Teams & Riders Pro-Cyclist Fan Photos Thread (Share Our Photos)

[EllaChimp]

Hi. After searching for a photos thread for sharing our photos of any pro-cyclists we've met or seen at race related events and not finding any suitable one (there was one for general photos that hadn't been posted in for a decade and one for Great Pro Cycling Pics - mine are anything but great or professional!) I thought I'd create a thread (suggested to me by another forum member) for us to share any photos we've taken of various pro-cyclists (on their own or whole teams) at different races or other cycling relating events. I've enjoyed attending several races and a couple of charity fundraising cyclist events over the past few years. It's wonderful to be at these races, seeing all my favourite riders and watching the race departs, finish lines and/or on the sign in stages and winner's podiums. It's brilliant, as a sport, that we get to watch all this free! We are very lucky!

Anyway, I thought I'd first share some photos I took at last November's BeKing charity cycling event in Monaco and last month's Tirreno-Adriatico (first two stages). These are pics of some of the cyclists posing for my camera. I have tons of other pics of other riders I saw at different events, either on the sign-in stage or at the start/finish of races.

From BeKing Event (November 2024):

Giulio Ciccone

https://imgur.com/mUiHVGO

View: https://imgur.com/mUiHVGO
Mads Pedersen

https://imgur.com/OyoIXoP

View: https://imgur.com/OyoIXoP
Jonathan Milan

https://imgur.com/LcoizmB

View: https://imgur.com/LcoizmB
Caleb Ewan

https://imgur.com/dlskigC

View: https://imgur.com/dlskigC

 

[EllaChimp]

Here are a couple of photos I took in the lobby of the hotel my friend and I were staying in, in Lido Di Camaiore for the start of last month's Tirreno-Adriatico stage race. Our hotel was hosting the press conferences and other meetings relating to the race. It seemed to be used as the race HQ. There was a lot going on! This was on the day before the first stage, which was an ITT. Mathieu Van Der Poel and Filippo Ganna turned up to take part in the press conference that afternoon. We were so thrilled to see them and briefly meet them. The third photo is of Dylan Groenewegen, who I saw leaving his team bus, which was parked up near my hotel. Well, I just had to say hello and he was so nice. Such a thrill to meet some of my favourite riders like this. Don't usually get the chance to at some of the big races, which are busy, hectic and packed out with people. Everything was so nice and relaxed at Tirreno-Adriatico and lots of riders were hanging around, chatting to people as well as doing reccies up and down the main road that ran in front of the hotel. We certainly picked the right place to stay, two years running, lol!

Mathieu Van Der Poel (bad colouring as the lighting was dim in the foyer and I didn't want to blind him by using a flash!)

https://imgur.com/eEVpRGD

View: https://imgur.com/eEVpRGD
Filippo Ganna

https://imgur.com/nRPrCQ9

View: https://imgur.com/nRPrCQ9
Dylan Groenewegen

https://imgur.com/QKu9TaV

View: https://imgur.com/QKu9TaV

 

[EllaChimp]

Here are some pics I took at the first BeKing charity event I went to in 2023. Unlike 2024 when the rain was torrential it was lovely and sunny in 2023! I love Monaco, it's one of my favourite places to visit. If I was rich I'd live there if I could! Well, near there at least - the whole of the Cote D'Azur region is so gorgeous! I especially adore the city of Nice.

Magnus Sheffield

https://imgur.com/LnARz4x

View: https://imgur.com/LnARz4x
Mark Cavendish

https://imgur.com/RLm9gdF

View: https://imgur.com/RLm9gdF
Michael Matthews

https://imgur.com/URZRZsB

View: https://imgur.com/URZRZsB
Peter Sagan

https://imgur.com/g4MFz0L

View: https://imgur.com/g4MFz0L
Matej Mohoric

https://imgur.com/qD048gC

View: https://imgur.com/qD048gC
Tadej Pogacar and Urska Zigart

https://imgur.com/NizkvM9

View: https://imgur.com/NizkvM9

 

[EllaChimp]

4 more of my photos:

Pogi

https://imgur.com/LP6gHm5

View: https://imgur.com/LP6gHm5
Julian Alaphilippe

https://imgur.com/YSvvxeJ

View: https://imgur.com/YSvvxeJ
Ethan Vernon

https://imgur.com/NWXyuCn

View: https://imgur.com/NWXyuCn
Wout Van Aert

https://imgur.com/j21CYaH

View: https://imgur.com/j21CYaH

 

[EllaChimp]

Final batch for now, before I head off to sleep:

Neilson Powless

https://imgur.com/cCurSOD

View: https://imgur.com/cCurSOD

Tim Merlier

https://imgur.com/bud3oPK

View: https://imgur.com/bud3oPK

Lenny Martinez

https://imgur.com/gmwT52Z

View: https://imgur.com/gmwT52Z

Matteo Jorgensen

https://imgur.com/1zkbQEc

View: https://imgur.com/1zkbQEc

Primoz Roglic

https://imgur.com/VsJ0YiU

View: https://imgur.com/VsJ0YiU

Remco Evenepoel

https://imgur.com/JDx7by3

View: https://imgur.com/JDx7by3

 

[EllaChimp]

Lol ok, what the hell, just one more thread before I go to bed! Some photos I took of some of the fantastic women riders at the 2024 and 2025 Strade Bianche races (on stage team presentations):

