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Subject: [Leica] IMG: La Vuelta a España 2023
From: photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Sun, 3 Sep 2023 19:07:56 +0200
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Thanks, Douglas, I appreciate a real aficionado looking at the pics. In the 
meantime, I have processed more photos and have enlarged the gallery to 21 
photos:

https://www.greatpix.eu/Vuelta-a-Espa%C3%B1a-2023/

Cheers,
Nathan

Nathan Wajsman
photo at frozenlight.eu

http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
http://www.greatpix.eu
http://www.frozenlight.eu

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> On 3 Sep 2023, at 14:15, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote:
> 
> Great pix indeed, Nathan. For those of you bewildered by the appeal, I 
> love cycling, probably as I've done it competitively in triathlons back in 
> the 80s and appreciate just how hard it is.  I've been watching every 
> stage of this live on Eurosport every day - sadly, bar yesterday.
> 
> I had to allow myself to being mauled to within an inch of my life by my 
> two year old grandchild instead: we had to mind him and keep him amused 
> for four hours. It was supposed to be here in Monkstown, but plans changed 
> and, instead, we had to go into Dublin to mind him. Forgot to record the 
> stage and had to settle for the highlights which started with 67k to go. 
> You were 80k to go, so your global audience dropped by one...
> 
> As you probably know, the first group is led by Dylan van Baarle - winner 
> of the Paris-Roubaix race last year. For non cyclists, in the complex 
> world of team cycling of bluff and counter bluff, he is used as a super 
> domestique in the three week races to break the resistance of other teams. 
> I see Stefan Bisseggar wearing the pink of the EF Education team in the 
> third,  and Kevin Vauquelin of Arkea Samsic collecting a bottle in the 
> fourth.
> 
> I can't watch today's stage either as I have a tasting with my wine 
> society this afternoon, but I have the Vuelta set to record as I type.
> 
> Douglas
> 
> 
> On 02/09/2023 20:49, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
>> There are 3 grand tours in professional cycling?the Giro d?Italia in the 
>> spring, the Tour de France in July, and the Vuelta a Espa?a in 
>> August/September.  Today, the 8th stage of the Vuelta passed through what 
>> I call ?my playground?, the mountains in the interior of Alicante 
>> province. As usual, I picked a spot to watch the race that would allow 
>> for good photo opportunities: going uphill (meaning relatively slow 
>> speed) and late in the stage, so that the peloton would be broken up into 
>> several groups. I drove to a bar 6 km from the penultimate mountain pass 
>> of the stage, a place which I visit on two wheels myself, and things 
>> worked out great. I had a nice vantage point and took a lot of photos. 
>> These are the initial serving that I particularly liked:
>> 
>> https://www.greatpix.eu/Vuelta-a-Espa%C3%B1a-2023/
>> 
>> Tomorrow, I will climb the Carrasqueta on bicycle (unless it is 
>> raining?cycling uphill on wet roads is OK but descending on wet curvy 
>> roads is not OK).
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Nathan
>> 
>> Nathan Wajsman
>> photo at frozenlight.eu
>> 
>> http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
>> http://www.greatpix.eu
>> http://www.frozenlight.eu
>> 
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