I was looking through some shots from this summer and came across a few from a post tour crit I went to in the city of Aalst which was only a few km from were I was based in Affligem. Here are my favourite pics all taken with my trusty Canon, I love that camera. And yes, post tour crits are all staged. Everyone splits the money evenly, the winner is predetermined and its just one big show to please the spectators. The main attraction was Danilo Di Luca at this event. The organizers wanted to get Boonen, but they blew all their money on the Pro Tour leader... Other big names included McEwan, Gilbert, Merckx and Nys, plus the other guys shown below. Enjoy.
Kevin fresh from supporting Boonen at the Tour.
Danilo and Serge coming through the finishing straight.
Robbie was too fast for my amateur shot finger...
Ludo and Robbie driving the pace.
My teammate Bjorn in the final sprint. Our team who had Hyundai as a title sponsor had two riders in the race as Hyundai was the main sponsor of this crit.
Axel took the win
. Everyone loves Ludo
. Gilbert is the man...
My teammate Bjorn in the final sprint. Our team who had Hyundai as a title sponsor had two riders in the race as Hyundai was the main sponsor of this crit.
. Everyone loves Ludo
. Gilbert is the man...
4 comments:
If anyone is wondering who's that girl in pink: THAT'S ME!! Great pictures Per, I haven't seen them yet. So thank you for putting them on your blog!!
That first pic of Kevin is great. I know how tough it is to get good shots, you should see the awful pics I snapped at the world's the other year.
Well I dont know those riders that well....First name basis makes it all the more intimate for the readers.
I did race VDB, Van Petegem, Plankert, Nys, Wellens etc this year it was killer, so I have seen them up closed and sucked their wheels, although Van Petegem isn't much of a draft. The guy is like a little caveman, a scary fast caveman at that. And I do have a good story about VDB sucking my wheel in Melle though...
Way cool...
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