - Stage 10
• Rodolfo Massi winning with the peleton bearing down
• Rodolfo Massi
• Cipollini, Zanette and Abdujaparov sprinting in Marina di Massa
• Fabiano Fontanelli winner Stage 12

June 1996

The Giro d'Italia Continues
• Pavel Tonkov with Ugrumov trying to hold on to his back wheel
• Ugrumov, Zaina and Olano in Briancon, just before the finish of stage 14
• Gianni Bugno capturing old glories in the Giro
• Tonkov and Olano during Stage 16
• Alexander Gontchenkov winning in Lausanne
• Nikolai Bo Larsen and Laurent Roux sprint after a 228 km breakaway
• Mario Cippolini winning Stage 18
• Olano on the final climb in the time trial
• The winner of stage 19, Eugeni Berzin
• Enrico Zaina at Passo Pordoi
• Abraham Olano by 46/100 of a second after Stage 20
• Abraham Olano suffering on Mortirolo
• Ivan Gotti and and Pavel Tonkov in Aprica
• Tonkov and Olano on the podium in Milan
• Abraham Olano in pink for a day
• Miguel Indurain
• Laurent Jalabert
• Tony Rominger
• Alex Zulle

  Other June Photos

• Seiko Hashimoto, riding the 3000m individual pursuit
• Laurent Jalabert winning the Midi Libre
• The field racing in the Midi Libre
• Miguel Indurain wins the Tour of Asturias
• Miguel Indurain, ahead of Stephane Heulot, Tony Rominger, and Richard Virenque - Dauphine Libere
• Jay Sweet winning stage 1 of the Tour of Sweden
• Stage 2 action from Tour of Sweden
• Christian Henn winning Stage 2 of Tour of Sweden
• The peloton in the Tour of Catalonia
• Mario Cipollini
• Alex Zulle wins Stage 3 in Tour of Catalonia
• Chris Boardman wins Dauphine Libere Prologue
• Pavel Tonkov with team-mate in tow during Giro
• Miguel Indurain climbing Grenoble's Fortress to win Dauphine Libere
• Gianni Bugno winning Stage 6 of Tour of Switzerland
• Stage 5 winner Bruno Thibout - Tour of Sweden
• Christian Andersen - Tour of Sweden
• Alex Zulle dominates the Tour of Catalonia
• Descending in the Tour of Switzerland
• Cipollini winning his 14th sprint this year in Lleida
• Alex Zulle finishing the time trial on Stage 6, Catalonia

July 1996

• Jose Manuel Fuente

August 1996

• No Photos.

September 1996

• Juan Llaneras and Michael Sandstod, gold and silver in the points race
• Juan Llaneras
• Boardman on his way to the Hour record in Manchester

  Tour of Spain Photos

• Biagio Conte in yellow
• The sprint, Stage 1
• Rominger and Indurain at start in Valencia
• Indurain at the start of Stage 2 in Valencia
• Nicola Minali, winner of Stage 2
• Mirko Rossato down
• Jalabert celebrating his Stage 3 victory
• Miguel Indurain and Inigo Cuesta in break during Stage 3
• Tom Steel wins the Sprint in Murcia - Stage 4
• Fabio Baldato in yellow
• Blijlevens winning Stage 5
• Inaki Aiarzaguena and Mirko Crepaldi breakaway on Stage 5
• Miguel Indurain and Giovanni Lombardi
• Vuelta leader Fabio Baldato
• Stage 7 sprint in Marbella
• Fabio Baldato rubs Diaz Zabala for good luck
• Indurain and Rominger during Stage 8
• Fabio Baldato
• Indurain and Merckx
• Tebaldi crashes on Stage 9
• Tony Rominger in the Avila time trial
• Alex Zulle in yellow
• Marco Antonio di Renzo and Ignacia Garcia Camacho - successful breakaway
• Once in control, Diaz Zabala and Stephens covering Indurain
• Indurain in trouble on the final climb - Stage 12
• An exhausted Zulle after the finish on Alto de Naranco
• Miguel Indurain at the door of his hotel after abandoning the Vuelta
• Indurain leaving the Vuelta
• Zulle and Jalabert on the climb to Lagos de Covadonga
• The leading duo from Once, Zulle and Jalabert
• Tony Rominger helping Alex Zulle during Stage 19
• Laurent Dufaux on the podium in Avila
• Laurent Jalabert, the big loser on Stage 19
• Dufaux crossing the finish line in Avila
• Gianni Bugno finishing in Palazuelos de Eresma - Stage 20
• Tony Rominger in the Stage 21 Time Trial
• Jose Maria Jiminez
• The final podium
• Manolo Saiz, Once-manager

October 1996

World Championships
• Alex Zulle setting 48.13 (avs 51 kms per hour)
• Swiss rider Barbara Heeb and Rasa Polikeviciute
• Barbara Heeb attacking and going for gold
• Barbara Heeb of Switzerland crossing the line
• Johan Museeuw in the rainbow jersey
• The two person sprint
• Museeuw and Mauro Gianetti alone and heading for the finish
• The bunch rolls out in the Elite Men's Race
• Strung out on the Roller Coaster
• Museeuw in the break
• Museeuw sitting on Gianetti

  Longo's Hour

• Jeannie Longo - successful One Hour Record ride - 26/10

  Commonwealth Bank Classic

• Marcel Wust leading Bart Hickson, Marcel Gono and Andre Morgan during Stage 7
• Strung out in Centennial Park during Stage 9
• Disinterested onlookers shun the leading trio
• The peleton enjoys one of many criterium style corner
• The leaders lap some stragglers
• The first three positions in the bag near the end of the stage
• Winning ride at the Bank Classic
• Matt White on the rivet in the Bank Classic
• Giant riders relax during Bank Classic
• Jay Sweet during Darling Harbour Criterium, Sydney
• Jay Sweet during the Bank Classic
• Giant team on the front in the Bank Classic
• Baden Cooke - Criterium Champion in Adelaide
• Baden Cooke in action
• Tandem Action in Adelaide Street Race day
• Women's racing in Adelaide
• Women's winner at the Adelaide Street Race
• Bank Classic Action
• Banesto's Jimenez
• Nick Gates, Winner of the Bank Classic
• Nick Gates in yellow at the Bank Classic
• Alex Zulle on the podium during Vuelta
• Tony Rominger in ITT action
• Manuel Saiz - ONCE boss