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Mark Cavendish, 2010 Tour of California

June 19, 2010 G Dan Mitchell Leave a comment

Columbia HTC sprinter Mark Cavendish signs autographs before the start of stage one of the 2010 Amgen Tour of California in Nevada City, California.

One more photograph from this year’s Amgen Tour of California, this one shot in the “pit” area before the start of the stage in Nevada City, California. Cavendish went to to win the sprint and the stage later that day in Sacramento.

Why another cycling photo? Well… I’m spending my weekend grading term papers and other end-of-term work from my students. I’ve had little time to work on photography for the past week, and I’ve had this one last 2010 TOC photograph waiting for posting – so I’m taking advantage of that, making this post, having another cup of coffee, and getting back to the grading!

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Photographs: Northern California, Photographs: Sports

Francesco Chicchi of Team Liquigas

May 23, 2010 G Dan Mitchell Leave a comment

Francesco Chicchi of team Liquigas in the team area before the start of stage one of the 2010 Amgen Tour of California in Nevada City.

Another pre-race photograph from stage one of the 2010 Amgen Tour of California professional bicycle stage race. (This year, all of my photographs from the Tour will almost certainly come from stage one. Ah, well!) In past years I’ve managed to have my son along – and he is a real cycling fan who recognizes many of the riders. This has helped as he has been my “spotter,” pointing out riders that I didn’t recognize. This time he wasn’t with me, so in addition to shooting the riders that I did recognize I also photographed any who looked like the might be important, hoping to get his help later on with identifications. We finally had a chance to look through the images together today, and he identified this rider for me. Coincidentally, on this same day (May 19) Chicchi was the winner of stage four!

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Technical Data:
Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 L IS USM at 310mm
ISO 400, f/5.6, 1/500 second

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Photographs: Northern California, Photographs: Sports

George Hincapie, Pre-Race

May 21, 2010 G Dan Mitchell Leave a comment

George Hincapie of Team BMC rides to the starting line for stage one of the 2010 Amgen Tour of California professional bicycle stage race.

Looking fresh before the first stage of the week-long 2010 Amgen Tour of California, BMC rider George Hincapie heads from the team area to the starting line in Nevada City, California. At this point, most of the riders look fresh and ready to go, especially on the first day of the tour before the stresses of a week of very long and very hard cycling days begin to take their toll.

And speaking of that toll, a few hours and a bit more than 100 miles later the peloton rolled into Sacramento, California to do four laps of a downtown loop around the Capitol grounds. There was a crash on the last lap and many riders went down, including Hincapie. I think that the contrast between Hincapie’s appearance in this photograph and in the one that follows is striking and illustrate what people are talking about when they describe the role of “suffering” in professional bike racing. (If you are seeing this at my blog, you’ll have to wait until tomorrow to see the second photo.)

This photograph is not in the public domain and may not be used on websites, blogs, or in other media without advance permission from G Dan Mitchell.

Technical Data:
Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 L IS USM at 400mm
ISO 400, f/5.6, 1/2500 second

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Photographs: Northern California, Photographs: Sports

Levi Leipheimer, Stage One, 2010 Tour of California

May 20, 2010 G Dan Mitchell Leave a comment

Team RadioShack rider and previous tour winner Levi Leipheimer rides to the starting line for stage one of the 2010 Amgen Tour of California.

Levi Leipheimer is among the favorites to win the overall title in the 2010 Amgen Tour of California bicycle road race – after all he is on Team RadioShack and he has won several past editions of the race. This photograph was made before the start of the first stage of the race in Nevada City, California as he and the other rides rode from the team vehicles to the starting line for the 100+ mile road race to Sacramento.

As I often do when shooting the team area before the start of the race, I used a long focal length lens so that I could cover a large field of view and react quickly as different riders came past. Sometimes I barely had time to squeeze of a shot or two before they were gone or other riders came into the scene.

This photograph is not in the public domain and may not be used on websites, blogs, or in other media without advance permission from G Dan Mitchell.

Technical Data:
Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 L IS USM at 400mm
ISO 400, f/5.6, 1/1600 second

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