My Tour de France pix

Hey all...I just got back from following the Tour for a while. I spent the time mixed between riding, watching and photographing. I finally finished processing the cycling pix this weekend. Thought everyone could use some positives since there's so much crap going on right now...it's still a great sport to me eventho it's taking its lumps. Anyways, here's the whole gallery...enjoy!
http://snortingbull.smugmug.com/gallery/1708126/1

The jersey zip before the win at Alpe d'Huez


The polka dot jersey suffering to the summit at Alpe d'Huez


The God of Thunder


The DZ


Floyd at the final TT




Jens breaking away...GOTTA love Jens!


Hot pursuit


Self portrait

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Charles
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"There's no reason to hurry on this climb...as long as you keep the tempo at the right speed the riders will fall back."

Great pix! Want to come shoot me at my Half-Ironman triathlon next weekend?

The pictures of De La Fuente and Schleck are brilliant.

Thanks for sharing. Very impressive.

Ha! Thanks! I actually love shooting any/all local events when I can! Great stuff at local events! I got these at a local night crit a few months ago...


This is one of my all-time favorites...night shot in the pouring rain...

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Charles
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"There's no reason to hurry on this climb...as long as you keep the tempo at the right speed the riders will fall back."

Any shots of naked women ?

Thanks! De La Fuente was REALLY suffering at the summit of Huez...you had to feel for him!

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Charles
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"There's no reason to hurry on this climb...as long as you keep the tempo at the right speed the riders will fall back."

No...but I bet you can find some on the internet someplace.

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Charles
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"There's no reason to hurry on this climb...as long as you keep the tempo at the right speed the riders will fall back."

Where do you live? Area, not address, as I am curious if I will be racing or coaching near you.

Raleigh area of N. Carolina.

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Charles
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"There's no reason to hurry on this climb...as long as you keep the tempo at the right speed the riders will fall back."

Great photo! Look at his eyes! It looks like he posed just for you!

Thank you very much! That's the great part of summit finishes...great poses and much slower than the flats! I have a whole series of him coming to the line that I need to clean up...he was fiddling with his jersey quite a bit but never took his eyes off the line.

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Charles
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"There's no reason to hurry on this climb...as long as you keep the tempo at the right speed the riders will fall back."

*waits for someone to photoshop a syringe into the landis pic*

Thanks. I'm jealous that you were there and I wasn't and that you can take great photos.

your pics are awesome!! what camera / lens were you using?

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Road: 2004 BMC SLT 01 Team Machine
Mtn: 2003 Orbea Team (Columbus Starship)