[Leica] IMG: La Vuelta a España 2023

[Nathan Wajsman]

Thanks Don. I purposely chose a location that would not be totally overrun. People tend to cluster at the mountain passes and at the finish. In this case, I took advantage of my local knowledge and chose a spot where I knew there would not be huge crowds and I could have an unimpeded view of everything. Plus the convenience of a bar and outdoor tables for the wait.

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 10:12, Don Dory via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote:
> 
> From the pictures the attending crowd was a little sparse.  It could be the
> length of the stage or your chosen location wasn't as exciting as a late
> downhill portion with bends in the course.
> 
> On Sat, Sep 2, 2023 at 2:50 PM Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> 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 España 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
>> 
>> Слава Україні! Героям слава!
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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