Thanks for those, Nathan. I can imagine that it was exciting being that close
to the professionals.
Chris
> On 15 Sep 16, at 17:10, Nathan Wajsman <photo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Saturday the Vuelta a España 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/
> <http://www.greatpix.eu/La-Vuelta-in-Relleu/>
>
> As always, comments and critique are welcome and appreciated.
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