Classic Racing Pics

[yetanothergreenworld]

 

[yetanothergreenworld]

(There's also a great image from the 1985 Tour of Hinault peeing off a bridge while wearing the yellow jersey and his trademark highway-cop Ray-Bans -- and glaring over his shoulder at the cameraman, whom I suspect was never heard from again.

I can't find it online. Can anybody else?)

 

[Anonymous]

purely because i still have a kas shirt

trying to find some decent martin early pics with his glasses..

 

[benpounder]

grazie...

 

[Martin318is]

HEY!

Why do you idiots need to ruin every single thread on this forum?

This is a great thread of PHOTOGRAPHS not stupid bickering about your personal prejudices.

Take it outside and let us enjoy what we came here for!

 

[Anonymous]

HEY!

Why do you idiots need to ruin every single thread on this forum?

This is a great thread of PHOTOGRAPHS not stupid bickering about your personal prejudices.

Take it outside and let us enjoy what we came here for!

I'm sorry, I don't see a picture in your post.

 

[Martin318is]

I'm sorry, I don't see a picture in your post.

You are correct. I have already gone back and deleted the post in question.

So, now you can go back and delete all your own posts that didn't have photos.

 

[elapid]

A few classic Robbie McEwen finishes and celebrations. He's the man!

And my favourite

 

[elapid]

I loved this stage win: Spartacus prevails over the sprinters in a bold move.

 

[elapid]

The mecurial Merckx, from the Hour Record to World Champion to Maillot Jaune to Paris-Roubaix in the snow.

 

[elapid]

More Merckx:

 

[Bala Verde]

No one picked the 'ravine' pics yet? Like Bruyneel, who started his climb to the top right there and then:

Caption: In the 1996 Tour de France, Belgian Johan Bruyneel missed a curve when descending a hill in stage 7 and fell 40 feet down a ravine.

Or Wim van Est:

 

[ak-zaaf]

No one picked the 'ravine' pics yet?

riviere

 

[Alpe d'Huez]

THE cycling picture:

Recreated in 2009!

This is my favorite Coppi & Bartali though:

 

[Alpe d'Huez]

Great photo of Eddy winning the World's there Elapid. I like these:

 

[Alpe d'Huez]

Took a while to find this one of my favorite all-time cyclist (Davis Phinney):

Not as famous, but this crash just tells it all:

 

[Alpe d'Huez]

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:

Roger Marquis leading the group at the Nevada City Classic in 1984:

The Coors' Classic. Still the best race ever held on North American soil. Some rich person and the State of Colorado need to get together with Coors' and bring this race back:

Kevin Costner even won a stage there!

 

[benpounder]

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

The Coors' Classic. Still the best race ever held on North American soil. Some rich person and the State of Colorado need to get together with Coors' and bring this race back...

It should have had two more stages to get from Mt Evans to Grand Junction...

Wow... a transfer day to the coast and suddenly, the Coors Classic and the ToC becomes a two week tour.

Who knows, maybe begin with a ToGeorgia, a ToMissouri, a ToNewEngland, a ToPennsylvania, etc. and voila, a three week grand tour.

Personally, I'd love to see the pro-peloton slogging over several +2800m peaks... on the same stage.

_____

My Edit: I am partial to my home, but the thought of having the second week of a three week grand tour in Arizona, Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, or New Mexico (If you are really evil, Nevada) makes me both strong and wilting between the knees.

 

[thehog]

Kevin Costner even won a stage there!

Kev legs look like those of a cyclist. Does Kev get the miles in between shoots?

Not even CGI could animate legs like those pictured.

 

[mikkemus23]

The mecurial Merckx, from the Hour Record to World Champion to Maillot Jaune to Paris-Roubaix in the snow.

I`m sure its just the picture, but he kind of looks a little on the heavy side in a couple of those...

 

[ak-zaaf]

This is my favorite Coppi & Bartali though:

awesome.
i want to print that one, do you happen to have a larger version. i tried google images, but this is the best it comes up with:

 

[Bala Verde]

What about Indurain, Rominger and Mejia...

 

[thehog]

Mine:

 

[ak-zaaf]

Mine:

look at jan, desperately holding in his stomach

 

[mikkemus23]

Reference to my post in the Aztarloza thread in the Clinic: Look at the ears of Rominger and Pantani...proves my point, doesnt it