Pauline Ferrand-Prevot

https://imgur.com/ePX5bsP

View: https://imgur.com/ePX5bsP
Anna Van Der Breggen

https://imgur.com/cPyJZI7

View: https://imgur.com/cPyJZI7
Demi Vollering

https://imgur.com/95FjwYc

View: https://imgur.com/95FjwYc
Puck Pieterse

https://imgur.com/qmTQEjK

View: https://imgur.com/qmTQEjK
Agnieszka Skalniak-Sojka and Katarzyna Niewiadoma

https://imgur.com/ez7esiF

View: https://imgur.com/ez7esiF
Marianne Vos

https://imgur.com/7aqChKs

View: https://imgur.com/7aqChKs
Lotte Kopecky

https://imgur.com/dlIjYQP

View: https://imgur.com/dlIjYQP
Lorena Wiebes

https://imgur.com/x9palRp

View: https://imgur.com/x9palRp
Elisa Longo-Borghini

https://imgur.com/5mqtzQ6

View: https://imgur.com/5mqtzQ6

 

[EllaChimp]

Wow, not a single reply! Hmm ok, maybe it's just Pogi people are interested in, perhaps. Ok, here's a bunch of Pogi photos I've taken at different races/events that maybe people will appreciate!

https://imgur.com/jAttalH

View: https://imgur.com/jAttalH

https://imgur.com/D27RfJB

View: https://imgur.com/D27RfJB

https://imgur.com/dDKrl86

View: https://imgur.com/dDKrl86

https://imgur.com/Kk9XCvE

View: https://imgur.com/Kk9XCvE

https://imgur.com/voCOb6A

View: https://imgur.com/voCOb6A

https://imgur.com/NZNRbx0

View: https://imgur.com/NZNRbx0

https://imgur.com/AmWFo5Y

View: https://imgur.com/AmWFo5Y

https://imgur.com/vukfW8U

View: https://imgur.com/vukfW8U

https://imgur.com/Z0AIPiD

View: https://imgur.com/Z0AIPiD

 

[saunaking]

Dude, make a post with like 2 pictures and sit back and wait a bit. You cant post 50 headshots in a post and get engagment. This thread is unscrollable

 

[AmRacer]

Keep up the good work, there's not much to comment other than it's nice photos. Appreciate it.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

@EllaChimp Re your enquiry on how to delete a thread: I believe that if you delete the first post in the thread, which you can do as the poster, it will remove the thread. BUT I would suggest that is not necessary. If the thread is to share our own photos, then most of us will not have anything to share, but we might still appreciate it.

But appreciating it doesn't necessarily mean we have much to say: Yes, that is a photo of Jans Van Rijdabyk, it looks like the team-released photo of him. Release them more gradually, attach a bit of a story, tell us who was chatty and accommodating and who was grumpy, or even whose photo is missing because they refused: what is the where and when of all those Pogacar pics?

And, in time, others of us who get a chance to attend the start of a race or a team promotional event will have our own photos to add.

 

[Red Rick]

@EllaChimp Re your enquiry on how to delete a thread: I believe that if you delete the first post in the thread, which you can do as the poster, it will remove the thread.

That option goes away at some point for regular posters and I don't know when/how, maybe after there's been replies.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

That option goes away at some point for regular posters and I don't know when/how, maybe after there's been replies.

OK: thanks.

so, @EllaChimp , if you really want to remove this, let me know and I will.

BUT, even if you feel discouraged (I'm sure no-one here wants you to feel that) and don't post any more: leave the post and either the thread will soon drop to obscurity or others will dig out photos that they have taken in the past or get a chance to take in the future. Or some of us will remember that it is here and if we want a better picture of the aforementioned Jan van Rijdabyk than we see on PCS, we have a nice resource.

Deletion is possible if you really want to, but I don't believe it is the best response.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

@EllaChimp If i can make a suggestion. Since i don't think many people have lots of pictures to share, don't expect many/frequent posts from other forum members. Chances are this is going to end up being the Magnificent EllaChimp Pro Cyclist Pictures Thread when all is said and done.

So, maybe it is an idea not to show loads of images per post. But either show one image per post, or do it by rider/event per post. First of all, it would leave time/space for others responding, and even if nobody responds, by curating your images per post this way, you could list your images per post in the opening post of the topic to keep it orderly and manageable to look up certain images from a topic with dozens, hundreds of images. You could put links on the list, so when people click either the name of the rider or the event, you go to the post with that/those images. Your list could look like:

Tadej Pogacar at Tirreno Adriatico 2021
Remco Evenepoel at Paris Nice 2024
Marianne Vos
Ashleigh Moolman
Lotte Kopecky after Paris Roubaix 2024
Primoz Roglic at Catalunya 2023
etc
etc

When those descriptions were to also be links, people could click on them to bring them to the post with the images that obviously fit the description. The link to a specific post can be found by clicking on the timestamp at the top of a post. An example of how it could work:

Post by moderator regarding deletion
Post by AmRacer to encourage you
Post by Red Rick on thread deletion by user
...

It's just a suggestion.

Scratch all that. Due to images loading after navigating to a specific post, the images will push the post down upon loading.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

@EllaChimp when did you start making pictures? Any chance you also made pictures of some recently departed riders? Like Gino Mäder, Bjorg Lambrecht, Michele Scarponi...?