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Pub Talk - Greatest Cycling Photo Ever!

tailwindhometailwindhome Posts: 18,370
edited May 2019 in Pro race
Ok

Neal Rogers has proposed (tweeted) the following as the Greatest Cycling Photo Ever.*

What do you lot think?


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*Though as he was on a press junket in Ireland he may have been looking a rise from the locals. Scamp.



THE SHORT LIST AS AT 06/11/2014


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frenchfighter wrote:
I like these two:
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Bernard_Hinault_&_Laurent_Fignon.jpg
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FIG-LEM-PED.jpg


HinaultCrash81PR_jc@PhSpt-e1321643779380.jpg

Bk2DrwoIIAAKE1y.jpg


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or this one (can't decide which is better)
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“New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
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  • tailwindhometailwindhome Posts: 18,370
    I'd like to nominate

    picture-1.png
    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • napoleondnapoleond Posts: 5,992
    Tis a cracker to be sure.
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  • RonBRonB Posts: 3,984
    Poulidor vs Anquetil in 1964.

    tumblr_m6ai6ynbPk1qaahfxo1_1280.jpg
  • disgruntledgoatdisgruntledgoat Posts: 8,957
    Eddy Merckx monstering his 1st Tour

    1969_sport_tour_de_france_eddy_merckx_17the_stage.jpg
    "In many ways, my story was that of a raging, Christ-like figure who hauled himself off the cross, looked up at the Romans with blood in his eyes and said 'My turn, sock cookers'"

    @gietvangent
  • ddraverddraver Posts: 25,588
    Poulidor vs Anquetil in 1964 for me too...
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • RichN95.RichN95. Posts: 26,743
    What Ron B said
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • frenchfighterfrenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    edited February 2014
    In addition to the Poulidor one above I would nominate these as being great and many also being memorable moments.

    Bernard_Hinault_&_Laurent_Fignon.jpg

    Fausto_Coppi.jpg

    Gino_Bartali_&_Fausto_Coppi.jpg

    Miguel_Indurain_01.jpg

    Andre_Darrigade_&_Constant_Wouters.jpg

    dgvBF7.jpg
    Robert-Millar-Climbing-in-1992.jpg

    Cascada.jpg
    Contador is the Greatest
  • napoleondnapoleond Posts: 5,992
    One of these-

    15.jpg

    NapD1.jpg

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  • frenchfighterfrenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    I like these two:
    tumblr_mbm2hxyZQy1rhp4nco1_500.jpg
    tumblr_mbm2hxyZQy1rhp4nco2_500.jpg
    Contador is the Greatest
  • thomthomthomthom Posts: 3,574
    bartali-2.jpg
  • disgruntledgoatdisgruntledgoat Posts: 8,957
    That thread title is the same as looking in a mirror and saying "FrenchFighter" 3 times.
    "In many ways, my story was that of a raging, Christ-like figure who hauled himself off the cross, looked up at the Romans with blood in his eyes and said 'My turn, sock cookers'"

    @gietvangent
  • disgruntledgoatdisgruntledgoat Posts: 8,957
    edited February 2014
    Hinault-Paris-Nice-588x387.jpg

    Sadly I can't find the one of him leading a riders strike in the French Champs jersey in his first Tour
    "In many ways, my story was that of a raging, Christ-like figure who hauled himself off the cross, looked up at the Romans with blood in his eyes and said 'My turn, sock cookers'"

    @gietvangent
  • RichN95.RichN95. Posts: 26,743
    frenchfighter wrote:
    I like these two:
    tumblr_mbm2hxyZQy1rhp4nco1_500.jpg
    tumblr_mbm2hxyZQy1rhp4nco2_500.jpg
    Probably the greatest photographer that will be on this thread.
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • tailwindhometailwindhome Posts: 18,370
    Newspaper being handed out at the top of climbs.

    Don't seem to see that anymore.
    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • disgruntledgoatdisgruntledgoat Posts: 8,957
    TailWindHome wrote:
    Newspaper being handed out at the top of climbs.

