Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2023/09/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Wow.? That is a great series and shows what they must go through to compete at that level.? I was surprised that some of them do not look real young.? I love to ride but certainly not at that level. ? My body is really giving me fits the last few years.? I have a hard time even getting 20 miles anymore, but I keep at it. Seems to be the one thing that my knees can still do in a strenuous fashion as long as my back lets them. Thanks for showing them. Aram On 9/2/2023 12:49 PM, 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 > > ????? ???????! ?????? ?????! > > > > > > > -- Aram Langhans (Semi) Retired Science Teacher & Unemployed photographer ?The Human Genome Project has proved Darwin more right than Darwin himself would ever have dared dream.? James D. Watson