Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/09/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nice coverage of the event. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA On 9/15/2016 11:10 AM, Nathan Wajsman wrote: > On Saturday the Vuelta a Espa?a passed through one of the mountain passes > that I regularly climb, Puerto de Tudons. Except that they had to climb it > twice, once from each side, and also ride a further 500 m up to an air > force base on top of the Alto de Aitana, where I have never cycled because > it is normally closed to the public. It was the penultimate stage and the > last one in the mountains, so it was Chris Froome?s last chance to attack > Quintana to make up the 1 1/2 minute he was behind. Quintana repulsed all > Froome?s attacks and so won the Vuelta. > > I went to the town of Relleu to see the cyclists descend from their first > pass through the Puerto, on a steep road that ended in a sharp curve. A > good place to watch them because they had to slow down sharply to > negotiate the turn. About 30 images are here, including many of the > spectators, often just as interesting as the sports folk. Where I could, I > have identified the riders in the captions: > > http://www.greatpix.eu/La-Vuelta-in-Relleu/ > > As always, comments and critique are welcome and appreciated. > > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> > http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ > <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> > Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator > <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> > YNWA > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >