The first Velothon race in Stockholm (and Sweden), took place on Sunday. Good weather conditions. A bluish sky and maybe 15C, not much wind and the rain stayed away. Three thousand cyclists took part in three different races. One 80 km race and one 160 km race, both open for everyone. And then of course one race for the elite. I had a window of maybe ten seconds to get a few snaps of the elite (with the Swedish National team among them), as they passed me by at Fors in Västerhaninge. A little later I took the bike to another place, many kilometers later for the then tired riders, where there's a short climb and I knew that I could get a few good panning shots from there. Many roads in Haninge and neighboring municipalities were closed off because of the race, and that caused a few problems. One motorist assaulted a race organizer in Tungelsta! Further south in Nynäshamn one bystander was hit by a car. In the end the race was won by Marko Kump from the Adria Mobil team in just over 4 hours. If you are interested you can see the full result list here.
5 comments:
I felt the speed, very interesting to photograph a bicycle race but don't these bikers pass the same street only once.
Sounds like the perfect weather for such an event Steffe. Super action shot. Wish I could see your slideshows, not sure why I can't.
Excellent action shots!
Great sense of motion with the blur and still. Panning is hard to do well.
That's a lot of cyclists! Great motion photo of the speeding bikes.
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