    Don't seem to see that anymore.


    That's that global warming for you
    "In many ways, my story was that of a raging, Christ-like figure who hauled himself off the cross, looked up at the Romans with blood in his eyes and said 'My turn, sock cookers'"

    @gietvangent
  • disgruntledgoatdisgruntledgoat Posts: 8,957
    Simoni_Gilberto_gdi10st21ss1.jpg
    "In many ways, my story was that of a raging, Christ-like figure who hauled himself off the cross, looked up at the Romans with blood in his eyes and said 'My turn, sock cookers'"

    @gietvangent
  • RichN95.RichN95. Posts: 26,743
    disgruntledgoat wrote:
    TailWindHome wrote:
    Newspaper being handed out at the top of climbs.

    Don't seem to see that anymore.

    That's that global warming for you
    And the state of the newspaper industry. An iPad with the Huffington Post doesn't get the job done.
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • phreakphreak Posts: 2,823
    PantaniGalibierSnow98-@PhSptsm.jpg
  • phreakphreak Posts: 2,823
    130510124234-andy-hampsten-2-single-image-cut.jpg
  • disgruntledgoatdisgruntledgoat Posts: 8,957
    phreak wrote:
    130510124234-andy-hampsten-2-single-image-cut.jpg

    Now you're talking!
    "In many ways, my story was that of a raging, Christ-like figure who hauled himself off the cross, looked up at the Romans with blood in his eyes and said 'My turn, sock cookers'"

    @gietvangent
  • frenchfighterfrenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    tumblr_llb0ml8Yew1qdw1kro1_1280.jpg
    Contador is the Greatest
  • ddraverddraver Posts: 25,588
    Not enough classics photos thus far for me...
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • above_the_cowsabove_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    frenchfighter wrote:
    I like these two:
    tumblr_mbm2hxyZQy1rhp4nco1_500.jpg
    tumblr_mbm2hxyZQy1rhp4nco2_500.jpg

    ^This is simply beautiful.

    This was the first Tour I remember:

    18_bernard_hinault.jpg

    A different water shot than the usual Coppi and Bartali one:

    Fausto-Coppi-Gino-Bartali-sharing-bottle-Tour-de-France-1949.jpg

    And well it doesn't include any bikes but...

    pr+road.bmp
    Correlation is not causation.
  • disgruntledgoatdisgruntledgoat Posts: 8,957
    Merckx+525+-+p179+Paris-Roubaix.jpg
    "In many ways, my story was that of a raging, Christ-like figure who hauled himself off the cross, looked up at the Romans with blood in his eyes and said 'My turn, sock cookers'"

    @gietvangent
  • frenchfighterfrenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    tumblr_ma9o5wX7mQ1r4o0yso1_1280_zpsfac3ec9e.jpg

    roubaix.jpg
    Contador is the Greatest
  • frenchfighterfrenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    cancellara1.jpg
    Contador is the Greatest
  • above_the_cowsabove_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    ddraver wrote:
    Not enough classics photos thus far for me...

    Shouty jongen aan de Muur.

    270-RTR2KRN8.jpg

    flanders08-grammont.jpg

    And then there's platoon boy:

    148eaeee352cdda403e65a97342ef036.jpg
    Correlation is not causation.
  • above_the_cowsabove_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    frenchfighter wrote:
    tumblr_ma9o5wX7mQ1r4o0yso1_1280_zpsfac3ec9e.jpg

    Is that the P-R Boonen pooped himself?
    Correlation is not causation.
  • disgruntledgoatdisgruntledgoat Posts: 8,957
    Pedro_Horrillo_by_TIM%252BK%2525C3%252596LLN.jpg
    "In many ways, my story was that of a raging, Christ-like figure who hauled himself off the cross, looked up at the Romans with blood in his eyes and said 'My turn, sock cookers'"

    @gietvangent
  • frenchfighterfrenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    cancellara-jer.jpg

    foto7.jpg

    TourOfFlandersMomentsCyclingTips-18.jpg
    Contador is the Greatest
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