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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
From: hlritter at bex.net (Howard Ritter)
Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2022 08:43:18 -0500
References: <9FAEFEA4-6B36-4422-B9EE-05F6B3CA135A@frozenlight.eu>

Thanks for posting these photos of my favorite spectator sport, Nathan! Got 
me dreaming of Grand Tour season? 

I especially like the spectators (that dog!) and Valentin Paret-Peintre. 

?howard

> On Feb6, 2022, at 0820, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote:
> 
> The Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana is a 5-day race around our region of 
> Spain. This year?s edition took place this week (it finishes this 
> afternoon in Valencia), and on Friday the 3rd stage started in Alicante 
> and passed through several mountain passes in the area, with a brutal 
> mountain finish near the village of Tibi, a place where I too cycle from 
> time to time. When I go to see a race, I try to find a spot at the top of 
> a climb since the cyclists move slower, making it easier to photograph 
> them; also, a mountain stage is far more interesting than a flat stage?on 
> flat stages the peloton usually stays together and whirls past you in 30 
> seconds, whereas on a mountain stage the peloton splits into many groups, 
> and it takes several minutes for the riders to pass a given spot. In this 
> case, I drove to the race rather than taking my bike, because the 
> following day I was going to cycle in a 200 km event and needed to keep my 
> legs fresh. This in turn meant that some of the mountain passes were not 
> feasible because parking would be impossible. But the centre of Tibi 
> offered both parking and a decent spot at the top of a climb. Here are 10 
> images, all in B&W?just like Picasso had his blue period, I am having a 
> B&W period now:
> 
> https://www.greatpix.eu/Volta-a-la-Comunitat-Valenciana-2022/ 
> <https://www.greatpix.eu/Volta-a-la-Comunitat-Valenciana-2022/>
> 
> As always, comments and critique are welcome and appreciated.
> 
> Cheers,
> Nathan
> 
> Nathan Wajsman
> photo at frozenlight.eu
> 
> http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
> http://www.greatpix.eu
> http://www.frozenlight.eu
> 
> YNWA
> 
> 
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