[Leica] IMG: Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana

[Howard Ritter]

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:
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> 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:
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> https://www.greatpix.eu/Volta-a-la-Comunitat-Valenciana-2022/ <https://www.greatpix.eu/Volta-a-la-Comunitat-Valenciana-2022/>
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> As always, comments and critique are welcome and appreciated.
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> Cheers,
> Nathan
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> Nathan Wajsman
> photo at frozenlight.eu
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> YNWA
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