Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2023/09/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks, Douglas, I appreciate a real aficionado looking at the pics. In the meantime, I have processed more photos and have enlarged the gallery to 21 photos: https://www.greatpix.eu/Vuelta-a-Espa%C3%B1a-2023/ Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman photo at frozenlight.eu http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.frozenlight.eu ????? ???????! ?????? ?????! > On 3 Sep 2023, at 14:15, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote: > > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information