[Leica] Nathan's PAD 30/8/2022: La Vuelta in Alicante

[Don Dory]

The blood type isn't here in Texas at least on their helmet.  The facial
expression of the cyclist exemplifies one of the reasons top level athletes
are top level: they are willing to put their bodies further to the edge and
train to get to that edge of performance.

On Tue, Sep 6, 2022 at 12:18 AM Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote:

> Last week, Tuesday, the 10th stage of the Vuelta a España bicycle race was
> a 31 km individual time trial from Elche to Alicante, along roads which are
> also part of my cycling route, albeit at a somewhat lower speed (the best
> cyclists completed the ITT with an average speed of about 55 km/h). I took
> the day off to have a look. After experimenting with various vantage
> points, I went to a large roundabout called Plaza Luceros, a couple of
> hundred meters from the finish line. The advantage of this spot was that
> the curve forced the cyclists to slow down a little, thus increasing my
> percentage of successful images.
>
> I took about 70 photos, here are 3 of them for an appetiser.
>
> Alejandro Valverde, a Spanish cyclist is a true phenomenon, and one of the
> cyclists I really wanted to see. He is 42, and this is his last
> professional season and thus his last Vuelta. To be able to compete at this
> level at his age is amazing:
> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-qVCGwCR/A <
> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-qVCGwCR/A>
>
> What I am usually after when photographing cycling are the facial
> expressions of effort and suffering, the essence of the sport. Here, French
> cyclist Nans Peters is providing me with both:
> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-Kvtq3c2/A <
> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-Kvtq3c2/A>
>
> In a time trial, the cyclists start 2 minutes apart, so you have some
> natural breaks in the action. I used those to turn my camera on the
> spectators and other details. One of those details that caught my attention
> was the helmet of this motorcycle cop, with his blood type on the back. I
> don’t know if this is done in other countries, but it does seem like a
> sensible precaution:
> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-HXPGNSW/A <
> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-HXPGNSW/A>
>
> More to come once I have processed my Scotland photos from earlier in the
> week.
>
> 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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