Olympic Photography - Part III

Road Day 0 - September 25: Training on the course
Road Day 1 - September 26: Women's road race, 119.7 km

Road Day 0 - September 25: Training on the course

The start/finish line - Driver Avenue
A panoramic shot - The descent into Bronte Beach.
Australia's Juanita Feldhahn - Rides up the Bronte climb
Juanita Feldhahn - Focuses along the bus lane
Tracey Gaudry - Australia
Genevieve Jeanson (Canada) - Wheeling her TT bike
Karen Kurreck (USA) - Climbing the hill
Nicole Freedman - Rides up from Bronte. Nice wheels!
Deirdre Murphy - Ireland's sole competitor in the women's race
Pia Sundstedt (Fin) - Climbing alone
Ina Yoko-Teutenberg (Germany)
Anna Wilson - One of the big favourites for the women's race
Two riders - From the Norwegian women's team get out of the saddle.
Michael Andersson (Swe) - Cruises by Albion Cycles
Head down - Andersson climbs the Bronte Hill (that won't actually be in the TT)
The British team: Jeremy Hunt, Rob Hayles and Max Sciandri.
British, Irish, Latvians, Swiss - And more ride near the start
Britain's number one man - Max Sciandri
French national champion - Christophe Capelle
Danilo di Luca (Ita) - Says 'Ciao'
Danilo di Luca (Ita) - Near the start/finish.
A Russian rider - With some likely Latvians
Members of the Egyptian team
French team: Richard Virenque, Christophe Moreau, Laurent Jalabert and Laurent Brochard
German team: Erik Zabel, Andreas Kloden, Jan Ullrich, Rolf Aldag, and Jens Voigt
The Irish team - Ascend Bronte road.
Italian team: Francesco Casagrande, Paolo Bettini and Michele Bartoli
The New Zealand team
Australia's Nathan O'Neill - On his TT machine.
Robbie McEwen (Aus) - Rides with the Latvians
Henk Vogels (Aus) - Chats with a motorcyclist
The Poles - Climbing the hill
Swiss hope - Markus Zberg ascends the hill
Swiss hope - Alex Zulle ascends the hill
The Slovenian men's team
US men's team: Tyler Hamilton, Lance Armstrong, Fred Rodriguez, Antonio Cruz and George Hincapie
The Olympic stadium by night - Complete with flame.

Road Day 1 - September 26: Women's road race

The stands set up near the finish - Were for IOC invited guests only...
The Devil - With some colourful local racing identities
The field - Lined up at the start
Australian supporters - In full force
The Jacinta Coleman - Fan club
Jacinta Coleman (NZl) -Herself
Diana Ziliute (Ltu) - Prepares herself for the start
Anna Wilson (Aus) - Before the rain came...
The bunch - Near the top of the climb at Bronte on lap one
Karen Kurreck (USA) - An early casualty
Karen Kurreck - With a Brazilian rider
The Devil - Gets stuck into it in Centennial Park
A Brazilian - Rides past Fatso the Wombat
The view from the back
Anna Wilson (Aus) - Concentrating in the wet
Juanita Feldhahn (Aus) - Handles it in the wet.
Australia's Tracey Gaudry - Leading the bunch in Centennial Park
German Hanka Kupfernagel - At home in the we
Lyne Bessette and Anna Wilson - Saturn teammates
Cathy Marsal (Fra) - Trying hard
Mirjam Melchers (Ned) - Paving the way with a strong attack
Mirjam Melchers (Ned) - Looks around for the chasers
Roberta Bonanomi - Off the back after a fall
The bunch - Near the top of the climb at Bronte
A crowd - Watching the race indoors...
A damp finish - Riders speed by
Jeannie Longo (Fra) - The defending champion was not there
Frenchwoman Magali le F'loch - Consoled by Cathy Marsal
Petra Rossner (Ger) - Towels down at the finish
Leontien Van Moorsel - With her coach, Michael Zijlaard
Mirjam Melchers (Ned) - The key to Leontien's win
Chantal Beltman (Ned) - Did the hard work early on
A happy crowd - After the end of the race