Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/09/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> On Sep 15, 2016, at 11:10 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> > 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. Can almost hear the ?s-w-o-o-s-h-s? fond regards, George http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.imagist.com http://www.linkedin.com/imagist