Classic Racing Pics

[ak-zaaf]

I got this screencap from last Giro. Anyone know if there is a decent image of this?

 

[krebs303]

I got this screencap from last Giro. Anyone know if there is a decent image of this?

A little better from the other direction

 

[ak-zaaf]

A little better from the other direction

Thnx, but I'm real looking for one like I posted, with the Italian guy (Da Dalto?) raising his fist.

 

[Black-Balled]

Thnx, but I'm real looking for one like I posted, with the Italian guy (Da Dalto?) raising his fist.

Ingrate!!!!!

 

[ak-zaaf]

Ingrate!!!!!

Spiacente?

 

[Black-Balled]

Va bene. Passano le erbe.

 

[ak-zaaf]

Grinta!

 

[Escarabajo]

When you got to go you got to go.

 

[King Of Molehill]

By win* I'm assuming that the * is because Andy didn't actually win that stage but took the maglia rosa and went on to win the Giro...

 

[ustabe]

And now that I'm hogging the entire thread...

Some classic American photos:

Bob Cook, about to crack Jock Boyer up Mt. Evans in 1979:

And that's John Howard behind and between them. I recognize his legs.

 

[Escarabajo]

Risky business:

Some other memorable crashes:

http://images.google.com/imgres?img...hes+pictures&ndsp=21&hl=en&sa=N&start=21&um=1

 

[Escarabajo]

Other Memorable Crashes:

 

[Escarabajo]

Wim Van Est

In 1951 Wim Van Est became the first Dutchman to wear the yellow jersey in the Tour de France. Van Est was a good rouleur, but had little experience over the high mountains. On his first day in yellow, Van Est was descending the Col d'Aubisque when his front tyre blew, sending him plummeting into a 60 metre ravine. Somehow, he escaped any serious injuries, but was understandably distraught:

Seeing him sitting at the bottom of the ravine in his yellow jersey, one of his teammates described him as a "buttercup in the grass".

In order to get Van Est back on to the road, the team mechanics and support staff made a rope out of tubular tyres and hauled him back up:

 

[Escarabajo]

Sylvain Chavanel and Roy's sprinting on Stage 19 of 2008.

 

[Escarabajo]

Look alike:

 

[il_fiammingo]

Sylvain Chavanel and Roy's sprinting on Stage 19 of 2008.

What are they trying to bite?

 

[goggalor]

Before:

After:

Rein Taaramäe cracks on the Alto de Xorret del Cati during stage 9 of last year's Vuelta.

 

[krebs303]

 

[Bala Verde]

 

[Bala Verde]

 

[markene2]

2005 TDF

 

[Anonymous]

So, as he was in yellow did the rest of the Bunch wait for him?

 

[Anonymous]

Other Memorable Crashes:

That dog's hard as nails - look at the front wheel at impact!

Great photo's everyone.

 

[yetanothergreenworld]

One of THE craftiest little coups in cycling history. At Pra Loup in 1975 Thenevet attacks Merckx around the far side of a melting tar patch on the hunch that Merckx will not risk riding through it to take his wheel. He's right, and the rest is history!

(Of course, Merckx had blown anyway -- but so much depends on that little moment when you shake the guy from your rear wheel.)

 

[oldxer]

Here's some of my favorites. All from Aldo Tonnoir

Merckx at LBL:

Moser at PR:

Fons de Wolf's winning attack on the Poggio at MSR: