Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2023/09/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Great pix indeed, Nathan. For those of you bewildered by the appeal, I love cycling, probably as I've done it competitively in triathlons back in the 80s and appreciate just how hard it is.? I've been watching every stage of this live on Eurosport every day - sadly, bar yesterday. I had to allow myself to being mauled to within an inch of my life by my two year old grandchild instead: we had to mind him and keep him amused for four hours. It was supposed to be here in Monkstown, but plans changed and, instead, we had to go into Dublin to mind him. Forgot to record the stage and had to settle for the highlights which started with 67k to go. You were 80k to go, so your global audience dropped by one... As you probably know, the first group is led by Dylan van Baarle - winner of the Paris-Roubaix race last year. For non cyclists, in the complex world of team cycling of bluff and counter bluff, he is used as a super domestique in the three week races to break the resistance of other teams. I see Stefan Bisseggar wearing the pink of the EF Education team in the third,? and Kevin Vauquelin of Arkea Samsic collecting a bottle in the fourth. I can't watch today's stage either as I have a tasting with my wine society this afternoon, but I have the Vuelta set to record as I type. Douglas On 02/09/2023 20:49, Nathan Wajsman 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 Espa?a 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 > > ????? ???????! ?????? ?????! > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information